Plastics

Russia: Domestic plastics production and exports to China collapse

Baspar / Iranpolymer From January to August, Russia exported significantly fewer polymers to China than in the same period last year. According to Peter Bazurow, Director General of the Russian Association of Plastics Processors RUSAPP (Russia), the export volume of…

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Recycling: New EU regulations for plastics that come into contact with food

Baspar / Iranpolymer New rules for the use of recycled plastics in food packaging have been in force across the EU since October 10, 2022. There is still a transition period until mid-2023, but a number of plastics recyclers and…

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LyondellBasell: Acquisition of a PP compounding facility in Malaysia

Baspar / Iranpolymer The plastics manufacturer LyondellBasell (LYB, Houston, Texas / USA) has acquired all shares in the compounder PolyPacific Polymers (Port Klang / Malaysia). The Malaysian company with production capacities for polyolefin compounds will now be renamed, announced LyondellBasell.…

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Russia: Price increases for standard thermoplastics

IranPolymer / Baspar With overall average demand, Russian prices for all standard thermoplastics rose in November. Polystyrene and PP extrusion types in particular felt the upswing. This is reported by the plastics information industry service (KI, Bad Homburg) in the…

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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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Baspar Yas Co. Launches New Food Grade Color Masterbatch

BASPAR/ IRANPOLYMER  Baspar Yas Company launches its food grade color masterbatch. “Throughout the last year we had a lot of requests from manufacturers regarding food grade masterbatch in food and hygiene industry.” Said Hossein Malakouti Khah, CEO of Baspar Yas…

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Why do plastics manufacturer endorse circular economy?

IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR  “Plastics are often the more sustainable solution”  Frankfurt, 25 June 2019 – Interview with Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis AG   Why do plastics manufacturer endorse circular economy? 

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The Second IranPolyPack Conference: New Opportunities for Polymeric Material Application

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  The second conference on new technologies in functional polymeric packaging was held February 13, in Olympic Hotel, Tehran.

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The 11th IsfahanPlast will be held at the beginning of the 2019

IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR  The Biennial Isfahan Plast Exhibition, which is one of the well-known Iran's exhibitions in the field of rubber, plastics, machinery and equipment was founded in the industrial city of Isfahan in 2002.

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CHINAPLAS 2018 Paves the Way to Plastics’ Future

China is rapidly becoming a preeminent new market in the world. With over RMB 1.5 trillion spent in R&D in 2016, a 10.6% annual increase, and of which 77.5% was contributed by businesses, the overall productivity and comprehensive national power…

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Medical Plastics Conference at CHINAPLAS 2017

Iranpolymer, according to Baspar-The “3rd Medical Plastics Conference” at CHINAPLAS is shaping up to be the best ever with a packed line-up of informative topics that cover both new technologies and practical solutions given by experts, material providers and medical device manufacturers from…

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CHINAPLAS 2017 facilitates building and constructionindustriestowards green, high efficiency and sustainability

Iranpolymer-According to Baspar, Sustainability is now the first item on every industry’s agenda for development. In the face of such environmental issues as global warming, energy shortage, drastic decrease in forest resources, pollution and so on, how do the building and…

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WITTMANN BATTENFELD presenting the first machine of its highly dynamic EcoPower Xpress series at the K 2016

Under the motto “be smart”, WITTMANN BATTENFELD is showcasing its first all-electric high-speed machine model at the K 2016 in Düsseldorf from 19 to 26 October in hall 16, booth D22.

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Touchpoint 3D fab+print at the K 2016

Iranpolymer- According to Baspar, On the K 2016's opening day on 19 October, a short presentation entitled, ‘Additive Manufacturing for Individualising Series Products’ is going to be given in Hall 6 during the theme day focusing on Industry 4.0 within the special…

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Role of Iran in the biggest exhibition of the Plastics and Rubber in the world: K2016

Iranpolymer- This year, the number of requests for attending in K2016 exhibition have improved by Iranian companies". Niloofar Pankar, Board of director manager of Fujan Rahbaran Aati Company, said. 

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BASF: New “Colors & Effects” brand for pigments

BASF has bundled its global pigments business into a new brand called “Colors & Effects”.

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Plastics machinery shipments rise 13.5% in Q1

It looks to be a strong year for plastics machinery and auxiliary equipment manufacturers, if the first quarter is any indication. Shipments (both domestic and exports) of primary plastics equipment (injection molding, extrusion and blowmolding systems) for reporting companies totaled $330.5…

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HP finally unveils world-first production-ready 3D-printing system

At long last, HP (Palo Alto, CA) has introduced its 3D printers for industrial applications that have been the subject of much speculation. On May 17, the company presented what it calls the world’s first production-ready commercial 3D-printing system. The HP…

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PC for Next-Generation Camera Lenses

A new PC that reportedly outperforms all other resins currently used in camera lenses in terms of refractive index and heat resistance has been developed by Teijin Kasei America, Norcross, Ga.

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K 2016: ARBURG Press Conference

 ARBURG has a press conference at the K 2016.

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