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Elipso: A challenging year for the K-packaging industry
Iranpolymer / Baspar A business survey by the French association of the plastic packaging industry Elipso (Paris / France) on the effects of the coronavirus crisis shows that many of the around 320 member companies will start the coming year…
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Continental: Specializing in plastics expertise for e-vehicles
IranPolymer/ Baspar The automotive supplier Continental (Hanover) focuses the research and development of plastics for the thermal management of electric and hybrid vehicles in Germany at three locations. The experts in the new plastics competence center in Hamburg concentrate on…
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Polyurethane: enormous price increase for isocyanates continues
IranPolymer/ Baspar While the price increase for MDI products was still halfway within limits in October, another record peak was seen for TDI. The seller’s market brings tears to the eyes of buyers. Anyone who wanted quantity had to pay…
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Recycling of protective masks started successfully
IranPolymer/ Baspar As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, sales of disposable face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) are booming worldwide. So far, however, there are only a few recycling projects for these new everyday products. The British company…
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Evonik: New PEEK material for medical technology implants
Baspar / IranPolymer The specialty chemicals group Evonik (Essen) has developed an osteoconductive (stimulating new bone formation) polyetheretherketone for medical technology that is supposed to improve the connection between bones and implants. The new biomaterial will be sold under the…
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EXPANSION AT DENROY PLASTICS LEADS TO NEW BRAND: DENPRO
Iranpolymer/ Baspar During the COVID-19 pandemic, injection moulder Denroy Plastics has employed all its expertise in aviation, medical and automotive thermoplastics to design and manufacture clinical-grade PPE, supplying over 1 million units of its new Denpro HeroShield visor to…
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SABIC releases LEXAN CLINIWALL AC6200 sheet for hospitals and public facilities
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR SABIC has launched a non-chlorinated and non-brominated opaque sheet, to provide a hygienic sanitary solution to several industries around the world. The launch comes as the rising need for infection prevention and sanitation control across the world continues to…
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Setback or shock: when will plastics demand bounce back from coronavirus?
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR The plastics industry entered the new decade on an optimistic note. The US-China trade war was pointed towards resolution, concerns over the fallout of Brexit had abated and demand expectations had improved following a lacklustre 2019. Then the coronavirus…
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Extended Lockdown Scenario Forecasts 18% Drop in Global Vehicle Sales
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR IHS Markit is projecting an 18% drop in global new vehicle sales year-on-year under an extended COVID-19 lockdown scenario to 73.3 million units. Regionally, that breaks out to a 26% U.S. vehicle sales decline year-on-year to 12.6 million units;…
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Best Applied Paper Award/ ISPST 2020
IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR Corresponding authors of the papers accepted for oral presentation in ISPST 2020 are eligible to apply for Best Applied Paper Award provided by Parsa Polymer Sharif Co. The award includes ISPST 2020 icon plus 50,000,000 Rials cash prize which…
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Focus on future developments at PP XX
IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR Hydrogen replacing natural gas – is the pipe infrastructure ready?’ will be one of the major topics addressed at the Plastic Pipes XX Conference, alongside around 100 presentations discussing worldwide advancement in material development, research findings, case studies,…
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Clariant launches medical polymer compound resistant to hydrolytic degradation
IRANPOLYMER / BASPAR Working with a leading medical device manufacturer, Clariant Plastics and Coatings Healthcare Polymer Solutions has completed development and testing of new polymer materials specially formulated to resist degradation caused by exposure to high humidity and temperature. The…
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Veolia launches new Sustainable Packaging Academy
IRANPOLYMER / BASPAR As part of the drive to increase the circular economy and tackle the problem of packaging waste, Veolia is launching a Sustainable Packaging Academy that makes it easier to improve manufacturers’ environmental credentials. Designed to close the…
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Chroma Color acquires Plastics Color Corp.
IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR Chroma Color Corp. (McHenry, IL) continues to grow its portfolio of colorant and additive technologies with the acquisition of Plastics Color Corp. (PCC), including its two facilities in Asheboro, NC, and Calumet City, IL. Terms of the transaction…
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U.S. auto sales plateau at 17 million in 2019; slowdown projected for 2020
IRANPOLYMER / BASPAR How many more vehicles can automakers sell in the United States in 2020? The outlook isn’t bright, given that analysts’ forecasts from various media are projecting a decline of 1% to 2% after a decade-long slog to…
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Additive fosters virgin-like resin properties in 100% regrind
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR Physical property tests carried out by Riverdale Global LLC (Aston, PA) in cooperation with a molder of packaging containers reportedly has demonstrated that +Restore liquid additive is even more effective in improving the performance of plastics regrind based on post-consumer…
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Borealis launches ADCA-free compound for telecom cables
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR Borealis announces the global commercial launch of HE1355, a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) grade free of azodicarbonamide (ADCA). It is the world’s first chemically-foamed, ADCA-free material intended for the production of telecommunications cables.
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First Announcement and Call for Papers 14th International Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology (ISPST 2020)
IRAN POLYMER/ BASPAR Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) in conjunction with Iran Polymer Society are pleased to announce 14th International Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology (ISPST 2020). ISPST 2020 is held in TMU, on 9-12 November, 2020. The seminar is…
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AIMPLAS takes part in project to help replace metal railway parts with lighter composite materials
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, successfully participated in the recently completed European MAT4RAIL project, which involved developing new materials and components to design the railway of the future.
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Dissolvable food blocks that reduce supermarket plastics win global engineering prize
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR A team of Malaysian PhD students has won a global engineering challenge with a sustainable approach to packaging dried food products.
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