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SAY YES TO PLASTICS Volume No. 83

MH/MR/N/200/MBI/12- 14

Issue No. 10

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October 2014

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CONTENT

IN THIS ISSUE...

19...... AIPMA At Work ... 68th Annual General Meeting The Official Organ of The All India Plastics Manufacturers Association Estd. 1945

... The Managing Committee Meeting

MH/MR/N/200/MBI/12-14 Volume 83

October 2014 No. 10

Chairman - Editorial Board

Mr. Rituraj Gupta

... Plastic Park To Be Set Up At Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh

Hon. Editor

Mr. Ajay Desai

... PlastIndia 2015

Members

Mr. A. E. Ladhaboy Dr. Y. B. Vasudeo Ms. Poorvi Desai

... The Governing Council meeting of CIPET

... AIPMA Office Bearers 2014-2015 - The New Team

25...... Awards

Editorial Co-ordination: Padmesh Prabhune, Dhruv Communications,

... Lifetime Achievement Award to Shri Arvind Mehta

Mumbai, Tel No: 00-22-2868 5198 / 5049 Fax No : 00-22-28685495 • email: dhruvpr@vsnl.net

... Kamal Nanavaty receives the 'Distinguished

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28...... Company News 32...... Features ... Taipeiplas 2014 ... India's market poised for dramatic growth ... Flexibility at packaging is the key

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... Plastic caps essential to ‘health, beauty’ end market

Views/Reports/Extracts etc. published in Plastics News are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Editor. Furthermore except for copies

... Pipe Planner leads the way

of formal AIPMA communications no other matter in this journal should

... HDPE now even for Sewer structures

be interpreted as views of The All India Plastics Mfgrs. Association.

42...... International News

OFFICE BEARERS Mr. Rituraj Gupta President

59...... Business News

Mr. Sanju Desai Vice President (West Zone)

63...... Product News

Mr. R. K. Aggarwal Mr. Ashok Agarwal Vice President (North Zone) Vice President (East Zone)

70...... Technology

Mr. Meela Jayadev Vice President (South Zone)

Mr. Manoj R. Shah Hon. Jt. Secretary

72...... In the News

Mr. Haren Sanghavi Hon. Secretary

Mr. Jagat Killawala Hon. Treasurer

75...... Events

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THE PRESIDENT SAYS

Change of winds

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t the outset let me take this opportunity to

well. This will definitively act

thank everyone for showing their trust in me

as a morale booster to the

and nominating me for this responsible position. I will

Industry and bring out the best

try to carry forward all the work that has been initiated

of technological advances, in

by our earlier President. AIPMA has been progressing

a way, complying to the Zero

rapidly of late and I hope all of you are aware of the

Defect Product modules.

happenings.

AIPMA has also taken the There is a change not only at AIPMA but even

onus of adhering to the Swachha Bharat initiative

otherwise. We’ve had our Prime Minister Narendra

started by the Prime Minister, with a major thrust of

Modi making a sweeping change not only at home

Recycling and solid waste Disposable.

but also at the International arena. His call to NRI’s to AIPMA has recently met the government conveying

initiate the ‘Make in India’ has seemed to work.

our anguish towards the dumping of Chinese goods The Prime Minister made it clear that he is all

in India. AIPMA has suggested corrective measures,

geared to change the state and revive the economy

also proposing to levy Anti Dumping charges for

of the country. His call ‘come on’ is all centered on

safeguarding the domestic Plastics Industry.

the growth and development of India. Not merely in physical terms, but also trying to create a new paradigm

AIPMA is also considering redevelopment of

for development. He has urged manufacturers to work

AIPMA House to incorporate the changes as well.

on ‘Zero Defect’ so that the Indian products (exports)

The new proposed AIPMA House will have more

are not rejected and more over their manufacturing do

spaces to accommodate with dedicated sections on

not affect the environment in any way (i.e Zero Affect).

Skill Development, Knowledge Centre and Testing

I think he has shown us the way forward.

Laboratories..

Taking a leaf out of it, AIPMA has also pledged its

To be honest, we need to encourage a change

support for the same and has been working on the

in attitudes towards plastic… For, the fact remains,

skill development. With the improved skill, one could

Plastic is a complex material and a valuable resource.

always expect new technology thus contributing its

Diwali is to be celebrated next week. I wish

efforts in the success of the ‘Make in India’ movement.

everyone Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year!!

Happy Reading.

In order to encourage Zero defect policy across the industry, AIPMA has suggested the authorities to extend the ambit of Technological Up gradation

Rituraj Gupta

Fund (TUF) to industries in the Plastics sector as

president@aipma.net

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FROM THE EDITOR'S PEN

The caps and closures

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he change of guard happened at AIPMA and I

seemingly shift with the wind. A

would like to take this opportunity to welcome

key challenge in the production

Mr Rituraj Gupta, newly elected President of AIPMA

of closures remains the cost

and the whole new team of office bearers. It has been

of materials. This remains a

an honor for me to be the editor of AIPMA’s Magazine

factor in packaging decisions

Plastics News.

as any company moves to put its products on the market.

This season has a lot of activities and with Plast

With the change in the preference has also forced the

india approaching we are working . The countdown

processors / manufacturers of the caps and closures.

has begun. Coming issues of this magazine would be focusing on various categories and we plan to come

All though conventionally injection moulding has

out with Special issues. All our members and readers

been preferred but now Compression molding is

kindly make a note of it.

offering many companies another viable option to get into the caps game. The process has several

Recently at ‘Plastics Caps & Closures 2014’ held in

advantages, including energy savings, higher

Rosemont the seminar saw many speakers presenting

consistency, faster cycle times and less complexity.

their thoughts on the industry as a whole. Discussion was on various technical, production, technology

We also had compression molding innovation, an

and the overall prospective of the caps and closure.

80-cavity continuous compression molding machine.

The one thought that impressed me was about

The maximum rate is 1,400 caps per minute. The

understanding and identifying the ‘speed’ of the health

optimal cycle time is a little more than 2 seconds.In

and beauty end market. Though the Indian market is

the rotary process, a large turret revolves continuously.

still focusing on the same it was good to understand

Each of the cavities receives a small drop of resin,

the nuances. Moreover world over there is a much

usually polyethylene, and is raised to clamp with the

focus on Beverages and somehow the preference

forming upper punch. The station opens and ejects

takes the lead over.

the cap after a complete 360 degree turn of the turret.

This was a real beauty..

Sushil Raghupathy, executive director of global

Happy Diwali and enjoy reading…

supplier technical excellence for Estee Lauder Cos., discussed current trends in health and beauty closures.

Hon. Editor

However , the health and beauty end market also

Ajay Desai

is challenged with keeping up with the latest trends in fashion. This is coupled with a public whose tastes can

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AIPMA AT WORK

68th Annual General Meeting The 68th Annual General Meeting was held on 18th September, 2014 at AIPMA House Mumbai. The AGM discussed the Accounting and other formalities at the meeting. Glimpses of the meeting

The Managing Committee Meeting The first Managing Committee Meeting was held on September 25 , 2014 at AIPMA House, Mumbai,to elect the new office bearers for the year 2014-15.

The new team of Office bearers of AIPMA for the year 2014-15 are: Mr Rituraj Gupta, Hon. President, Mr Sanju Desai, Hon. VP, West Zone, Mr R. K. Agarwal, Hon. VP, North Zone, Mr. Meela Jayadev, Hon. VP, South Zone, Mr. Ashok Agarwal, Hon VP, East Zone, Mr. Haren Sanghavi, Hon. Secretary, Mr. Manoj R. Shah, Hon. Jt. Secretary, Mr. Jagat Killawala,Hon Treasurer.

Seen in the picture above Ex President, AIPMA, Mr Anandilal Oza handing over the charge to the newly elected President,AIPMA , Mr Ritutraj Gupta.

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AIPMA AT WORK

AIPMA Office Bearers 2014-2015 - The New Team Managing Director – M/s. Sudhakar Polymers Ltd. Managing Director – M/s. Sudhakar Irrigation - Systems Pvt. Ltd., Partner in Parboiled Rice Mills & Dall Mills, Suryapet.

Rituraj Gupta: President The All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA) A graduate in science from Mumbai University, Rituraj Gupta is associated as Partner with companies like Tripack, and Tirupati Flexopack (LLP), manufacturer of Multilayer polyfilm for milk packaging.

He is also on Board of Goregaon Sports club and Parmarth Seva Samiti, Malad.

Ashok Agarwal: Hon Vice President (East Zone) AIPMA With an Honors Degree in Commerce from Calcutta University, Ashok Agarwal is Director, M/S Jewel Plastics Pvt. Ltd, and Director M /S. A.V. Plastics Pvt Ltd. His skill lies in manufacturing of Plastic Blow Moulded items.

Sanju Desai: Hon. Vice President (West Zone) AIPMA With an MBA from USA, Sanju Desai is the Director of Jyoti Plastics Works Pvt. Ltd. He has also completed Short Term course of How to transform Family Business to Business Family in Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

Haren C. Sanghavi: Hon Secretary AIPMA A commerce graduate from Mumbai University, Haren Sanghavi is an enteprenuer. He is the Director,Gms Plastic Machinery Pvt. Ltd., and Kisan Pipes and Profiles Pvt. Ltd. He is associated as Partner Satellite Plastic Industries. He is also CEO, Sica Plastic Machinery Pvt. Ltd., and Borghi Brush Machinery Pvt. Ltd.

He is working with AIPMA to make Indian Industry compete globally and has been playing a Key Role in Kayakalp in AIPMA.

Manoj R Shah: Hon. Joint Secretary, AIPMA

Ravinder Kumar Aggarwal: Hon. Vice President, (North Zone), AIPMA

Having a Honors degree in Chemistry, Manoj Shah is in the field of chemicals and Plastics raw materials. He is the owner of Owner of R. P. Shah & Sons.

He is also the agent for Dupont in India

With a Honors Degree in civil Engineering, Ravinder Kumar Aggarwal is the Managing Director of Prayag Polytech Pvt. Ltd. He is also on board on; Fellow & Life Member of I.P.I, Ex Chairman Delhi chapter of I.P.I.

Jagat Killawala: Hon Treasurer, AIPMA

Meela Jayadev: Hon. Vice President – (South Zone), AIPMA

With a Diploma in commerce GCD from Mumbai University, he is Sr. Partner at the Pioneer Electrical Equipment Co. He is the M D, Shrikrishnashray (India) Pvt. Ltd., Yogi Cotex Pvt Ltd.-Shirpur, Jash TexFab Pvt Ltd. -Shirpur. He is also Director D. B. Realty Ltd. He is also on board on various other trust like: Shri Vile Parle Gujarati Mandal, Shri. NPKT High School, Shri Vile Parle Kelvani Mandal and alike.

Meela Jaydev is associated with manufacture and distribution Of Rigid PVC Pipes, PVC Electrical Pipes & fittings, HDPE Pipes, SWR Pipes & fittings and CPVC Pipes & fittings.

An entrepreneur, he is the DirectorM/s. Sudhakar PVC Products Pvt Ltd.,

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AIPMA AT WORK

Plastic Park To Be Set Up At Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh

By Arvind Mehta Akhilesh Yadav, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is a dynamic young person, who would like to have industrialization of U.P. It is learnt that from State Fund Rs. 12000 Crores are being invested for road construction.

Major players of the likes of L&T, Shapoorji Pallonji are already on their way to make the change and we have learnt that they have been given the assignments. Uttar Pradesh as we know is the largest State of India, with huge potential that remains untaped. Moreover the sheer size of the state makes it a big market. This presents enormous opportunities for growth.

We had suggested to the CM offering tax incentives, land at comparatively cheaper rates, continuous power and skilled labour availability for the success of Plastics Park. Uttar Pradesh being an agricultural State, we suggested that they should encourage maximum use of plastics in agriculture, such as Drip Irrigation, Sprinkler System, pipes, Green houses and other modern techniques, which plastic has to be fully exploited to increase the agricultural GDP growth, may be by plus 2-3%. The beneďŹ ts of plastic technology can help increase in yield by 30-100% depending upon the crop, Water saving from 30-70%, Fertiliser saving upto 50%.

AIPMA Delegation meets Akhilesh Yadav

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t was a big breakthrough for AIPMA, having an opportunity to meet Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. (courtesy Mr Jayesh Rambhia perusal).

The AIPMA delegation met Akhilesh Yadav , Chief Minister ,Uttar Pradesh in Hotel Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai on Sunday, 12th October 2014.

The meeting was with reference to the initiatives of setting up Plastic Park at Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. All of us including me, Mr Jayeshbhai Rambhia, AIPMA President Mr Rituraj Gupta and Vice President Mr. Sanju Desai met the Chief Minister.

AIPMA has offered them to carry out the necessary study of the ground realilties if need be, perhaps GAIL at Pata could also the needful.

Our next suggestion was, as it is a agriculture State, food packaging can be of great use by which value addition of the processed food can remain with the State, where plastic industry can contribute. Plastic industry can give lot of employment opportunities also at lower cost of investment.

As we know, Uttar Pradesh has set up a plastic park in Auraiya and they are inviting the plastic processors across the country. AIPMA has been supporting the scheme since three years. Now over the years, the concept of Plastics Park is catching up. It has become a happening place. We have had number of entreprenuers who are serious to grab this opportunity.

He assured all the support and instructed down the line machinery to support and go forward.

A meeting with the relevant interested parties is proposed at Kanpur on behalf of AIPMA to take this forward to a logical end.

Uttar Pradesh has tremoundous potential and it is very likely to be turned into manufacturing hub on the same lines as in Maharashtra or Gujarat.

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air-conditioned halls that are roomy and come with a convenient layout, created for ease of crowd movement.

Ample parking space will be another plus.

lastindia 2015 is all set to create new milestones, and scale newer heights as has been the tradition of every Plastindia exhibition. The strong growth that the plastics industry has witnessed in the recent past and continues to do so today will only help in making this Plastindia a resounding success.

Locational convenience will surely act as a strong motivator for an unprecedented visitor footfall, especially when Gujarat and its near surroundings itself constitute a significant 60% of the Indian plastics industry. This fact will singularly ensure both, quality and quantity of visitors resulting in sheer exhibitor delight.

Plastindia exhibitions have always been the cornerstone of the exponential growth that this sunrise industry has witnessed. The sheer numbers are overwhelming. Between 2013 and 2020, in India, plastics consumption is set to increase from 12 MMTA to 20 MMTA; exports from USD 6 billion to 8 billion as well as direct and indirect employment from 1.2 million to 2 million. So surely, 150,000 visitors would congregate at Plastindia 2015 to visit the world’s finest 2000 exhibitors spread over a sprawling 125,000 sq. mts. at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Gandhinagar, located just 16 kms from Ahmedabad, is one of the most modern and well planned cities in India with wide avenues and ample greenery and is designed by a well known French architect. It comes with convenient road, rail and air connections for ease of access. With one of the best port facilities in the country, it will ensure smooth movement of cargo as well. Pleasant weather and a tourist destination will only enhance the pleasure of visitors to Gujarat, a truly vibrant state.

Gandhinagar as a destination will further catalyse this growth story. Gandhinagar is home to one of the most elaborate exhibiting infrastructure and the internationally acclaimed Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre. The exhibitors of Plastindia 2015 will witness this expansive infrastructure and the convenience it brings to them and to their visiting customers. This ultra-modern venue has

Plastindia 2015 concurrent events include: PROPLAST: This 4th edition event is the final word in processed plastics, the heart of India’s plastics industry.

PROPLAST is a showcase of India’s burgeoning plastics processing capability. It demonstrates the high standards that are consistently delivered by Indian processors across the globe.

Conference: The 9th International Conference will host some of the most renowned experts on plastics.

World leaders in plastics are looking forward to sharing their experience, knowledge, expertise and share views with international audience through this conference.

Plasticon Awards: The 7th Plasticon Awards will be held, where the best and brightest from the Indian plastics industry will be felicitated for their accomplishments and excellence across 23 categories.

At Gandhinagar, PLASTINDIA 2015 is most (L TO R) Mr. M. P. Taparia – MD, Supreme Industries, Mr. Subhash Kadakia – President, Plastindia Foundation, Mr. J. R. Shah –Chairman, certainly going to get bigger and better…be a part of NEC, Plastindia 2015, Shri Saurabh Patel – Hon’ble Minister of State this mega event as it’s time to expand your horizon.

(Finance & Petrochemicals), Government of Gujarat.

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AIPMA AT WORK

The Governing Council meeting of CIPET

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he 112 th Governing Council meeting of CIPET was held on 26th September, 2014 at CIPET Centre, Hyderabad In presence of Shri Indrajit Pal – Secretary DCPC, Shri Avinash Joshi – Joint Secretary (Petrochemicals) DCPC, Shri V. K. Mehta – Director (Finance) DCPC, Dr. S. K. Nayak – D.G. CIPET, Shri Kailash Murarka – Past President AIPMA & Chairman – Plastivision India 2017 attended the 112th Governing Council Meeting of CIPET in Hyderabad.

as Secretary (C&PC), Govt. of India and President – G.C. for the overall growth and development of CIPET.

Dr. S. K. Nayak ,DG CIPET informed that some of the GC Members were not attending series of the GC meetings continuously. In this context, Shri Indrajit Pal (President) suggested that the few GC Members who are continuously absent during the past few GC meetings may be replaced with new Members from leading Petrochemicals industries/ academic institutions like IOCL, GAIL, Reliance, IITs etc. for

Dr. S. K. Nayak, DG, CIPET informed that the performance of CIPET Centres viz., Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mysore, Hajipur and Amritsar are not up to the mark and these Centres are not able to contribute towards Corpus Fund. The Governing Council urged CIPET to motivate these non-performing Centres to do for better performance. Dr. S. K. Nayak informed that the second meeting of the committee constituted for the purpose was held on 5th September, 2014 at Mumbai. After detailed deliberations, the committee has recommended the Terms of Reference (ToR) for selection of a Consultant for suggesting suitable model/future plan of action to enable CIPET in achieving excellence in all its key domains viz: Academic, Technology Support Services and Research. He

the benefit of CIPET. Shri Avinash Joshi – Joint Secretary (Petrochemicals) advised CIPET to submit a fresh proposal to the administrative Ministry for further action in this regard.

stated that the final draft of ToR will be deliberated in the next meeting of the Sub-Committee on “Administration & Finance” before submission to G.C. for approval.

Dr. S. K. Nayak briefed about the action taken by CIPET so far for establishment of High Learning Centre-cumVocational Training Centre in the premises of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited (HFL), Dr. S. K. Nayak informed to the members of GC that Shri Indrajit Pal, IAS, Secretary (C&PC) and President - CIPET GC will be superannuating from the services of Government of India on 30.09.2014.

Members of G.C. thankfully acknowledged the valuable guidance and kind patronage extended during his tenure

Shri Indrajit Pal said that the Government of Andhra Pradesh is planning to establish a Petroleum University at Kakinada. Shri Kailash B. Murarka, informed that there are lot of Petrochemical and Plastic downstream industries located in the State of Gujarat and suggested that CIPET, Ahemdabad should conduct more Industry-Interaction meetings to deliberate the requirement of industries which would facilitate to take up more assignments for CIPET’s revenue generation.

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AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award to Shri Arvind Mehta Council, Past President of Plastindia Foundation and also Past President of The Bombay Fountain Pen Manufacturers’ and Traders’ Association, Shri Arvind Mehta was bestowed with 'Life Time Achievement Award' for his yeomen services rendered to Plastic Industry of India for many years.

The association recognized and has acknowledged the services rendered to BFPMTA during his tenure as President. When Mr Mehta was leading the BFPMTA many landmark achievements like organising exhibitions: Pen India 94, celebration of Silver Jubilee Function in the year 1993 as the association completed its 25 years then, Seminars showing forward path i.e. from hand molding process prevailing during 1990s (about 90%) to incoming change i.e. automatic screw type injection moulding machine, which is a reality today. By such seminars guidance to the future of Pen Industry was imparted. AIPMA is proud of achievement of Shri Arvind Mehta who is doing anchor role as Mentor.

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IPMA stalwart Mr Arvind Mehta received the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Bombay Fountain Pen Manufacturers’ and Traders’ Association (BFPMTA) on September 15, 2014. It is a great pleasure for us our AIPMA Past President and Chairman of AIPMA Governing

Kamal Nanavaty receives the 'Distinguished Contribution' Award

Another Industry stalwart Mr Kamal P. Nanavaty was acknowledged for his service and contribution in the chemical industry. Mr Kamal P. Nanavaty was conferred the "Distinguished contribution to Chemical Industry " award by FICCI

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DSM inaugurates Solar Technologies Demonstration Center in Pune

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oyal DSM has inaugurated i t s S o l a r Te c h n o l o g i e s Demonstration Center at its DSM Engineering Plastics facility in Pune, India. This state-of-the-art solar technology center has been built to demonstrate and showcase the performance of DSM's innovations in solar technology and will also reduce the plant’s CO2 footprint by using the renewable energy generated by the solar plant to meet 25% of the site’s electricity needs. “The inauguration of the solar energy plant in Pune marks a milestone for DSM. This is a great example of how we continuously

work towards achieving our ambitious sustainability targets, and, set important benchmarks in lowering our own environmental footprint.

This is an excellent opportunity to encourage the use of sustainable Clean & Green Power and help support the ‘reenergizing’ of our environment,” said, Bharath Sesha, President, DSM India.

“These latest improvements in Pune are a reflection of DSM’s ongoing efforts to reduce environmental footprints, both within its own operations and along its value chains. The Pune site is one of the first sites that uses 50% renewable energy and we are aiming to increase

Clariant doubles capacity for pigments and pigment preparations in Roha

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lariant, world leader in specialty chemicals, has announced the inauguration of an important new extension to its production facility in Roha, south-east of Mumbai. The expansion doubles its capacity at the facility for pigments and pigment preparations. This higher output will enable the company to increase its market coverage in India and the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and to provide products better tailored to customer needs.

The increase in capacity has been made possible with the introduction of the very latest equipment for high-end pigment preparation. The improved

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plant, in which Clariant has invested CHF 3.2 mln (INR 20 crores), forms part of a strategic program that the company has been carrying out in recent years to support customers in emerging markets with high quality pigments and pigment preparations that comply with local and international eco-labeling schemes.

Pigments and pigment preparations produced at the Roha plant are for a wide range of applications, including interior and exterior coatings, packaging, personal, home and fabric care products seed coatings, and dispersions for printing.

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this ratio further in future. The site has also reduced its water consumption by two-thirds. With the commencement of this solar plant, we aim to push our sustainability agenda – which in turn means boosting economic prosperity, environmental quality and social responsibility for the benefit of people and planet. We have exactly the same drive behind our market positioning in engineering plastics; our innovation efforts are also focused on sustainable development,” said Roelof Westerbeek, President DSM Engineering Plastics.

OMPL commences paraxylene and benzene production

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NGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd (OMPL)'s Mangalore plant will commence regular commercial production of benzene and paraxylene from October 1.

According to the report the company OMPL, had conducted trial production during the second quarter especialy in months of July-August. It had exported three consignments to destinations such as Indonesia and Thailand.

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Foster Wheeler selected as a preferred engineering partner

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oster Wheeler AG's UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been selected as a preferred engineering partner by Plaxica Limited. Foster Wheeler has signed a technical services agreement with Plaxica under which Foster Wheeler will provide engineering services for the global implementation of Plaxica’s low-cost lactic acid technology.

A booking was made in the company’s Q2-2014 bookings against a work order issued by Plaxica for the provision of process package engineering services. Subsequent bookings will be made against work orders released by Plaxica. “This appointment highlights

our significant experience with process technology developers in engineering scale-up and the implementation of their commercialization strategy,” said Robert Penno, Chief Executive Officer, Foster Wheeler Global Engineering and Construction Group.

in the paper and pulp industries, has been proven at demonstration scale at our pilot plant facility based at Wilton in the north-east of England. We selected Foster Wheeler because of its capability, sector knowledge, local presence and global reach.

“Plaxica is delighted to announce Foster Wheeler as a preferred partner for the implementation of our lowcost lactic acid technology, which transforms a wide range of feedstocks into high-value lactic acid via a low-cost chemical process which does not use fermentation,” said Phil Goodier, Chief Executive Officer, Plaxica Limited. “Our technology, for which we see particular opportunities as a ‘bolt on’ process

Foster Wheeler will provide Plaxica with engineering resources and skills on specific industrialization projects, extending the capability of Plaxica’s in-house project team.” Plaxica is a technology licensing company founded in 2008 as a spin-out from Imperial College, London.

Uflex to build large flexible packaging plant in western India

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lexible packaging company Uflex Ltd. is planning a major new plant in Gujarat.

India-based company. The company is planning to invest around $325 million in the Ahmadabad plant alone,.

Ashok Chaturvedi, chairman and managing director, at the Speciality Films & Flexible Packaging Global Conference in Mumbai, said, “Initially, the plant capacity would be pegged at 80,000 [metric] tons, and we would double the capacity in the second phase to 160,000 tonnes yearly to make it the largest flexible packaging plant in India at one location under one roof.”The project is part of a threeyear investment plan by the Noida,

The new plant will start production in early 2016 “We have no presence in the western part of the country, and the Ahmadabad plant would cater to the western and southern Indian market,” Chaturvedi said. Started in 1983, Uflex is India’s largest flexible packaging company. Its products include polyester and biaxially oriented polypropylene films. The company has customers in more than 140 countries.

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IG Petrchemicals 'Phthalic Anhydride Plant at Taloja to be shut for month

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G Petrchemicals'Phthalic Anhydride Plant at Taloja is to be shut for a month. According to reports IG Petrochemicals Ltd has taken a planned shutdown of one of its PA Plant (PA-2) at Taloja, Maharashtra for change of Catalyst.

The shutdown is expected to last for approximately 4 weeks.

The Company has sufficient stocks of PA in hand and the product supplies to the customers will be unaffected during the period of shutdown.

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Linde in new integrated supply agreement with Lima Refining Company

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inde North America has executed a new integrated supply agreement with Lima Refining Company (LRC) for hydrogen and steam utilities to its refinery in Lima, Ohio.

LRC, a subsidiary of Husky Energy, is implementing a modernization project (crude oil flexibility, or COF) that will further strengthen the refinery and enable processing of a diverse set of crude oils to produce a range of product slates, according to project officials.

Linde already owns and operates two hydrogen plants, which supply hydrogen and steam to refining and petrochemicals facilities, including LRC, and other industrial gas production assets in this cluster. It

is anticipated that the new hydrogen plant (Linde Lima 3) will be on-stream during the Q1-2016. Linde's hydrogen plants in Lima will be operated as a single facility capable of producing more than 60 mln standard cubic feet/ day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen for the cluster companies.

"Linde has a strong presence in the Lima Industrial Cluster and we are very happy to expand our business with our customer LRC, one of the most historic refineries in the world, and an anchor company for this cluster," said Pat Murphy, president of Linde Americas.

"LRC will use the additional hydrogen to hydrotreat product streams containing sulfur and other components," said Dr. Raghu Menon,

Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd plant shutdown to continue for some more time

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he shutdown at Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd plant, on for more than 75 days, would continue for some more time. The plant was running at less than 50% of its capacity before the shutdown period. "When the plant reopens now, it will start at full capacity," he said. When pointed out that the downstream plastics units in the state and around were facing

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difficulties in sourcing polymers due to the prolonged shutdown, he said: "We are aware of their problems. But it is not possible to start the plant as there is a huge funds shortage." However, as the issue of ownership of HPL comes to some conclusion with the West Bengal government deciding to transfer its shares to TCG, the financial issues could be expected to iron out.

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vice president of Linde's tonnage business development for the Americas region.

"To meet the overall demand, Linde will establish a new state-of-theart SMR (Steam Methane Reforming) hydrogen plant, and invest upgrades related to the existing facilities, to increase our cluster hydrogen production capacity and operational flexibility," he added. "Overall, Linde expects to invest approximately $100 million for the related enhancements in this cluster."

Industries Qatar shelves multi billion dollar Al Sejeel petrochem

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ndustries Qatar has put its multi billion dollar Al Sejeel petrochemical complex project on hold. The oil major is now studying a new scheme instead that would yield better returns.

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) signed an agreement in February 2012 to jointly develop the Al Sajeel megapetrochemical complex in Ras Laffan, with QP holding an 80% stake and QAPCO owning the rest.

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Showa Denko to dissolve consolidated subsidiary in Indonesia

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howa Denko (SDK) has decided to dissolve its consolidated subsidiary PT. Showa Esterindo Indonesia (SEI) and terminate its production of ethyl acetate in Indonesia, at its 50,000 tpa plant. SDK holds 66.98% stake in the company, PT. Adiguna Eka Sentra holds 20.22%, Toyota Tsusho Corporation holds 9.43%, while the balance 3.37% is held

by CLP International Pte. Ltd. Production in SEI will be stopped by the end of 2014. After demolition and removal of the production facility, SEI will be dissolved and liquidated without delay.SEI was established in 1997 for the purpose of producing and selling ethyl acetate in the Southeast

Asian market and started to produce ethyl acetate in 1999 as SDK's first plant to introduce our proprietary technology to synthesize ethyl acetate by adding ethylene directly to acetic acid.

Since then, the demand for ethyl acetate in Southeast Asia had been stable for a while. In recent years, however, the business environment for SEI has become harder than before because of rises in material prices and expansion of the capacities of neighboring countries to supply ethyl acetate. Under these circumstances, SDK and its partners have concluded, after deliberation, that it is difficult to continue SEI's operations, and recently

CB&I awarded US$200 mln contract

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B&I was awarded a contract valued in excess of US$200 mln by Toyo Engineering for the engineering and supply of ethylene heaters for Petronas' refinery and petrochemicals integrated development (RAPID) project in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.

of Petronas' Pengerang integrated complex (PIC) development and its associated facilities, which include the Pengerang co-generation plant, regasification terminal 2, air separation unit, raw water supply project, crude and product tanks, as well as central and shared utilities and facilities.

The plant will utilize SRT VII cracking heaters, which are the latest generation of SRT high-selectivity heaters designed for cracking gas and liquid feedstock, to produce 1.1 million tpa of ethylene. The complete steam cracker technology package was previously awarded to CB&I under a separate contract. RAPID is part

"Our clients appreciate the high selectivity and reliability of our new generation SRT cracking heater technology," said Daniel McCarthy, president of CB&I's technology operating group. "The SRT heaters are used to produce more than 40% of the world's annual ethylene capacity."

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decided to dissolve the company.

SDK had already incorporated the expected loss accompanying this dissolution into the projected business results for the year ending December 31, 2014 announced on July 31, 2014.

LyondellBasell mulls 550 mln lb addition of ethylene capacity at Texas

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yondellBasell is evaluating a further expansion project at its petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas, that would potentially add up to 550 mln lb per-year of ethylene capacity.

Preliminary engineering work is already underway to assess expansion feasibility.

If the project proceeds, the anticipated time frame for completion would be 2017. The proposed expansion project would be in addition to work already underway to install two large cracking furnaces at the Channelview site that are slated to increase production by 250 million pounds-per- year when construction work is expected to be completed early next year.

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Taipeiplas 2014

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aipeiplas plans to be gradually Asia's no.1 show and that’s what officials at the opening ceremony of Taipeiplas, the biennial show held in Taipei, were aiming for, ie, "not to be the world's no. 1, but Asia's no. 1 show." The officials also spoke about the construction of a new exhibition centre, juxtapposed to the current Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei, which is expected to be ready by 2016, with the 2018 show to be held there.

David Wu, Chairman of the Plastics & Rubber Machinery Committee, TAMI, was especially enthuasistic about the market. "The industry reached an annual production value of NT50 billion, in spite of the difficult situation facing the world economy, the sluggish US economy and Eurozone crisis," he said. He attributed the growth of the Taiwanese machinery industry to the especially fast sales of the latest iPhone 6 launched recently. "The machinery sold to Apple (the maker of iPhone 6) is 100% made in Taiwan.

In addition, we have had orders for machines from Samsung, too," he

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said, adding that the growth in the electronics sector has provided a major boost to Taiwan's machine sector.

the business arena. And we also need to expedite the building of the new exhibition centre," he said.

He also that the plastics machinery industry is second to the machine tools in Taiwan. "Over 80% is for the export market and the main categories include injection moulding, co-extrusion machines and blow moulding machines.

In the last two or three years, the annual export value is US$1.3 billion." He also added that in spite of the difficult world economy, "the first half of 2014, the sector grew by 2.3%."

The officials also said that 16,500 buyers from 95 countries, including 13,900 from Taiwan and 2,600 from abroad, have been invited to the show.

This year Taipeiplas, which was held five days from 2630 September boasts of record size of 530 exhibitors and 2,670 booths, up by 12% and 16% over the last edition, respectively.

A total of 337 local companies and 24 Chinese companies plus 116 companies from countries around the world are represented at the show.

Meanwhile, invited guest DenYih Wu, Vice-President of Republic of China (Taiwan), speaking at the opening ceremony earlier in the day said the change happening in countries, especially the signing of individual free trade agreements (FTAs), will impact Taiwan's economy. "So we need to speed up efforts for regional tie-ups, to help to improve and better compete in

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Taipeiplas started today and will run from Additional Press release Taipei PLAS 2014 closed on 30th of September with an estimated business opportunity of US$200 million. There were 2,730 international visitors, a 8% increase, from 113 countries. Top 10 leading visiting countries include China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Philippines, U.S.A., Singapore and Vietnam. Total visitors accumulated to 18,643, a 17% increase from last edition. Taipei PLAS 2014 closed with breaking record of scale and visitors.

Ta i p e i P L A S i s a b i l i n g u a l industrial trade show that cohosted by TAITRA(Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and TAMI(Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry) that has been running for 14 editions. This year the exhibitor reached 530, using 2670 booths, that Taiwanese plastics and rubber manufacturers did their best in showcasing their quality, innovation and ratio to attract buyers.

Economic recovery brings business opportunities According to statistics after the show, more than 80% of the buyers came from Asia, Middle East and Africa emerging markets. Exhibitors

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Sales Manager Victor Chang from Chen Hsong Group revealed to have received 3 orders and more is coming and President Chin-Lien Tsai from Kung Hsing revealed the its blown film line on-site has also been purchased by a Kazakhstan buyer. The economic recovery is restoring where the business is heating up on-site. More than hundreds of 1-to-1 Procumbent Meetings created US$136 million of business opportunities.

TAITRA has mobilized its 60 oversea offices to invite buyers from all over the world, including The United Arab

Emirates, Turkey, Bulgaria, Mexico, Brazil, India, Germany, Greece, Canada and more to take part of the 1-to-1 Procumbent Meetings.

According to statistics after the show, the on-site business opportunity is estimated to be US$26 million, following by US$110 million afterwards, which makes a total of US$136 million.

Taipei PLAS 2014 showcased high intelligence, high smart control, high productivity and environmental

friendly plastics and rubber machinery that it has been one of the major professional industrial shows. Next Taipei PLAS will return in 2016, where the organizing team will continue to serve with professions to generate more business opportunities.

India's market poised for dramatic growth

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ith the BJP Government at the centre India’s injection molding press industry is poised for dramatic growth in the current year .

Thanks to the stable and new Narendra Modi government. With a strong government at the centre has added to the strength and has positioned India as the next manufacturing hub.

growing middle class will fuel growth and development with an innovative policy framework in place.

“It’s very clear that India is en route to becoming a global plastics processing powerhouse. By 2020,

Eyeing the growth opportunities, major global brands like Milacron LLC have already announced expansion plans — in their case with a $30 million investment. Chinese press maker Haitian International Holdings Ltd. also announced plans to start assembling Zhafir presses in India, and Toshiba Machine Co. Ltd. is expanding capacity at the India factory it bought in 2012.

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With the continuing improvements to infrastructure and industry, the sky’s the limit to India’s potential,” said Milacron President and CEO Tom Goeke, at a recent conference in Mumbai.

India’s plastics industry had anticipated the change in government, and the result was a slowdown in the market at the end of 2013 and early 2014.

“With trends shaping up positively for the change, orders started trickling in the second half of February,” confirmed N.K. Balgi, chairman of the Indian Plastic Institute’s governing council.

It’s interesting to note that the overall press making sector was down in last couple of years, but that was mostly the result of weakness at lowend domestic suppliers.

“The [market] share of high-end global brands offering the latest technology has improved in 2013,” said Balgi, who also is associate director of Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt. Ltd. If the injection press sales were down in 2012 and 2013, auxiliary and automation sales have jumped by almost 15 percent.

States like Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are to emerge as strong hubs.

Chief minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel has claimed that the state is the global manufacturers' first preference owing to its maximum governance through minimum government and industries-friendly environment as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. CM-Anandiben P L A S T I C S N E W S

Patel was speaking at a function to mark the inauguration of the Rs 1,000 crore BASF Chemical Plant spread over 23.44 hectare at Dahej.

Anandiben Patel said that Gujarat has emerged as the manufacturing hub for textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, engineering, oil and gas, gems and jewelry and agro-based products. Over 6,600 chemicals and petrochemicals manufacturing units are there in Gujarat, contributing to 62% of petrochemicals and 53% of chemicals in India.

BASF executive director for South Asia and Board member Michael Heinz and South Asia head Raman Ramchandra unveiled their 150-yearold company's plan to invest 10-billion pounds in the Asia Pacific region between 2013 and 202), Gujarat getting the first MDA Splitter.

At the recently held Investors Global summit in Madhya Pradesh EOIs by investors towards Madhya Pradesh touched over Rs 6 lakh crore.

Business groups such as Reliance, Adani and government-owned entities have promised investments of nearly Rs 6.89 lakh crore in Madhya Pradesh at the Global Investors Summit. The state government received more than 3,160 EOIs in this year's summit.

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizer Ananth Kumar announced that the Centre will set up a Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) at a cost of Rs 1 lakh crore near the Bina petroleum refinery in Madhya Pradesh. J.P. Gaur of diversified firm Jaiprakash Associates promised an investment of Rs 35,000 crore and also offered to develop Rewa as a

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smart city. Mukesh and Anil Ambani pledged an investment of Rs 50,000 crore, Gautam Adani of Adani Group announced Rs 20,000 crore, followed

by Suzlon's Tulsi Tanti Rs 15,000 crore, Welspun's Sindoor Mittal plans to invest Rs 5,000 crore, Essar group's Shashi Ruia is to invest Rs 4,000 crore and Future Group's Kishore Biyani will invest Rs 2,000 crore and Symbiosis open education society is to invest Rs 200 crore.

“Stability of the central government leads to foreign direct investment and local investment in the sector, which leads to capacity creation by processors to tap the existing demand,” said Jayesh K. Rambhia, chairman of the All India Plastics Manufacturers Association’s Plastic Parks & Projects division.

“The plastics industry largely feels that auxiliary are no longer a luxury, but a necessity, with paradigm shift in market priorities and increasing quality standards,” Balgi said.

In 2012-13, press sales were down to 3,800 units annually. Balgi expects them to touch the 6,000 mark this year.

Next year, he said the market may see a 35 percent increase.

While the overall mood is positive, it may take another three to six months for processors to see strong growth.

Windsor Machines Ltd. is hoping for 15 percent growth this year, President T.S. Rajan said, and more in 2015. He thinks the government’s new policies will take time to implement, and their impact on sales will be felt by the end of 2014 or early 2015.

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Flexibility at packaging is the key

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ith all sorts of products hitting the market at an regular interval the race is to catch the eye balls of the customer. It’s the packaging that makes you distinct and provides that one-up level.

as a die maker, and blown film dies remain a specialty today. In 1989, Brampton Engineering developed the patented SCD die (Streamlined Coextrusion Die), leading to sevenlayer blown film.

Blown film machinery maker Brampton Engineering Inc. is well positioned to meet growing demand for complex film structures, highly customized packaging that requires short runs and new markets such as pouches, according to top executive Gary Hughes.

“Where the BE brand has been known over many years, is the multilayer film: seven, nine, 11-layer.

We pioneered that technology. We lead in it,” Hughes said.

Hughes cites a decidedly nonplastic example: Coca-Cola imprinted first names on cans and bottles, taking advantage of digital decorating. Mass production meets customization, in a move that boosted Coke sales in a slow-growing soda market.

All sorts of products now come in seasonal packaging, from M&Ms to Tic Tac mints. Brands want to make more convenient packaging at a lower cost.

“So can the film systems today be more flexible to change-over? That’s economic. Shorter runs and SKUs, personalization and environmentalism are going to drive change in the packaging industry,” Hughes said.

Hughes detailed what he called Brampton Engineering’s strong technology for quality, multilayer film in an interview at the factory in Brampton, north of Toronto. He joined Brampton Engineering late last year as president and CEO, leading the 100-employee company.

The company was founded in 1973

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Hughes says longtime CEO and shareholder Bill Wybenga still comes in and advises on new technology.

Hughes has a varied background in packaging, both injection molded PET preforms and printing. He worked at Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. from 1983 through 2001, with a short break to run a venture capital firm.

After Husky, he became president and CEO of Miller Martini Canada, part of a printing equipment company based in Switzerland. At Miller Martini he saw first-hand the increasing fragmentation of production runs, an ongoing trend he believes gives North American makers of high-end film an edge against imports from China. At Brampton Engineering, Hughes comes to a smaller machinery company, but one known worldwide for its multilayer expertise. The firm built its first fivelayer line in 1980. The 11-layer line came in 2010.RBC Capital Partners owns the machinery maker.

Today Brampton Engineering makes lines to produce film with up to 11 layers. The company runs a nine-layer line in a high-bay area of its plant for customer trials and product

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development. By producing its own dies, winders, air rings and gauge control, Brampton controls the major components that must work together, under its Italycs controller, now in its fifth generation. The company also designs and assembles its gravimetric blenders. Multilayer film goes into barrier packaging for a wide range of products, including meats, cheeses, frozen food, bakery items, vacuum pouches, cereal liners and shrink film.

The film must give barriers to oxygen, moisture and aroma.

“It’s high-end, high-performing film. That’s where a majority of our business is, Hughes said. Even so, a third of sales still come from threelayer and monolayer dies, he said. One emerging monolayer application is film to separate battery plates.

Brampton’s key die design, the SCD, mounts each extruder at a different height along the die. Competitors bring all extruders to the die at the same level around the die, and use a spiral to bring the layers up through the entire die. Brampton Engineering delivers

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“The melt comes out of the screw, and we minimize the distance from the screw to the die. So all the layers don’t have to travel up the height of the die,” Hughes said.

That feature is not important for conventional blown film. “But if you get into nine or 11 layers, you’re die’s getting taller. And if you’re all coming in at the bottom, you’ve got a longer flow path to the lip,” he said. “But all the materials are sharing the same temperature of the die.”

By isolating the temperatures of the different layer materials, and minimizing the residence time — also known in film as the “wetted path” the Brampton die design gives better control and can allow the use of less material, Hughes said. Quality improves in complex film structures, he said, “because the temperatures are respected.”

Keeping the layer temperatures at the ideal level also cuts down on carbon buildup, so the time between die cleanings is longer, he said.

Brampton’s AquaFrost technology which blows the film bubble downward, the opposite of traditional blown film, with the collapsing system at the bottom — quickly cools the film with water, creating very clear, soft film with good mechanical properties and impact strength. AquaFrost goes into medical films, and is finding new uses in thermoforming, Hughes said.

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thick films, competing with cast film, better than 200 microns thick. And we keep the clarity. We actually cool it so fast, it’s performed extremely well in thermoforming in deep draw.

They can get deeper draws with better material distribution,” Hughes said, citing trays for frozen foods that get microwaved. “In some cases they want that tray to be multi-layer with all the barrier performance. It’s thermoformed, and in some cases we can make thick films on AquaFrost. And when they thermoform AquaFrost films, because of the crystalline structure, the morphology, they get better material distribution in deeper draws.”

Hughes said thick AquaFrost film fills out the corners, traditionally a problem area in thin thermoformed trays. Some of Brampton customers are targeting that market with AquaFrost, he said.

“So even the thermoforming people are interested, because if you have multilayer in that tray, you don’t want to, when you’re thermoforming, have the material thin out in the corners.

You may fracture your barrier,” he said.

Hughes said Brampton Engineering has sold 17 AquaFrost lines since the company commercialized the technology at the 2001 K show.

“And more than half the clients are on their second or third line,” he said.

Brampton positions the blown-film AquaFrost against cast film, claiming it exhibits less crystallinity as water removes heat and cools the film faster than a chill roll can, gives higher output for the same width with lower scrap rate, and takes up less space.

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also have to be more flexible today.

“Our conversations [with customers] start with, talk to me about your structures? It’s not unusual to have 10 different structures on the table. …

We’re going to look at the whole variety of materials. And then the discussion is, now, the percentages of each one of those layers. Then we’ll stand back and say, now this is the screw and the extruder specifications for your application,” he said.

Brampton engineers customize the melt channels for each layer in the die.

They can demonstrate the ability to quickly flush out colors and materials from a given layer, enabling for short change-overs.

At the same time, the shorter runs, together with a shortage of highly skilled employees, means the controller has to be simple to use — not an easy task for a technology that controls super-thin layers, and is linked into the gauge control, cooling ring and the speed of haul off and winding.

Hughes said the goal is an Italycs controller with one-touch to change recipes of a film structure.

Brampton Engineering’s Prophecy predictive software uses a rheology library so users can see if their die is possible, in virtual terms.

Meanwhile, packaging continues to evolve. The fast growth of pouches for grocery items presents a challenge to blow molded and injection molded packaging. But Hughes said pouches present a big potential market for flexible film. Pouches are laminated, so they already use film bonded to layers of foil or paper.

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Plastic caps essential to ‘health, beauty’ end market

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hen it comes to discussing caps and closures, beverage is usually king, but it isn’t the only segment. Health and beauty also generates plenty of buzz across the caps universe.

Sushil Raghupathy, executive director of global supplier technical excellence for Estee Lauder Cos., discussed current trends in health and beauty closures during a keynote address at the recently held Plastics Caps & Closures 2014 Rosemont.

Estee Lauder products are sold in 150 countries and include skin and hair care, makeup and fragrances. The company had $10.8 billion in sales in its most recent fiscal year.

Closures play a key role in the branding and function of the products, according to Raghupathy.

“We have to delight the customer with the packaging we put out there,” he said. “The closure plays a key role in that effort.”

The result is the design of caps and closures with intricate components that are visually stimulating with a high level of functionality.

And in a market where new products are being developed virtually daily, speed is key.

“The window is shrinking to launch and we have to develop products in a very short time,” Raghupathy noted.

The health and beauty end market also is challenged with keeping up with the latest trends in fashion. This is coupled with a public whose tastes

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can seemingly shift with the wind.

“We have to try to convey current trends throughout packaging,” Raghupathy explained.

A k e y challenge for Estee Lauder in the production of its closures remains the cost of materials. This remains a factor in packaging decisions as the company moves to put its products on the market.

It ultimately can have an impact on the company’s supply chain.

“We have to elevate the technical skills to achieve what may have seemed impossible in the beginning of the development process,” Raghupathy said.

Moreover, Raghupathy noted that packaging challenges must be addressed upfront to mitigate risks. To achieve this, designers can consider unique resin solutions and the use of rapid prototyping.

Evolving the brand with plastics A key aspect of a cap and closure for a company like Estee Lauder is its use as a part of the development of the brand identity.

“The caps and closures go through a lot of different iterations to carry a brand like the company’s Tory Burch

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line,” Raghupathy said, adding that the use of materials is very important for packaging in this segment.

Over the years, materials have evolved and the health and beauty segment has been able to use more and more plastic in its caps and closures, replacing glass, steel and other materials.

“We are able to use clear resins that can be used to create a closure that is highly functional, light in weight and that looks just like glass,” noted Raghupathy. “The more advanced the materials are, the more opportunities we have to develop plastic packaging and closures that are compatible with products that were once packaged in glass.”

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FEATURES truth. Compression molding is offering many companies another viable option to get into the caps game.

Marco Andrea Ferri, key account and area sales manager for the closures and containers division of Sacmi Imola S.C., discussed compression molding innovation during a session at Plastics Caps & Closures 2014 Rosemont.

“In compression molding, the plastic does not have to be liquefied, so you can work at lower temperatures,” Ferri said.

Image By: Estee Lauder Cos.Estee Lauder's Tory Burch fragrance. conscious fashion and changes occur less frequently.

That is why packaging, including the caps and closures, are considered and discussed at the very beginning of the product development cycle. At Estee Lauder, it is a dialogue that starts at the product’s inception.

Raghupathy noted that the company handles its designs internally and it outsources the production of its caps and closures to suppliers who provide the components.

“Ultimately, the packaging cycle is similar to any retail brand,” he said.

“We are catering to consumers at the end of the day.”

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Ferri noted that the process can produce more intricate parts without weld lines. Tooling costs also are lower with the process.

It does have its limitations. The process cannot be used to manufacture sport caps or closures with a hole in the middle.

The process, Ferri explained, has several advantages, including energy savings, higher consistency, faster cycle times and less complexity.

Sacmi produces an 80-cavity continuous compression molding machine. The maximum rate is 1,400 caps per minute. The optimal cycle time is a little more than 2 seconds.

In the rotary process, a large turret revolves continuously. Each of the cavities receives a small drop of resin, usually polyethylene, and is raised to clamp with the forming upper punch.

The station opens and ejects the cap after a complete 360 degree turn of the turret.

The company also has developed Cool+, its new cooling concept.

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circulation system inside the mold which ensures that all parts in contact with the plastic are cooled,” Ferri said.

“This includes the inner and outer punch.”

The process enables the closure to be cooled much faster, which Ferri noted results in higher quality parts.

“The improvement of the cycle time is huge,” he said. “We have realized a reduction from 2.1 seconds down to 1.5 seconds for a 29 millimeter closure.”

Cool+ underwent an internal validation trial in 2011 and extensive field tests were completed in 2012.

“The test included a total of 133 days at the client’s site,” Ferri said. “We were able to produce 144 million caps during this time, all values were within the standard.”

Sacmi also has developed its Colora Cap digital printing, which enables the use of high-definition digital images and imports them into the printing system in minutes, staring a new production batch without any format changeover costs. It allows images to be printed directly on the production line.

The product offers a range of decorating options and speed for these packaging components.

Advantages include reduced format changeover costs, optimized logistics and reduced format changeover time.

Colora Cap also eliminates the need for personalized parts and matrix for each design or closure. It increases flexibility and produces images with a higher resolution. It also offers real-time changeover. The machine can produce 600 22 mm caps a minute.

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Pipe Planner leads the way concern in this distinct region that takes in parts of Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee.

With some 4 million acres of farm land — one of the largest contiguous farm belts in the United States — the Delta isn’t immune to worries that water needs will outpace supply. In Mississippi, farmers are installing irrigation well meters so the state can monitor how much water is being pumped for agriculture. And Arkansas officials project a groundwater gap as large as 7 million acre-feet per year for 2050 if nothing is done.

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he Pipe planner is farmers new tool to conserve water. Pipe Planner allows the field to get even water distribution. You don’t have any wasted water or what is called tail water. It saves an average of 25 to 50 percent in terms of water consumption India has agrarian economy. More than two third of the Indians depend upon agriculture. changing climatic conditions has made agriculture vulnerable more of risks. With the danger of drought and heavy rainfalls further worsening the yields. US based Delta Plastics has a solution.

It’s dramatic,” fertile soil, flat to gently rolling land and long growing seasons make the Mississippi Delta a major producer of cotton, corn, sugar, rice and soybeans — crops that give root to an agrarian economy going back hundreds of years.

H o w e v e r, w a t e r d e m a n d f o r irrigation and declining aquifer levels make water conservation a major

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Delta Plastics wants to be part of the solution. The Little Rock, Ark.based company, which manufactures polyethylene irrigation tubes, or polytubes, is offering farmers free access to a web-based program that plots out the most efficient way to water furrowed fields.

Called Pipe Planner, this digital design tool allows growers to input information about crop row spacing, elevation and water well volumes and then get back an analysis of what kind of polytube is needed, where they should punch the irrigation holes, how they should vary the hole sizes, and how long it will take to uniformly water the field.

“Pipe Planner allows the field to get even water distribution. You don’t have any wasted water or what is called tail water. It saves an average of 25 to 50 percent in terms of water consumption.

It’s dramatic,” says Delta Plastics President Sean Whiteley.

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In the pipeline Pipe Planner took almost five years and “millions of dollars” to develop, he added, but the company is making it available at no charge to growers as part of the Delta Plastics H2O Initiative.

If widely adopted, the initiative could meet its goal of reducing water usage by 20 percent by 2020.

“We’re very excited about it,” Whiteley said. “We estimate if every irrigated acre in the Delta used Pipe Planner the growers in the region could save more than a trillion gallons of water per year. It’s a huge, huge number.”

Growers also can save on the diesel fuel or electricity needed to power water pumps.

“That’s $50 million to $100 million of energy costs they can eliminate by using Pipe Planner to make their irrigation more efficient,” Whiteley said.

Delta Plastics had been charging farmers and agricultural consultants about $4 to $8 an acre to use Pipe Planner until talks about water shortages intensified. Mississippi farmers just squeaked by a June 30 deadline to voluntarily monitor 5 percent of their irrigation wells or the state was going to make it mandatory. And, in Arkansas, where agricultural products bring in $9.7 billion annually, officials are talking about spending money on infrastructure to deliver surface water to farms where groundwater has declined. “Because of the increase in velocity and frequency of discussions around water quantity and water O C T O B E R 2014

FEATURES quality, we felt it’s important for us to work with everyone to ensure the long-term sustainability of low-cost irrigation,” Whiteley said.

The Delta Plastics H2O initiative also calls for public-private partnerships between the business and universities in the region, educational forums for farmers and collaboration about the best practices for efficient use of water.

In the field The outlook for the Mississippi Delta isn’t as dire as the drought that has been gripping parts of the western United States for as long as 14 years.

Homeowners in some California cities face $500 fines for hosing down driveways and using ornamental fountains. Lake Powell in Colorado is only at 52 percent capacity and Lake Mead in Nevada is worse. The manmade reservoir is considered only 39 percent full. Images of a bathtub-like ring around Lake Mead that show where the water level used to be bother Chris DeClerk, an irrigation specialist

with Delta Plastics. DeClerk said he was standing next to 12-foot tall rows of corn in Missouri. While the Delta region is rich with water compared to the West, he said no one should taking anything for granted.

“We have areas throughout the Mississippi Delta where we’re looking at significant groundwater decline.

We know that the groundwater table is not recharging as fast as it is being depleted. It’s a really big deal and we think if we can get the majority of all polytubing users on this particular program we can significantly reduce the amount of water being used every year.”

DeClerk was meeting with a potential customer about the benefits of polytubing, especially when precisely customized to the growing area with Pipe Planner.

“If you’re pumping on a field that’s 40 acres and it takes you 36 hours to water, we’ve seen watering times drop down to 24 hours. That’s a lot of time not spent watering and a lot of

fuel not used,” DeClerk said. “It brings peace of mind for farmers to figure out complicated fields that required a lot of time baby-sitting. Imagine the staff you’ve got on hand for a 2,000-acre, furrow-irrigated farm and the number of wells that are out there. There’s a lot of bouncing around and turning wells on and off and trying to catch rain and things like that.”

Pipe Planner allows farm managers and farm hands to design irrigation plans quickly, save them for future use and refer to them with mobile phones and tablets. Their feedback should lead to program improvements.

“With the help of farmers, extension agents and our in-house staff, this will be an evolving application that continues to make it easier for the end user to get results,” DeClerk said.

“Delta Plastics spent years developing this and making it easy so it doesn’t take a lot to gain a whole lot. Now we’re giving it away in the name of water conservation.”

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xtruded high density polyethylene pipe is increasingly used as a replacement for traditional materials in infrastructure projects. But now even sewer structures, which traditionally would be built from precast concrete, are being made from extruded polymer.

England’s Anglia Water is the water and sewerage company that supplies the East Anglia region in the United Kingdom. In August, Anglia Water installed a new sewer system, with an

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HDPE pumping station chamber rather than one produced from concrete.

in two sections, and was assembled and welded on site.

The pipe — and pumping station — for the project was manufactured in Wales by Asset International Ltd., the UK licensee of the Weholite and WehoPanel systems, developed by Uponor Infra Ltd. of Vaasa, Finland.

The pumping station for the Cambridge Sewerage Treatment Works is 15 meters long, 4.5 meters wide and 5 meters high. It was delivered Aug. 12

Simon Thomas, Asset International’s managing director, explained the Weholite system: “The pipe is made from a hollow box section which we extrude using standard extrusion equipment. So, in effect, instead of making a round pipe, we’re making a rectangular box. And then we spirally wind [the rectangular box profile] around a drum to make a pipe.”

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FEATURES The WehoPanel process takes away the winding stage. Thomas said.

“In this case, all we’re doing is cutting lengths of profile, before they go to the drum. So we end up with straight lengths of profile. Then we have a machine that welds those together to form panels known as WehoPanels.

“We have a team of fabricators that erect the WehoPanels into all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes; in this case it’s a big box that’s going to be a pumping station.”

The box sections are about 250 millimeters wide and are welded together on a machine into pieces that are 2 meters wide.

“I liken it to putting up plasterboard,” he said. “We turn the profiles we weld on the machine into panels of 2 meters wide. And then the panels are erected in our prefabrication shop and welded by hand.”

The process used to join the extruded panels is heat extrusion welding. Thomas explained.

Asset started producing Weholite pipes in 1996, with two production lines making pipes up to 2.2 meters in diameter. In 2000 the company added a third production line to produce pipe of a 3 meter diameter.

“Then in 2008 we went one better,” said Thomas, “and put in a fourth line to take us up to 3.5 meter diameter which is, as you can imagine, a hell of a big pipe.

“As opposed to a solid wall pressure pipe, you don’t have the weight of material. Consequently a 3.5-meter-diameter pipe only weighs 500 kilograms per meter. But when it’s P L A S T I C S N E W S

installed it has all the structural qualities that will allow it to take full highways loading.”

The company only started making WehoPanels in 2013. Thomas said.

The equipment went into production in September 2013.

“The interesting thing is that it would originally have been specified from precast concrete. We’ll be delivering it in two sections — and that’s only because of transport restrictions on height. It will be delivered onto a concrete base, the top dropped on and then — after some welding on site to seal up the joints — it’s ready to go.

“If it had been constructed in concrete it would have arrived in panels. The panels would have to be assembled on-site, which would take them a lot longer, with a lot more plant and equipment. Whereas this takes a few days to put together. It’s saving a lot of time and money but also saving greenhouse gas emissions, which is becoming very big news in the water industry right now.”

pipes do not travel very well — particularly larger pipes — because of pressure. But Asset does have export markets. Also delivered in August were pipes of various diameters for use as road culverts in the Falkland Islands — a journey of nearly 13,000 kilometers.

Asset plans to build even bigger structures in the future and is working on designs for chambers for combined sewer and overflow (CSO) systems.

“These are unique to the water industry,” said Thomas. “In this industry there’s a lot of combined storm water and sewerage lines that have to have control chambers to separate the solids from the water in the case of a storm.”

“We also have a nice order for road culverts up in northern Norway,” said Thomas, “and that’s for 3.5 -meter pipe because we’re the only people that make it in Europe — or in the world, probably, but I’m hedging my bets.

We’ve been getting orders once a year from one of the northern Norway roads authorities because they like to use the big plastic pipes rather than traditional materials that can fail in the extreme weather conditions they have up there in the Arctic circle.”

The company does its design work internally, using CAD 3-D modelling to ensure that tanks are structurally sound before going to the manufacturing stage.

Asset claims a design life of the pipes of 120 years, based on the testing conducted by the material producers, who use an ageing and extrapolation process.

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North Dakota to have new polyethylene California facility at an US$4 billion signs USA's first

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new polyethylene (PE) manufacturing facility to be built in North Dakota, at an estimated US$4 billion, has been announced.

This will be the largest private sector investment made in state history. The value-added manufacturing facility will use North Dakota's abundant supply of natural gas liquid ("NGL") sourced ethane gas coming out of the Williston Basin as a byproduct of oil production.

The project will significantly reduce the amount of natural gas flared into the atmosphere, which has been a critical area of focus for State and industry leaders. The Badlands facility will convert the ethane to polyethylene, with ability to produce 1.5 mln metric tpa of polyethylene. To bring this world-scale plant to fruition, Badlands is working with two strategic partners,

Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) which is based in Madrid, Spain, as well as Vinmar Projects of Houston, Texas. TR, one of the largest petrochemicals and polymers contractors in the world, is completing a preliminary engineering analysis for Badlands. This work is scheduled for completion in 2014 and will include completion of technology evaluations and ethane to ethylene and ethylene to PE licensor selection, ethane aggregation engineering and planning and final site selection.

Vinmar provides long term product off-take services in support of project finance for the development partners.

Vinmar and Badlands have signed a mutually binding, 15-year product offtake Memorandum of Understanding for 100% of the PE product to be produced by the Badlands project.

Technimark opens third plant in Mexico

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igid packaging injection molder Technimark LLC has opened its third manufacturing plant in Mexico, investing $5 million in a new 93,000 square-foot facility in Silao, 216 miles northwest of Mexico City.

Technimark, which now runs six plants overall on three different continents, is also expanding its operations in Asheboro, in Aachen, Germany, and in Suzhou, China, Kris Peavy, senior vice president of sales and marketing, said in a news release. The company’s two other plants in Mexico are in

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Mexicali and Reynosa. Technimark plans to expand the Silao plant to 160,000 square feet and to increase the number of employees from 43 to 250, the company said. But it did not give a time frame. Founded in 1983, Technimark describes itself as a “global manufacturer of high-value, injectionmolded components for the consumer packaging and select consumer nondurable end markets.” Its customer base, it says, “comprises some of the world’s largest and most successful brands.”

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statewide ban on single use plastic bags

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he bags will be outlawed in grocery and convenience stores to cut down on litter damaging to the environment.

The bill, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, will take effect next July.

Plastic manufacturers have challenged the move, however, claiming it will lead to the loss of thousands of jobs and allow grocers to profit from new paper bag fees.

"This bill is a step in the right direction; it reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks and even the vast ocean itself," Mr Brown said.

It also prohibits "stores from selling or distributing a recycled paper bag at the point of sale unless the store makes that bag available for purchase for not less than $0.10" (£0.06), according to the legislation.

Larger grocers, including WalMart and Target, will be required to comply with the law beginning in July 2015, while convenience stores and food marts will have until July 2016.

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Plastics firms ramp up production, donations in Ebola fight

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s health care workers around the world battle the spread of Ebola, plastics processors are doing their part — ramping up production and even giving products away. Plastic’s most visible role comes in the form of the protective suits worn by medical professionals. DuPont Co., one of the companies that makes personal protective equipment (PPE) used to fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa, has increased its production, according to the company.

“We have already tripled production of our most relevant products for the treatment of infected patients,” said spokesman Dan Turner. “Our DuPont Protection Technologies business has been collaborating with Médecins Sans Frontières [Doctors Without Borders], the World Health Organization and other organizations involved in the response to address the demand for our personal protection garments in the impacted region.”

Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont has taken on more than $250,000 in air freight charges to help move stock of its six different types of Tychem PPE suits — from disposable to sanitizeable and reusable — around to where they are most needed, Turner said. In spite of some reports that the polyethyelene fiber reinforced PPE suits are in short supply in some places, a U.S.-based Doctors Without Borders spokesman says that is not the case for his organization’s Africa operations at this time, including in the three hardest-hit countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Kimberly-Clark, which makes other protective gear such face masks,

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eye protection, shoe covers and exam gloves under its Kleenguard brand, is also ramping up production, though not as dramatically as DuPont just yet, according to reports.

The competitors have also joined forces on a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) effort to spur design improvements to PPE suits, specifically to keep health care workers cooler while still protecting them. Ideas for the $5 million challenge for more breathable protective suits can be submitted through the USAID website. DuPont and Kimberly-Clark are prepared to test out new designs with rapid prototyping.Reports from Africa have said that heat generated inside the suit limit the amount of time health care workers can be in them.Some plastics companies are aiding in the fight by simply giving their products away. Inteplast Group donated of two pallets — 60,000 pairs — of medical grade exam gloves after an executive heard reports of health care workers contracting Ebola and dying due in part to a short supply of gloves.

“It was shocking to learn that a basic medical supply such as gloves was preventing health care providers from rendering needed aid. I felt our company could certainly do something to help solve this,” said Bennett Hellming, general manager of Inteplast subsidiary MiniGrip Commercial LLC of Alpharetta, Ga. Other companies are simply reminding their health care customers which of their products already

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meet federal guidelines for personal protection or transporting potentially contaminated materials. Meese Orbitron Dunne of Ashtabula, Ohio, says its rotationally molded regulated medical waste carts and polyethylene laundry carts meet the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for transporting bagged medical waste or hospital linens and other textiles that may be contaminated with the Ebola virus, according the a recent release from the company.

Egypt to invest US$14.5 bln in Petrochem sectors

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gypt plans to invest US$14.5 bln in developing its refining and petrochemicals sectors. According to reports this is in accordance to the part of efforts to overcome an energy crisis that has led to near-daily power cuts and hit company profits.

Sherif Ismail said that Egypt was trying to boost its output of refined oil products by 5-10% each year, hoping to reduce its dependence on costly imports.

"Total investment implemented over the next five years will be around $14.5 billion and include US$12.5 bln in the refining sector and US$1.9 bln in the ETHYDCO project.

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Massive recycling project at Indiana

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ortage, Ind., has landed what developers are calling the largest plastic recycling facility in the world. Not in Indiana, or the United States, but the world.

International Recycling Group will create the facility in a 575,000-squarefoot building in a business park in Portage. And plans are to occupy the entire space, said Jim Fitzer, executive director of the Portage Economic Development Corp. IRG, based in Spartanburg, S.C., expects to spend about $70 million and hire 220 workers to get the recycling operation up and running, the economic developer said. “What they basically are going to do is they are bringing in their front door recyclable plastics that obviously would otherwise be landfilled,” Fitzer said. “They are going to run it through their process and they are going to have two final products out of that.”

Used plastics that can be recycled into new plastic will be one stream.

And non-recyclable plastics will head off to serve as blast furnace fuel for the nearby ArcelorMittal steel mill in Burns Harbor, Ind., the economic developer said. Investment at the mill will total another $30 million. And, if all goes well, there are plans to invest millions more down the road in a future phase. “It’s really going to be a big operation,” he said.

“I’m excited to get them in there and get them rolling. It’s really great stuff,” Fitzer said. “Kind of world-renowned technology they are going after. It’s an interesting company.”

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until recently, was used by BP as a staging area for a major construction project at its nearby refinery in Whiting, Ind. The building has been empty for about six months, the economic developer said.

IRG is receiving capital investment tax incentives from the city that will phase out over five years. This local tax move also makes the company eligible for state-level tax incentives, he said.

“Of course, they were welcomed with open arms. It’s nice to see something like that come into your community. It’s such a positive thing.

The capital investment, the number of employees and then the positive environmental impact. It’s just second to none. You couldn’t get anything better in a building of that magnitude,” Fitzer said. A building that big easily could have become warehouse instead of manufacturing space, a use that provides much less economic impact for the community, he said.

Doug Schrader, vice chairman of IRG, has been a point man for the company in working with Portage to get the project off the ground. He could not be reached for comment, but IRG’s website explains the company’s views on scrap plastic, recycling and the connection to steel.

“Our primary raw material is plastic scrap with little economic resale value which would otherwise end up either landfilled or exported at heavily discounted value relative to the material’s embedded energy content,” the company said.

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“After sorting and processing at ultra-high speed, using the latest technology, a portion of the formerly uneconomical plastic scrap is sold as high-grade regrind; the remainder is blended to a tightly controlled specification of fuel for our steel industry customers,” the company said.

UBE Fine Chemicals to open production facility for polycarbonate diol

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BE Industries, Ltd. announced that its Thai subsidiary, UBE Fine Chemicals (Asia) Co., Ltd., will open a production facility for polycarbonate diol (PCD) to meet rising global demand.

The new facility is designed to manufacture 3,000 tons of PCD annually and is scheduled to start production in October 2015.

The completion of the new production facility in Thailand will bring the UBE Group's annual production capacity up to 11,000 tons, including 2,000 tons in Japan, 6,000 tons in Spain, and the 3,000 tons in Thailand. With the addition of the new facility, the UBE Group will strengthen its global supply network as the largest manufacturer of PCD in the world.

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Govt of Amur and SIBUR together for 2.4 mln tpa ethylene and gas complex

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leg Kozhemyako, Governor of the Amur Region, and Pavel Lyakhovich, Member of the SIBUR Management Board and Managing Director, have signed a cooperation agreement between the Government of the Amur Region and the petrochemical holding. According to the agreement, both parties share a common interest in SIBUR's investment and its other programmes in the Amur Region, most notably the prospective construction of a gas chemical complex.

The agreement provides that wheni nvesting in the Amur Region SIBUR will build on the local potential of the

region, particularly with regards to its technical infrastructure, labour sourcing and liaison with educational institutions.

The Amur Government, in turn, undertakes to offer full support to ensure development of the gas chemical industry within the Region in compliance with applicable law. In particular the local authorities will look into the possibility assisting in the construction of infrastructure facilities required to build and operate the gas chemical complex, and including these facilities in the state programme for the Socioeconomic Development of the Russian Far East and the Baikal Region through 2025.

In late 2013, SIBUR and Gazprom signed a memorandum of cooperation to build a gas processing plant (GPP) and a gas chemical complex (PCC) in the Amur Region.

The agreement outlines cooperation by the parties on the prospective construction of a largescale multicomponent gas processing complex in the Yakutsk and Irkutsk gas production centres, which Gazprom is developing under the Eastern Gas Programme. Initial estimates suggest that the prospective gas chemical complex will produce 2.4 mtpa of ethylene and its derivatives.

Dow and ExxonMobil to restructure Engineers India bags contract Univation Technologies

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he Dow Chemical Company and ExxonMobil Chemical Company have jointly announced signing of a definitive agreement to restructure the ownership of Univation Technologies, LLC, currently a 50:50 joint venture between affiliates of Dow and ExxonMobil. This transaction will result in Univation Technologies becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow aligned to its Performance Plastics operating segment.

“Univation Technologies is the licensor of UNIPOL™ PE Process Technology and the leader in the development, manufacture and sales of PE catalysts for the UNIPOL™ PE Process.

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Univation Technologies will continue to license its UNIPOL™ PE Process Technology, including swing capability for linear low density polyethylene and high density polyethylene.

Additionally, Univation Technologies will continue to develop and supply all catalysts, including: UCAT™ Conventional, ACCLAIM™ Advanced Unimodal, XCAT™ Metallocene and PRODIGY™ Bimodal Catalysts. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2014, pending regulatory approval. Dow and ExxonMobil are committed to working closely together to ensure a seamless transition for all stakeholders.

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by Assam Petrochemicals

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ngineers India has been awarded a consultancy contract

by Assam Petrochemicals for their proposed 500 tons/day methanol Plant and 200 tons/day Acetic Acid Plant at Namrup, Assam.

EIL's scope of work would include license, engineering, procurement and construction management services for methanol ISBL Plant & integrated OSBL plant. The company will be finishing the project in next 36 months.

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Bayer MaterialScience a new entity

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erman major Bayer plans to spin off its polymer business into a new, publicly listed entity and move focus primarily to health care. The plan to spin off the polymer business, known as Bayer MaterialScience, was approved by Bayer’s management board early this month and by its supervisory board in a unanimous vote on Thursday. Bayer’s health care products are part of its life sciences group, which also includes its crop science division.

The crop unit, which Bayer will be retaining, focuses on chemical and biological products like insecticides

and plant seeds. The spun-off plastics business will continue to be based in Leverkusen, Germany. The spinoff will adopt a new name.

“Our intention is to create two top global corporations: Bayer as a world-class innovation company in the life science businesses, and MaterialScience as a leading player in polymers,” Marijn Dekkers, said Bayer chief executive. “A major reason for this move is to give MaterialScience direct access to capital for its future development. The separation will allow the polymer business to better align its organization.

ONGCs targets completion of delayed Dahej petrochem plant

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il and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) long-delayed mega petrochemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat will be commissioned by June 2015, but at 27% higher cost of Rs 27,122 crore. ONGC had in 2006 set up ONGC Petro-additions Ltd (OPaL) for building a mega petrochemical complex at Dahej in Gujarat. The plant was originally planned to come on stream by end 2012 but delays have led to two revisions in completion dates.

"Pre-commissioning activities have started at Dahej. The plant will be mechanically complete by April 2015 and commercial operations will start

by June 2015," ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh K Sarraf P L A S T I C S N E W S

said. The 1.1 mln tons plant was in 2006 estimated to cost Rs 12,440 crore. But since then the project cost has been revised thrice - first to 15,870 crore in end 2008, then to Rs 19,535 crore in June 2010 and to Rs 21,396 crore in August 2012.

The project cost has undergone further cost-escalation and completion cost is now estimated at Rs 27,122 crore. f the additional cost, about Rs 3,192 crore is due to interest during construction and another Rs 1,592 crore on account of startup and commissioning expense. Foreign exchange variation cost Rs 460 crore and another Rs 482 crore was due to change of project scope.

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MP Global Summit receives EOIs worth Rs 6 lakh crore

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usiness groups such as Reliance, Adani and government-owned entities have promised investments of nearly Rs 6.89 lakh crore in Madhya Pradesh at the Global Investors Summit.

The state government received more than 3,160 EOIs in this year's summit. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizer Ananth Kumar announced that the Centre will set up a Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) at a cost of Rs 1 lakh crore near the Bina petroleum refinery in Madhya Pradesh.

J.P. Gaur of diversified firm Jaiprakash Associates promised an investment of Rs 35,000 crore and also offered to develop Rewa as a smart city.

Mukesh and Anil Ambani pledged an investment of Rs 50,000 crore, Gautam Adani of Adani Group announced Rs 20,000 crore, followed by Suzlon's Tulsi Tanti Rs 15,000 crore, Welspun's Sindoor Mittal plans to invest Rs 5,000 crore, Essar group's Shashi Ruia is to invest Rs 4,000 crore and Future Group's Kishore Biyani will invest Rs 2,000 crore and Symbiosis open education society is to invest Rs 200 crore.

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RusVinyl inaugurates PVC facility in Kstovo

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usVinyl inaugurated its PVC production facility in Kstovo (NizhnyNovgorod Region), ranking among Russia’s largest petrochemical investment projects.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, attended the grand opening ceremony, along with Alex van Meeuwen, Belgian Ambassador to Russia, Valery Shantsev, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Region, Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of SIBUR’s Board of Directors, Alexander Dyukov, Deputy Chairman of SIBUR’s Board of Directors, Jacques van Rijckevorsel, Chairman of the Board of SolVin, Dmitry Konov, CEO of SIBUR, and Guenther Nadolny, CEO of RusVinyl. RusVinyl

is a joint venture between SIBUR, Russia's leading gas processing and petrochemical company, and SolVin[i], and was created to construct a new PVC production site that could meet a significant part of domestic demand.

RusVinyl is one of the largest PVC producers in Russia with an annual production capacity of 330,000 tpa of PVC and 225,000 tpa of caustic soda. It will benefit from the nearby supply of ethylene, a key raw material for PVC, from SIBUR-Kstovo's steam cracker, expanded to 360,000 tpa especially for the RusVinyl. Salt, the other feedstock for PVC production, will be provided from Belarus and from the Astrakhan Region of Russia. This

Boardwalk to acquire Gulf Coast Ethylene pipeline from Chevron

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oardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP has entered into a definitive agreement with Chevron Pipe Line Company to acquire Chevron Petrochemical Pipeline LLC which owns the Evangeline ethylene pipeline system for US$295 mln in cash, subject to customary adjustments.

The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014, subject to customary closing conditions, after which Evangeline will be operated by Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream, a subsidiary of Boardwalk. The Evangeline system is a 176-mile interstate pipeline capable of transporting approximately 2.6 billion pounds of ethylene per year P L A S T I C S N E W S

and is supported by long-term, feebased contracts. Evangeline transports ethylene between Port Neches, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where it interconnects with the BLM ethylene distribution system that includes BLM's storage facilities at the Choctaw Hub. BLM provides transportation and storage services for ethylene and natural gas liquids (NGLs), natural gas storage, and brine supply services for producers and consumers of petrochemicals through two hubs in southern Louisiana.

BLM plans to connect Evangeline to its storage facilities at BLM's SulphuHub in the Lake Charles area after the acquisition is completed.

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greenfield project, with an investment exceeding RUB 60 bn (€ 1.4 bn) [iii], entirely complies with Russia's strictest environmental regulations.

Thanks to cutting-edge vinyl technology, fully automated production and stateof-the-art equipment, the facility's environmental footprint is marginal.

Each section of the facility has multi-tier safety systems. An advanced membrane method prevents hazardous substances from being formed during electrolysis. Finally, RusVinyl uses a patented technology that makes electrolysis completely waste-free.

Carbon Holdings increases investments for Tahrir Petrochemical Complex

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arbon Holdings has increased investmenst for the Tahrir Petrochemical Complex to be constructed in Ain Sokhna, to US$7 bln. 65% of the project will be financed by bank loans, while the remaining 35% will be self-financed.

The necessary contracts for obtaining 65% of the project’s funding are expected to be concluded within six months, while the company is expected to begin work on the project in 45 days. The project is estimated to be finished at the end of 2019.

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Asahi Kasei to expand in US with second BPCL to purchase plastic compound plant critical technology

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sahi Kasei Chemicals inaugurated its plant for plastic compounds in Athens, Alabama, as the second plant of its US subsidiary Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Inc. (APNA). The ceremony was attended

by Mr. Greg Canfield, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce and Mr. Kazuo Sunaga, Consul General of Japan in Atlanta, as well as key personnel of APNA and Asahi Kasei Chemicals.

Having identified an expansion of compounding operations as a critical element in the strategic growth of its engineering plastics business, Asahi Kasei Chemicals has expanded its

compounding facilities in Asia as well as in Michigan, where APNA is based.

Construction of the second North American plant for compounds in Alabama will enable increased supply to meet customer needs in the Southern US, where demand growth is most notable.

Outside North America, Asahi Kasei Chemicals has operating bases for plastic compounds in Japan, China, Thailand, Singapore, and Belgium. The company will continue to develop highquality and high-performance products in accordance with market needs, while studying ways to further expand its supply infrastructure.

Amcor wants larger stake in Indian Packaging

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lexible packaging firm Amcor Ltd. is rapidly expanding its presence in the Asian market..The company will soon announce plans for a new plant. Amcor also is expanding capacity at its two Indian plants.“Growth has become softer in India in about last couple of years but we have decided to expand capacities of our two plants in Haridawar and Baroda,” Ralf said.

Capacity in Haridwar will grow about 30 percent, while Baroda will be doubled.“We have observed the push is coming back in this market and doubling of Baroda plant capacity would be in line

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with growth prospects in near future,” he said. Amcor wants a larger stake in the Indian packaged food industry, which is projected to reach $30 billion by 2015.

Amcor generates more than $100 million in sales in India. The company plans to introduce products there with an emphasis on sustainability and product safety. Recently, Amcor had signed an agreement to buy an Indonesian flexible packaging business, Jakarta-based Bella Prima Packaging Ltd., for $25.2 million. Amcor expects to complete that deal in 2014.

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to produce propylene derivatives

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harat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) plans to purchase outright, critical technology to produce speciality propylene derivatives-based products such as acrylic acid and acrylates, for its Kochi plant.

This decision was taken after BPCL failed to get South Korean LG Chemicals on board as a technology partner.

A year after signing an agreement with BPCL in July 2012, LG Chemical walked out of the JV in August 2013 citing adverse international environment for large investment. BPCL is setting up the Rs 5,000 crore petrochemical project adjacent to its Kochi refinery to produce 250 mln tons of speciality propylene derivatives products.

The petrochemical project is part of the Rs. 165 bln expansion that Bharat Petroleum is undertaking to upgrade and increase capacity at the refinery from 9.5 mln tons to 15.5 mln tons

by December 2015.

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PRODUCT NEWS

Milliken’s Millad NX 8000 High-performance, thermoformed packaging

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illiken has introduced Millad NX 8000 high-performance, attention-grabbing thermoformed packaging that is both resource- and cost-efficient. Millad NX 8000 gives PP a clarity boost that overcomes the traditional undesirable milky appearance of PP in thermoforming, thereby creating highly-attractive transparency similar to PET for sheet and thermoformed applications such as meat trays, clamshell containers and lids.

Ultra Clear PP also offers important performance benefits such as monomaterial packaging, easy seal, chemical resistance, impact resistance and heat resistance. The material's excellent heat resistance further extends application opportunities by enabling microwaveability and

hot fill capability. Proven statistics support Ultra Clear PP's productivity improvements, energy savings, low carbon footprint and cost-efficiency compared to alternative plastics.

For example, at-booth samples will demonstrate its ability to offer a 17.8% weight saving compared to PET based food trays, with possibilities to produce 70 trays from 1kg of PP compared with 57 trays from 1kg of PET. “Ultra Clear PP based food trays can be recycled, unlike multimaterial or multi-layered PET trays which are normally not recycled and therefore end-up in landfills. Monomaterial PP trays are easy to recycle and the recycled PP is suitable for use in further applications such as automotive, furniture, containers and

appliances,” comments Sami T.K. Palanisami, Milliken's Marketiung & Sales Manager Plastic Additives.

Following the promise of exceptional clarity for PP, at Emballage 2014 Milliken will turn its attention to the achievement of UV protection for PET packaging. ClearShield® Colorless UV Absorbers create a new UV protection performance standard for PET that extends the shelf life of packaged materials and protects brand image for food, beverages and consumer products. Approved for food contact applications by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)*, ClearShield also overcomes the deficiencies of traditional technologies, including unwanted color, migration, bloom and plate-out.

Clariant’s new Exolit® OP 560 flame retardant for PU foam

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lariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, confirms good news for the upholstery industry and other sectors looking for safer, environmentally more compatible flame retardants that meet internationally accepted flammability standards3 for flexible polyurethane foam.

In its draft Alternatives Assessment report1 on flame retardants in flexible foam released in June2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified Clariant’s oligomeric phosphonate polyol (OPP) flame retardant –marketed under the trade name Exolit® OP 560 – as

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a safer alternative to pentabromo diphenylether (pentaBDE), traditionally used for giving fire protection to foam. The report is part of the EPA’s Design for the Environment program, which helps industries choose safer chemicals, and offers a basis for future decision-making by providing a detailed comparison of the potential public health and environmental impacts of chemical alternatives.

Exolit OP 560 is a reactive flame retardant that eliminates unwanted emissions since it becomes chemically bonded within the polymeric polyurethane foam structure. As a result, it cannot

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leave the foam during use, is also halogen-free, and has a more favorable toxicological and environmental profile.

In particular, it cannot bioaccumulate in humans and other organisms since it is “locked” into the foam. Further benefits for PU applications include excellent ageing stability, as well as low smoke density and smoke gas corrosivity in case of a fire.

The phosphonate’s high effectiveness and good compatibility with natural polymers allow it to be used at low dosages in the foam matrix, which also adds to the foam’s excellent sustainability profile.

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Quadrant’s range of railway industry specific high performance plastics materials

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range of railway industry specific high performance plastics materials will be introduced by Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP), the global leader in machinable plastics. With this, Quadrant offers the first and largest portfolio of EN 45545-2 tested plastics for the railway industry, suitable for exterior and interior applications of rollingstock.

Thanks to its enhanced properties such as optimized gliding (selflubrication), light weight or impact strength, the materials can not only be used for the improvement of rollingstock, but also in infrastructure applications such as rail tracks.

Nylatron 66 SA FR – a newly developed flame retardant PA66 will also be unveiled. This new material meets the requirements of EN 45545-2 and UL94 V0, yet it does not contain

any hazardous materials. Parts made of it comply with the existing REACH, RoHS and WEEE standards. Its flame retardant properties fulfill the requirements of electrical applications in rail and for general functional components below 2000 grams weight.

The development of Nylatron 66 SA FR was possible thanks to Quadrant’s expertise and best in class technologies, and will not only enable the production of rail typical quantities but also the production of rail typical large sizes.

In addition to its superior flame retardant properties, new Nylatron 66 SA FR provides all the advantages of a PA66 vs. standard nylon, making it possible for the first time to extrude even large diameter shapes of flame retardant Nylon, and replacing existing Nylon applications with step-changing

flame retardant technology material.

This material will be available in rods and plates all colored black. Rolling stock producing OEMs benefit from improved materials and components which comply with rail safety requirements, are lighter weight, and offer the ability to integrate enhanced functionality to cope with current market developments and the growing demand for more sustainable and safer construction solutions.

The range of materials encompasses UHMW polyethylene, nylon and ultra-high performance polymers such as PEEK and PEI that resist permanent use temperature to over 180°C. All have been tested according to the EN 45545-2 railway standard, making this the first such offering in the industry.

Ultra-high barrier packaging with PVdC based blister films

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erlen Packaging is the first company to enter the ultrahigh barrier segment with PVdC based blister films and is now presenting the ground-breaking PERLALUX - Ultra protect with highest water vapour and oxygen barrier properties.

The Swiss company's latest innovation has succeeded in doubling the moisture and oxygen barrier again, using a multi-layer PVdC technology.

In 2006, Perlen Packaging launched

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PERLALUX - Tristar ultra, the first PVdC based high barrier film and cost-effective alternative to PCTFE. "With PERLALUXUltra protect we can now provide the world's first highly transparent PVdC film for the rapidly growing ultra-high barrier segment" according to Johannes Giessler, Director Sales & Marketing at Perlen Packaging.

The PVdC based Ultra protect films are vastly superior to alu/alu blisters in terms of the use of resources. The

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more compact arrangement of tablets means up to 50% smaller packs, resulting in cost savings in material, packaging, transport and storage.

"The trend in tablet packaging is going towards "one fits all", as an efficient global distribution and logistics network can only be achieved through standardisation of the transparent blister packs, now favoured by consumers", says Wolfgang Grimm, CEO of Perlen Packaging.

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Parx Plastics launching its first ready to use Saniconcentrates

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arx Plastics is launching its first ready to use Saniconcentrates™ for manufacturers in Europe and the US to safely create self-sanitizing products with an antibacterial property of up to 99% within 24 hours*. The technology developed by Parx Plastics is the world’s first antimicrobial solution without toxins or chemicals. It does not use chemicals such as Triclosan or heavy metals such as silver, nor does it use biocides, Nanoparticles, quaternary salts or any other harmful substances.

The antimicrobial property is achieved by making use of one of the most important trace elements in the human body. The trace element, present in our food, is essential for a

healthy immune system and for building up and maintaining cells, hair, nails and skin. Absolute safety is guaranteed not only by the biocompatibility but also because the technology does not migrate. The antibacterial property is the result of an intrinsic change and not of leaching substances. The surface of a product becomes hostile to bacteria by means of a mere physical and mechanical action.

The first materials taken into mass production at the Italian facility in Bologna are a Sani-ABS and a Saniconcentrate based on Eastman’s copolymer Tritan. These are uniform grades used as a carrier incorporating the technology that mix at 3% with

plain material of the same kind. The mixture brings forth a product with an antimicrobial property of up to 99%.

“Being able to offer these off-theshelf solutions is a great step forward bringing our biocompatible technology to the market according to Michael van der Jagt, one of the founders of Parx Plastics. “The past few months have been pretty turbulent for our organization receiving great interest from many of the largest corporations.

The world is moving towards more sustainable solutions and customer pressure is rising. Companies that ignore the shift away from harmful chemicals and dangerous substances are bound to loose or be left behind.

Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion supplies first EVOLUTION blown film line to RJ

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J Corps, the biggest franchisee of PepsiCo India, has installed a 3-layer EVOLUTION blown film line from Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion at the plant of Varun Beverages located in Alwar, Rajasthan. The 2.6 metre wide line produces collation shrink film for packaging of Pepsi bottles and water bottles from PET.

quality film; Ultra Cool is the current state of the art in high-performance blown film cooling systems, with an output of up to 700 kg/h with Varun’s recipes. The line is also provided with an EVOLUTION WP winder of the newest generation ensuring fast conversion of the film thanks to straight-edge winding and multi up rolls.

This high-performance line is the first blown film line of the company. With the investement, the Indian MNC completes its vertical diversification. Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion has equipped the line with state-of-the-art EVOLUTION Ultra Range extruders and Ultra Cool technology for high output and high

The industry leading EVOLUTION C automation system developed by Reifenhäuser Kiefel features an intuitive user interface and 24“ touch screen panel that enables Varun Beverages’ employees to get familiar with the operation of the line, rapidly and without problem. "We stand for a high quality in

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our markets Therefore, our requirements with regard to system technology, film quality and project management are accordingly high. Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion has done an excellent job.

The line is producing top-quality film, and thanks to the skilled expertise, the team of our own employees, and the teams from Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion and Reifenhäuser India were able to install the line and get it into production in just a few weeks," states the management of RJ Corps.

Reifenhäuser India headquartered in Mumbai and Delhi will continue to support RJ Corp locally by its experts.

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PRODUCT NEWS

Victrex’s New hybrid molding process and material innovations delivers next-gen

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new PAEK-based polymer and an innovative hybrid molding technology has been developed by Victrex . The polymeric advancement allows engineers to design stronger, lower cost components that are up to 60% lighter than typical metal and thermoset systems. By working together, Victrex and Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corp. have engineered an aerospace bracket using this new polymer and technique with the demanding performance requirements of loaded applications in mind.

The development of technologies for the aerospace industry is making significant progress not only from a material perspective, but from a processing standpoint as well.

Engineers are requiring lightweight, complex parts at lower costs, higher processing efficiencies, and improved mechanical properties. This can be delivered by using the hybrid molding process. Victrex, an innovative world leader in PAEK (polyaryletherketone) polymer solutions, has collaborated with Tri-Mack Plastics, a distinguished molder of high temperature thermoplastic resins and composites for the aerospace sector, to deliver unique structural aircraft solutions.

Commercial aircraft use thousands of brackets from the cockpit to the tail of the plane. The total amount of brackets on an aircraft can add a significant amount of weight especially if they are made from metal. The hybrid-molded VICTREX PAEK-

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based composite bracket is able to deliver up to 60% weight savings compared to stainless steel and titanium while offering equivalent or better mechanical properties such as strength, stiffness, and fatigue. “These technologies are enabling engineers to design lighter, stronger and more cost-effective solutions like the new bracket,” stated Tim Herr, Aerospace Strategic Business Unit Director for Victrex. Herr says, “This gamechanging advantage over metals and thermoset composites is a result of our dedication to the future of flight.”

Tri-Mack has a long-standing relationship with Victrex in the development of high-performance aerospace components using PAEK polymers. “Given our expertise in the industry, we were excited to use a new polymer and process to develop an innovative product,” said Tom Kneath,

Director of Sales and Marketing for Tri-Mack. Kneath added, “The design flexibility of the materials, along with the technical support from Victrex, enabled us to engineer and manufacture a PAEK bracket that can be produced in minutes compared to the hours it would take for a metal or thermoset equivalent.” This improvement in manufacturing efficiency translates into less processing time, lower energy requirements, and reduced waste for Tri-Mack. Those benefits, paired with eliminating steps such as edge sealing and X-ray inspections, help to reduce overall part costs. The benefits are not only limited to aerospace designs. The overall mechanical properties, weight savings, and processing efficiencies offer a step-change for the automotive, energy, and consumer electronics industries as well.

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PRODUCT NEWS

Zambello Make Twin Screw “TST” Modle Sucess Hight Torque “TST” Model – Zambello Capturing Indian Market TST Model availabal: (Co-Rotating and Counter

an extremely high transmissible torque.

Rotating)

Examples of application:

TST – H Series and 2H Series looking forward for new market in Indian, customer who are especially looking for High Capacity Transmit the Torque.

Civil building items PVC products (doors, windows, pipes) Civil building items PVC products (doors, windows, pipes)

TST- H Series - With a transmissible torque density

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up to 20 Nm/cm3 per shaft.

Petrochemical products

The gearboxes of this series are designed for exacting applications, where a high torque is required, which is transmitted by means of a single reversing unit. The connection to the electric motor is obtained by means of an elastic joint.

ZAMINDIA MANISH SANANDIYA / CEO Mobile: +91 9925835500 E-mail: msanandiya@zambelloindia.com

The reduction ratios available from i=14 to max. i=80.

C/602, Riddhi Tower, Nr. Lotus School,

TST- 2H series - With a transmissible torque density

Jodhpur Gam Road, Jodhpur,Satellite,

up to 22.5 Nm/cm3 per shaft.

Ahmedabad –380015 Gujarat.India.

The gearboxes of the TST-2H series present the highest technical level for which these are the best worldwide for heavy-duty jobs. The transmission of the torque is obtained by means of double reversing unit. The reduction ratios available from i=14 to max. i=80.

Conical type As a completion of the range of gearboxes for counter rotating extruders, Zambello proposes the new ZC3 gearboxes for conical twin-screw extruders. At the moment the new gearboxes are available in three sizes, which are suitable for extruders having screw diameters of 55 mm, 65 mm and 80 mm. The essential feature of these gearboxes consists of ground conical gears according to AGMA 11 - DIN 3.Like the entire range of Zambello, also the gearboxesZC3 enable

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PRODUCT NEWS

4-Meter HDPE Dimpled Sheet Extrusion Line - Amut Group

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MUT GROUP has recently manufactured and tested a plant for the production of HDPE dimpled sheet, with a net width of 4 meters, for a Russian customer, being one of the biggest producers of materials for the building sector. An important technological goal, proof of the Group’s continuous investments in R&D towards ambitious projects assuring high performances.

melt exit width higher than 4.300 mm, so perfect to produce the maximum width even on low potential thicknesses of the finished product (< 300g/sm).

It is also included a special calendering/forming group with particular solutions, realized thanks to AMUT wide experience in the thermoforming field. Such a width, combined with the linear speed demanded by the contract production guarantees (10 m/min of finished product), requested an accurate study of the two main forming rolls cooling flows made by means of recirculation/ thermoregulation pumps; as well as a system for forming vacuum distribution capable to satisfy the different needs connected with the requested types of finished product.

The HDPE dimpled sheet is largely used to protect and provide drainage for the underground walls and it is the latest solution for the proper protection and ventilation of the waterproofing mantle between cement foundations and ground. Furthermore, its versatility makes it essential for the realization of buildings in zones where water presence is particularly high.

Since the line can process 100% of post consume material, even the vacuum group had to be designed with condensation/reduction systems for the extrusion fumes which are potentially present as a pollutant in the melt and certainly problematic in the vacuum circuit.

Downstream the calendering/forming unit, an unwinding/ lamination station has been installed to allow the introduction of 4-m wide geotextile materials. This station is complete with a distribution system of the hot melt glues used for different support/reinforce materials adhesion.

The line has a capacity higher than 1700 Kg/h and it offers the possibility to produce articles using all 4000 mm or, by applying a central cutting, to obtain 2 coils of 2000 mm each or even 4 coils of 1000 mm each (coils maximum diameter is 490 mm). The linear kinematic speed is equal to 12,5 m/ min and the thickness range varies from 350 to 1000 g/sm.

The end-line is composed of an automatic winder complete with a bench for the finished coils unloading/stacking.

The plant is also equipped by complementary and ancillary equipment such as: a group for the bilateral unwinding of the advertising/signaling strap directly applied during the forming phase, a grinding group for trims complete with a transport system to convey the ground material directly in the raw material loading/mixing zone.

The line, based on a EA 180 single screw extruder with L/D 45, is able to process material in granules as well as trims/ flakes or post consume HDPE bottles, always assuring a uniform feeding, even when processing raw materials having different granulometry.

The line is composed of the following sections:

A proprietary Software, developed and tuned specifically for this line particular exigencies, controls and checks all activities and parameters, by storing and monitoring the whole production process.

loading system, raw materials dosing unit, single screw extruder with a plasticization capacity of more than 1800 Kg/h and equipped with a vacuum vent system with closed loop circuit for water, used in case of material coming from post consume bottles at the extraction of volatile components, continuous screen changer with increased screening, gear pump with high pressure, capable to process also potential types of polymers with a high molecular weight, flat die with

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Allied Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd. are exclusive representatives of AMUT machineries in India.

For further information please contact us on info@ alliedsolutions.com

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Varun Beverages Ltd (RJ Corp) partners with Reifenhauser Kiefel Extrusion to successfully install their first blown film line

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J Corp, which owns PepsiCo India’s biggest franchisee bottling business since 1991, has 9 Bottling Plants in India. They also have interests in the fields of Retail, Food and Beverages, Education and Real Estate. RJ Corp has franchisee rights for food brands like KFC and Pizza Hut from Yum Restaurants in India and Nigeria. Besides, they are in the Dairy and Ice Cream Business in countries like Uganda, Kenya and Zambia.

RJ Corp has a pan India presence and has performed exceedingly well in overseas markets. The group also operates out of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia and Thailand where it has Bottling, Dairy, Food and other operations.

Diversification has been the characteristic of this group right from the very start. In a true sense, RJ Corp has grown into an Indian MNC. One recent diversification was the setting up of a high output blown film line for captive consumption of

collation shrink film, with the strong belief in quality. Reifenhauser India is proud to associate with RJ Corp after supplying them their first three layer blown film line from Reifenhauser Kiefel Extrusion. The line is dedicated for collation shrink film, used for Pepsi bottles (PET) and packaged water bottles Reifenhauser Kiefel Extrusion proved it right by supplying a 2.6 mtr wide blown film line suitable for various shrink film sizes required by Varun beverages, at their plant located in Alwar,Rajasthan.

With the joint efforts of Varun’s professional team and skilled expertise, the team from Reifenhauser Kiefel Extrusion,Germany and the Reifenhauser India team were able to install the line and get the line into full production in just a few weeks.

The line is equipped with state of art EVOLUTION Ultra Range extruders and Ultra Cool technology; Ultra Cool is the current state of the art in high output blown film cooling systems, with an output of up to 700 kg/hr with Varun’s recipes.

The line is also provided with the state of the art EVOLUTION WP winders to have excellent winding quality for multi up rolls. Varun Beverages is excited to achieve the highest film quality with their required film properties for shrink film. This film is then fed in to shrink tunnels for packaging of soft

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drink beverages and packaged water bottles.

The line is equipped with the industry leading EVOLUTION C automation system, all operator controls being integrated in a single 24” smart app touch screen panel, for the highest operating efficiency and operator friendliness, meeting today’s demanding requirements from the market.

After sales support is assured locally by the Reifenhauser India technical team, head quartered in Mumbai, with branches in Delhi and all regions across India. The technical team of Reifenhauser India team has been trained in Germany by Reifenhauser Kiefel Extrusion, headquartered in Worms, Germany.

RKE Germany and Reifenhauser India is proud to be a partner with RJ Corp/ Varun Beverages and wishes them continued outstanding success.

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TECHNOLOGY

Tiny conical tips fabricate nanoscale devices cheaply

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cientists have developed dense arrays of microscopic cones that harness electrostatic forces to eject streams of ions. The technology has a range of promising applications: depositing or etching features onto nanoscale mechanical devices; spinning out nanofibers for use in water filters, body armor, and "smart" textiles; or propulsion systems for fist-sized "nanosatellites."

a centimeter square, quadrupling the array size and emitter density of even the best of its predecessors.

Scientists Fernando VelásquezGarcía's group at MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) develops dense arrays of microscopic cones that harness electrostatic forces to eject streams of ions.

"The topic we have been tackling is how we can make these devices operate as close as we can to the theoretical limit and how we can greatly increase the throughput by virtue of multiplexing, with massively parallel devices that operate uniformly."

The technology has a range of promising applications: depositing or etching features onto nanoscale mechanical devices; spinning out nanofibers for use in water filters, body armor, and "smart" textiles; or propulsion systems for fist-sized "nanosatellites."

Velásquez-García, his graduate students Eric Heubel and Philip Ponce de Leon, and Frances Hill, a postdoc in his group, describe a new prototype array that generates 10 times the ion current per emitter that previous arrays did.

Ion current is a measure of the charge carried by moving ions, which translates directly to the rate at which particles can be ejected. Higher currents thus promise more-efficient manufacturing and more-nimble satellites.

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"This is a field that benefits from miniaturizing the components, because scaling down emitters implies less power consumption, less bias voltage to operate them, and higher throughput," says VelásquezGarcía, a principal research scientist at MTL.

When Velásquez-García speaks of a "theoretical limit," he's talking about the point at which droplets - clumps of molecules - rather than ions - individual molecules - begin streaming off of the emitters. Among other problems, droplets are heavier, so their ejection velocity is lower, which makes them less useful for etching or satellite propulsion.

The ions ejected by VelásquezGarcía's prototype are produced from an ionic salt that's liquid at room temperature. Surface tension wicks the fluid up the side of the emitters to the tip of the cone, whose narrowness concentrates the electrostatic field. At the tip, the liquid is ionized and, ideally, ejected one molecule at a time.

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inevitable. But earlier emitter arrays those built both by Velásquez-García's group and by others -- fell well short of that threshold.

Increasing an array's ion current is a matter of regulating the flow of the ionic salt up the emitters' sides.

To do that, the MIT researchers had previously used black silicon, a form of silicon grown as closely packed bristles. But in the new work, they instead used carbon nanotubes - atom-thick sheets of carbon rolled into cylinders -- grown on the slopes of the emitters like trees on a mountainside.

By carefully tailoring the density and height of the nanotubes, the researchers were able to achieve a fluid flow that enabled an operating ion current at very near the theoretical limit.

"We also show that they work uniformly -- that each emitter is doing exactly the same thing," Velásquez-García says. That's crucial for nanofabrication applications, in which the depth of an etch, or the height of deposits, must be consistent across an entire chip.

To control the nanotubes' growth, the researchers first cover the emitter array with an ultrathin catalyst film, which is broken into particles by chemical reactions with both the substrate and the environment. Then they expose the array to a plasma rich in carbon. The nanotubes grow up under the catalyst particles, which sit atop them, until the catalyst degrades.

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TECHNOLOGY García says. The emitters, like most nanoscale silicon devices, were produced through photolithography, a process in which patterns are optically transferred to layers of materials deposited on silicon wafers; a plasma then etches the material away according to the pattern.

nanodevices could have several advantages over photolithography.

Because they can operate at room temperature and don't require a vacuum chamber, the arrays could deposit materials that can't withstand the extreme conditions of many microand nanomanufacturing processes.

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And they could eliminate the time consuming process of depositing new layers of material, exposing them to optical patterns, etching them, and then

Velásquez-García believes that using arrays of emitters to produce

starting all over again. "In my opinion, the best nanosystems are going to be done by 3-D printing because it would bypass the problems of standard microfabrication," Velásquez-García says. "It uses prohibitively expensive equipment, which requires a high level of training to operate, and everything is defined in planes. In many applications you want the three-dimensionality: 3-D printing is going to make a big difference."

New class of electrically conductive polymers unveiled

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new class of electrically conductive polymers known as PTMA, likely to revolutionise the manufacture of smart lightweight batteries, ultrathin antiglare coatings and transparent solar cells for the aircraft and electronics markets in a relatively inexpensive manner has been developed by scientists from Purdue University.

deprotection, in which a particular hydrogen atom located in the pendant group is substituted with an oxygen atom, thereby transforming it into a radical group. The PTMA’s oxygen atom consists of a single unpaired electron in its outer shell, helping it to carry charge. The scientists proved that the deprotection process could create

four different chemical functionalities of PTMA, out of which two may help increase the polymer’s conductivity.

The resultant chemical functionalities have to be closely observed and the reaction conditions during deprotection have to be manipulated so as to be able to fine tune the electrical properties of PTMA.

These newly discovered radical polymers can improve the electrical conductivity by nearly 10 times when compared to the semiconducting polymers currently used. This polymer can be easily produced and is similar to Plexiglas , however unlike Plexiglas, PTMA conducts electricity. Although the polymers have already found commercial applications in the production of the next generation of batteries, finding widespread uses for PTMA will require their electrical conductivity to be improved by around another 1000 times.

PTMA was created by the Purdue scientists using a process known as P L A S T I C S N E W S

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IN THE NEWS

India's petrochemical industry mulls negative list of dutyfree imported finished Plastics goods

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ndia’s petrochemical industry is working with the government to prepare a “negative” list of duty-free imports of finished plastic goods that are weighing on the profit margins of domestic producers, as per a government official reported in ICIS. The domestic market is not able to compete with these imported finished products as the raw materials they use to make similar goods have import duties imposed on them and this has eroded their margins, according to the official from the department of petrochemicals under the ministry of

chemicals and fertilizers.

The government is now studying duty-free imports of several plastic product categories from countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia that India has signed free Trade agreements (FTAs) with the aim of drawing up the negative list of products to end this situation, the official said. The review of the existing FTAs and framing a negative list of plastic product imports is also critical for the domestic industry because India is working towards a similar trade agreement with six countries of Gulf

Gujarat poised to become India's premier manufacturing and petrochemical hub

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hief minister of Gujarat has claimed that the state is the global manufacturers' first preference owing to its maximum governance through minimum government and industries-friendly environment as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

As per Times News Network, CMAnandiben Patel was speaking at a function to mark the inauguration of the Rs 1,000 crore BASF Chemical Plant spread over 23.44 hectare at Dahej. Patel said that Gujarat has emerged as the manufacturing hub for textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, engineering, oil and gas, gems and jewelry and agro-based products. Over P L A S T I C S N E W S

6,600 chemicals and petrochemicals manufacturing units are there in Gujarat, contributing to 62% of petrochemicals and 53% of chemicals in India.

BASF executive director for South Asia and Board member Michael Heinz and South Asia head Raman Ramchandra unveiled their 150-yearold company's plan to invest 10-billion pounds in the Asia Pacific region between 2013 and 202), Gujarat getting the first MDA Splitter. Care has been taken for environmental protection. They thanked the government's proactive policy for early implementation of the project

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Co-operation Council(GCC), one of the largest base of petrochemical majors.

It was important to remove such issues involving the import duties before FTA was signed with the GCC, which has larger petrochemical producers, the sources added.

Central Government urged to continue with anti-dumping duty on PTA in India

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h e m i c a l a n d petrochemical manufacturers have urged the central government to protect the home synthetic textile industry from foreign competition, and to specifically continue an antidumping duty (ADD) on purified terephthalic acid (PTA) PTA, a raw material for polyester production, currently attracts ADD of US$23.75-117/ ton on its import from China, Korea, Thailand and the European Union. "The duty protection was needed from cheap dumping from China, South Korea, Thailand and the EU. The domestic industry has in the past two years suffered material injury, resulting in losses to the extent of Rs 5 crore a day.

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Bayer seeing success in project to replace petroleum with C02

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ayer MaterialScience says its research into the potential of using carbon dioxide as a raw material already is paying off in studies showing that C02 can reduce the amount of petroleum used to make plastics.The German chemical giant’s technology uses greenhouse gas as part of its Dream Polymers project to produce a key component for high quality polyurethane foam, and is already moving towards commercial use. The proportion of the petroleum in this chemical is 80 percent.

Christoph Gürtler, project manager at Bayer MaterialScience, said: “We have now succeeded in reducing the petroleum content for making other plastics to just 60 percent.” Carbon

dioxide is used twice in the new process. First, the greenhouse gas is incorporated directly into a new kind of precursor - polyoxymethylene polycarbonate polyol - replacing 20% of the petroleum. Secondly, it is also used indirectly, producing a chemical that is also incorporated into the precursor for a further 20 percent saving in petroleum.

“As a result, the proportion of alternative raw materials is already 40 percent,” Gürtler said. In addition to this, the number of plastics that can be produced using carbon dioxide is increasing. “It is now also possible to manufacture thermoplastic polyurethanes, films and casting elastomers in this way,” added Gürtler.

Startup post-consumer recycling specialty company Zzyzx wins grant

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n Allentown, Perryslyvania, company is receiving a grant of $737,000 to help support its efforts to develop polymers using postconsumer plastics. Zzyzx Polymers is getting a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to working on a process known as continuous mechanochemical compatibilization.

Zzyzx - pronounced ziziks - will use the CMC process to recycle material without the need for extensive cleaning or sorting. This reduction in steps will return value to the materials in a more cost-competitive way, according

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to the company and the Allentown Economic Development Corp. Zzyzx Polymers recently was accepted into an AEDC business incubation program. “The SBIR grant will allow the Zzyzx management team to accelerate the process of launching and growing the company,” said AEDC Executive Director Scott Unger in a statement. “ U l t i m a t e l y, t h a t m e a n s t h e company is able to create jobs and reach profitability faster than they planned to. We are very excited to see them be awarded this grant.” Zzyzx expects to begin making prototype resins by the end of this summer.

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Such plastics are used in all kinds of applications, including automotive interiors, cable sheathing and sporting goods such as ski boots.

Bayer researchers have already proved in laboratory tests that the manufacturing process works in principle. “Initial application tests have been positive,” he said, “but there is some way to go before the process is commercially viable.” Dream Polymers is being supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. External institutions in Germany such as the CAT Catalytic Center, the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology are also involved.

Nigerian President flags off US$1.5bln Petrochem complex

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igerian President h a s f l a g g e d o ff t h e implementation of the US$1.5 bln (about N260 bln) Quantum Petrochemical Complex in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State.

The state-of-the-art facility will produce a range of petrochemicals including polyethylene, polypropylene and methanol.

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Teknors TPES meet US and European regulations

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eknor Apex Company has developed a series of standard grades that offer a wide range of choices for manufacturers of food containers, utensils, kitchen appliances, and children’s products.

Monprene® RG-10100 Series injection molding and RG-20100 extrusion compounds comply with multiple U.S. and European foodcontact regulations while enabling manufacturers of rubbery or flexible components to achieve vivid colors, smooth surfaces, and end-use durability.

Standard grades are available with Shore A hardness levels ranging from a soft 40 to a semi-rigid 80 (see accompanying table for data on injection molding grades). The compounds exhibit good tensile and tear strength, are readily colored, and can be supplied as pre-colored products or in custom color-match grades.

For molded-in seals, “softtouch” grips, and other over-molded applications, they provide adhesion to polyolefins such as those used for kitchen containers and utensils, while custom formulations are available for over-molding onto engineering polymers.

Prospective applications for Monprene RG Series TPEs are similar to those where custom grades from Teknor Apex are already used: •

Kitchen appliance components such as grips, gaskets, knobs, and anti-skid parts.

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Food containers and utensils such as food saver storage products, secure-grip implements, and ice cube trays.

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Children’s and infant products such as soft toys, teething rings, and non-spill lids.

Every ingredient used to manufacture the Monprene RG series of standard products is “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) according to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, subject to an e¬ffective Food Contact Notification (FCN), Threshold of Regulation (TOR), or is identified in at least one section of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

In addition, these grades comply with European Directives for Food Contact, EU 1935/2004 and PIM10/2011, as well as the Toy Safety Directives: 2009/48/EC and EN-71-3. In both single-use and repeat-use applications (as defined

by U.S. and European regulations),

Monprene RG compounds can be used in containers for dry, acidic, aqueous, and alcoholic foods. “Teknor Apex has ensured that Monprene RG Series compounds are pre-compliant with food-contact regulations in order to help customers shorten lead time for bringing new products to market,” said Brian Mulvany, senior market manager, consumer and industrial markets, for the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division of Teknor Apex. “In addition to our standard grades, we can work with customers to develop custom formulations to meet special needs and to provide engineering support for application development.”

All Monprene RG products are phthalate-, latex, and BPA-free and are compliant with RoHS and REACH SVHC directives. Grades thus far available in the Monprene RG series are based on styrenic (TPE-S) polymer chemistry. Teknor Apex can also develop custom formulations based on thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPE-V), olefinics (TPE-O and OBC), or specialty alloys.

Dhunseri Petrochem resumes production

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hunseri Petrochem & Tea Ltd has resumed production at its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant I in Haldia, was shut for last 2 months.

Plant I, which caters only to the export market, was shut down on August 14, 2014 after considering unfavourable international demand

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and supply situation and margin pressure.

The sudden increase in imports of PET into India resulted in reduced PET demand from the domestic customers and consequent reduction in supplies of the company in the domestic market.

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EVENTS

Events and Exhibitions Extruders, Printing Machinery, Heat And Control Equipment, Hydraulic And Pneumatic, Injection Machinery, Laboratory, Machinery Auxiliary Industry, Molds & Dies, Parts & Accessories, Plastic & Rubber Processing Machinery, Professional Publications Rubber Goods, Raw Materials, Recycling Machine, Semi-Finished & Finished Products

Vietnam Plas--- Vietnam International Plastics & Rubber Industry Exhibition Date: 5-8 Nov 2014 Venue :SECC; Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center The 14th Vietnam International Plastics & Rubber Industry Exhibition

16th DMP - China Dongguan International Plastics, Packaging & Rubber Exhibition

(VietnamPlas) is scheduled to be held from 5-8 Nov 2014 at Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam , Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center. The Trade fair is expected to have 260 exhibitors from 17 Countries

Date: 19-22 November 2014 (4 days) Venue: GD Modern International Exhibition Center Address: S256 Road and Furniture Road, Houjie, Dongguan, Guangdong, P.R. China 523952 (Opposite to Regal Palace Hotel)

Exhibitors Include Blow Molding Machinery, Chemicals And Raw Materials, Coating Compounds, Extruders And Extrusion Lines, Extruders, Printing Machinery, Heat And Control Equipment, Hydraulic And Pneumatic, Injection Machinery, Laboratory, Machinery Auxiliary Industry, Molds & Dies, Parts & Accessories, Plastic & Rubber Processing Machinery, Professional Publications Rubber Goods, Raw Materials, Recycling Machine, Semi-Finished & Finished Products

Exhibitors The 16th DMP - China Dongguan International Plastics, Packaging & Rubber Exhibition would be held from 19-22 November 2014 at GD Modern International Exhibition Center.

Exhibitors include : Injection moulding machine, Blow moulding machine, Extrusion machine, Bag making machine, Die-casting machine and Rubber machinery.

Myanmar International Plastics, Rubber, Packaging, Printing & Foodtech Industrial Exhibition

Robot, hot runner and other ancillary equipment for plastic processing.

Date: 27-30 November 2014 Venue : Myanmar Convention Center (MCC)

Chemicals & Raw Materials for plastics, die-casting & foundry.

Myanmar International PLASTICS, RUBBER, PACKAGING, PRINTING & FOODTECH INDUSTRIAL Exhibition would be held for 4 days starting November 27-30, 2014 at the Myanmar Convention Center (MCC). Exhibitors from around 12 countries are to be participating in this international fair. Republic of the Union of Myanmar (called Myanmar), a member of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The geographical size of Myanmar is 678,500 square kilometer and population is over 58 million, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the 40th big and 24th large country in the world. Along with the diplomatic relations with American is improving recently, more and more enterprises are intent to invest in Myanmar.

All ll kinds of equipment and materials for packaging and printing.

Plastics & Rubber Indonesia Jakarta Date : 19 - 22 November 2014 Venue: Jakarta International Expo, Arena PRJ Kemayoran, 14410 Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Plastics & Rubber Indonesia is a trade fair for plastic and rubber processing. The production and processing machinery. In addition, a host of other products such as adhesives and auxiliary materials for processing. These are part in specialized exhibitions. Exhibitors includes adhesives, Plastic processing, rubber processing, rubber production.

Exhibitors Include Blow Molding Machinery, Chemicals And Raw Materials, Coating Compounds, Extruders And Extrusion Lines, P L A S T I C S N E W S

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