PVC

Better durability with rubber injection moulding

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Natural and synthetic rubber injection moulding can create parts with excellent mechanical properties, such as increased resilience, elasticity and abrasion resistance. These properties are often required in heavy-duty applications, including tyres, hoses and industrial seals. The process has longer…

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Berkeley scientists develop polyolefin depolymerisation technology

Iranpolymer/Baspar Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a depolymerisation technology to chemically recycle polyolefins. In a new paper, the team described the method as a scalable, energetically and environmentally viable solution to hard-to-recycle plastics. Unlike pyrolysis, the…

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High stability and long service life for batteries

Iranpolymer/Baspar The demand for plastics that can be integrated into existing material combinations to achieve a highly effective thermal management system has increased by leaps and bounds in recent years. The reason for this is batteries and charging systems are…

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DataBeyond supplies technology for 300,000 tonnes PET bottle sorting

Iranpolymer/Baspar DataBeyond, a China-based company specialised in AI and optoelectronic sorting equipment, announced it is partnering with New Ruibang Fiber Technology, a producer of recycled hollow polyester staple fibre (PSF). The companies are building eight PET bottle sorting lines, each with…

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Dow develops polyolefin elastomer-based leather alternative for the automotive market

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Dow has formulated a breakthrough option of polyolefin elastomers (POE) based artificial leather – a solution to address the automotive industry’s need to shift towards increasingly animal-free product alternatives to leather. The POE alternative leather option has been commercialized…

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Recycled Polyolefins Close Year Up From Fall Lows

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Pledges to incorporate recycled polymer materials did not translate into increased prices for the commodity in 2023, with prices generally falling for all grades and types of reclaimed and reprocessed materials. According to weekly reports from Oil Price Information Service…

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Baxter to Scale Up PVC Intravenous Bag Recycling Program

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Baxter International announced the completion of the first phase of its intravenous (IV) bag recycling pilot program. Launched in conjunction with Northwestern Medicine, more than six tons of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) IV bag waste was successfully diverted from landfill to…

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Sweden’s Site Zero Sorts Plastic Packaging Waste Into 12 Fractions

Iranpolymer/Baspar Svensk Plastatervinning of Sweden celebrated the opening of Site Zero, a plastic sorting plant in Motala, Sweden. The plant features Tomra and Sutco equipment, and can sort plastic packaging waste into 12 fractions for recycling. Originally opened in 2019, the plant was built in collaboration…

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Reflection: Green buildings are a work in progress

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  If there’s one sector that has needed to pull up its socks when it came to sustainability, it was the building construction industry. The World Green Building Council has estimated that the energy required to construct and operate…

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Vinyl Institute Announces First Round of Awards From Recycling Grant Program

Baspar/Iranpolymer  The Vinyl Institute trade association announced the award of its first round of funding through the Viability recycling grant program. Grants through Viability for PVC recycling projects support the purchase of equipment, advanced recycling research and development, educational programs, and…

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PVC: prices chase from record to record

Baspar / Iranpolymer The bull market continues. PVC prices continued to climb unstoppably in June 2021, marking new highs. Demand, especially from the construction sector, remained high. The driving force, however, was once again the tense supply situation, the increase…

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China: Good offer depresses prices for standard thermoplastics

Baspar / Iran polymer The prices of most standard thermoplastics in the Chinese market fell in April in light of the trend towards market length. The polypropylene market in particular was characterized by oversupply. Two new plants went into operation…

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Jam Petchem Plant Eyes Top Ranking in Iran

IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR The CEO Jam Petrochemical Plant said ranking among the first 10 Iranian companies is one of the company’s goals.

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“Next Generation” extruder series: higher efficiency and more flexibility

Iranpolymer- According to Baspar, At the up-coming Arabplast 2017, battenfeld-cincinnati will introduce new, high-quality extrusion equipment. The machine manufacturer’s latest developments strongly focus on efficiency and industry 4.0 issues that are currently particularly important to the plastics industry. 

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Double anniversary for battenfeld-cincinnati China

The concept of producing locally in China for the Chinese market has worked out perfectly for battenfeld-cincinnati. battenfeld-cincinnati (Foshan) Extrusion Systems Ltd. (battenfeld-cincinnati China) in Foshan/Shunde is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. “

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Fourth Annual Asia Chemical Conference 2016

The Fourth Annual Asia Chemical Conference taking place at the Grand Hyatt Singapore on 10-11 November 2016.

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Moving medical technology forward with PVC

As a corollary to an article we published late last year about the development of PVC-free blood bagsby Danish materials company Melitek (Alslev), Ole Grøndahl Hansen, Project Manager at the PVCMed Alliance (Copenhagen, Denmark), has contributed an opinion piece.

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