Plastic Market Statistics, May 2013

Plastic Financing Activities In Europe And India: Cereplast Reports 2013 Q1 Financial Results

Company news
20 hours ago
by GlobeNewswire

SEYMOUR, Ind. , May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cereplast, incorporated (OTCQB:CERP) (the "Industry player"), a leading manufacturer of proprietary biobased, compostable , sustainable bioplastics, today announced its financial results for the quarter ending 2013-03-31 . The Industry player generated US Dollars 949000 in net revenues duringQ1st quarter, exceeding revenue for all of 2012. Mr. Fred...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Italy

Plastic Industry In Poland: Grupa Azoty Chemicals Expects Stagnation On The Plastics Sector In 2013

Industry news
1 day ago
by Polish Press Agency

"I think the plastics Industry in Poland will be in stagnation this year," Malec said. "Earlier we expected a revival in H2, but we already see that it wil rather be the end of the year or the beginning of 2014." Prospects for the plastics marekt Sector are "generally good," the official added. The...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Poland

Polystyrene Production Capacity In Romania: Romania's Adeplast Starts Production At 3.2 Mln Euro Polystyrene Plant In Oradea

Company news
1 day ago
by Aii Data Processing Ltd

BUCHAREST ( Romania ), 2013-05-20 (SeeNews) - Romanian building materials producer AdePlast started production in its newly launched 3.2 million euro ( US Dollars 4.1 million ) polystyrene plant in Oradea, in northwestern Romania , it said. The plant has a capacity of 700,000 cubic metres per year , repr3rds the thirdSectornal segment of AdedPlast's industrial portfolio in OIndustry playerthe company s...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Romania

Plastic Tube Technology Trends In Hungary: Hungary's Tu-plast Boosts Workforce With New Line.

Industry news
1 day ago
by Elsevier CBNB

Plastic tubes producer Tu-Plast Tubusgyarto Kft has expanded the workforce at its plant in Debrecen, Hungary by 1...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Hungary

Thermosetting Polymer Industry Statistics: 1q 2013.

Industry news
1 day ago
by Elsevier CBNB

Global polyurethane foam supplier Recticel saw its sales decline by 9.5 % in 1Q 2013 to Euros 317.9 M, primarily due to a 23 % drop in the au...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : World, Europe

Polymer Industry Statistics In Brazil: Performance Polymers.

Industry news
1 day ago
by Elsevier CBNB

At Euros 5,110 M, BASF's sales to 3rd parties were Euros 28 M below the level of the previous year (volumes -5 %, prices -1 %, portfolio 1 %, currencies 4 %). Positive currency effects almost fully compensated for lower sales volumes. While we raised prices in some specialties thanks to good demand, we were unable to implement extensive price increases for polyamide precursors despite higher raw m...

Industries : Plastic

Plastic Market Statistics In Europe: Business Review: Plastics

Industry news
1 day ago
by Elsevier CBNB

In BASF's Plastics Sector, our sales to 3rd parties grew by Euros 412 M to Euros 11,402 M (volumes -3 %, prices 2 %, portfolio 1 %, currencies 4 %). This was mainly due to positive currency effects. We also raised prices in some busin...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Europe

Thermoplastic Innovation Trends In The United States And Europe: Nexam Chemical Holding Ab (publ). Interim Financial Statements For Quarter 1, January?march 2013

Company news
1 day ago
by Cision

The Quarter at a Glance Operations ? Nexam was the 1st in the world to produce details of crosslinked nylon with conventional injection molding. ? Test plates of crosslinked nylon 66 have been produced for BASF for further evaluation. ? A non-disclosure agreement has been signed with a world-leading Industry player within specialty nylons , a project together with this Industry player has been in...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : United States, Sweden, Europe

Plastic Industry Overview In India And China: China Must Look Into Sector Access Issues Faced By Indian Exporters

Industry news
1 day ago
by HT Media

Chennai , 2013-05-20 -- With an eye on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India , exporters' body, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) President M Rafeeque Ahmed talks to Shutapa Paul about the widening trade deficit, how the Chinese government must take a look into Industry access issues for Indian exporters , the need to focus on value-added segments of Indian exports. Do ...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : India, China

Elastomer Innovation Trends In France: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Stephanie Cambon, Anne Veyland And Michelin Recherche Et Technique For...

Company news
1 day ago
by HT Media

World intellectual property organization publishes patent of compagnie generale des etablissements michelin, stephanie cambon , anne veyland , michelin recherche et technique for "rubber composition containing a high level of non-isoprene diene synthetic elastomer" (french inventors) geneva , 2013-05-20 -- Publication no. Wo/2013/068269 was published on may 16 . Title of the invention: "rubber composition containing a high...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : France, World

Polyethylene Innovation Trends In The United States: Howmedica Osteonics Assigned Patent

Company news
1 day ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-05-20 -- Howmedica Osteonics , Mahwah, N.J. , has been assigned a patent (8,439,975) developed by 4 Company-inventors for a "polyethylene cross-linked with an anthocyanin." The Company-inventors are Shulin He , Montvale, N.J. , Shi-Shen Yau , Berkeley Heights, N.J. , Aiguo Wang , Wayne, N.J. , , Daniel E. Lawrynowicz , Monroe, N.Y. The ...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : United States

Plastic Production Capacity In Bangladesh And China: Plastic Goods Exporters Going For High-value Products

Company news
2 days ago
by HT Media

Bangladesh , 2013-05-19 -- Plastic goods exporters are going for high-value products to boost shipment to US$ 500 million in next 3 years, their leaders said. As part of the move, some of plastic goods exporters recently imported modernised technology to grab markets in the EU, North America , Oceania , Russia . "Many buyers from our traditional markets are now demanding high-val...

Industries : Plastic

Polymer Production Capacity In China: Sibur To Show Products & Investment Projects At Chinaplas

Company news
3 days ago
by Plus Media Solutions Pakistan

New Delhi : National Textile Corporation Limited , The Government of India has issued the following news release: SIBUR will showcase its polymer products , investment projects, earmarked for export to China , other Asian regions, at Chinaplas, Asia?s largest petrochemical products exhibition in Guangzhou, China . The main focus will be on the Tobolsk-Polymer plant, 1 of t...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : China

Thermosetting Polymer Innovation In Switzerland: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Sika Technology For "hardeners For Epoxy Resins, Which Comprise Pyridinyl Groups" (swiss Inventors)

Industry news
3 days ago
by HT Media

GENEVA , 2013-05-18 -- Publication No. WO/2013/068506 was published on May 16 . Title of the invention: "HARDENERS FOR EPOXY RESINS, WHICH COMPRISE PYRIDINYL GROUPS." Applicants: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (CH). Inventors: Andreas Kramer (CH) , Edis Kasemi (CH) . as reported by the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization : "The pre...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Switzerland

Thermosetting Polymer Trends In Switzerland: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Sika Technology For "hardeners For Epoxy Resin Coatings" (swiss Inventors)

Industry news
3 days ago
by HT Media

GENEVA , 2013-05-18 -- Publication No. WO/2013/068502 was published on May 16 . Title of the invention: "HARDENERS FOR EPOXY RESIN COATINGS." Applicants: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG (CH). Inventors: Urs Burckhardt (CH) , Edis Kasemi (CH) . as reported by the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Switzerland

Plastic Technology Trends In The United States: Linares Medical Devices Assigned Patent

Industry news
3 days ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-05-18 -- Linares Medical Devices, Auburn Hills, Mich. , has been assigned a patent (8,439,856) developed by Miguel A. Linares , Bloomfield Hills, Mich. , for a "composite plastic rigid walking cast with cushioned interior supports." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent , Trademark Office states: "A walking cast havin...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : United States

Thermoplastic Innovation Trends In Turkey: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Ali Hakan Guven For "a Method For Recycling Waste Thermoplastic Materials And Using This Recycled Thermoplastic In Composite...

Company news
3 days ago
by HT Media

World intellectual property organization publishes patent of ali hakan guven for "a method for recycling waste thermoplastic materials , using this recycled thermoplastic in composite material production" (turkish inventor) geneva , 2013-05-18 -- Publication no. Wo/2013/070176 was published on may 16 . Title of the invention: "a method for recycling waste thermoplastic materials , using this recycled thermoplastic in comp...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Turkey, World

Polystyrene Innovation Trends In South Korea: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Cheil Industries, Dong Hee Kim, Seh Jin Park, Sa Eun Cho And Il Jin Kim For "expanded Polystyrene Having High Thermal...

Company news
3 days ago
by HT Media

World intellectual property organization publishes patent of cheil industries, dong hee kim , seh jin park, sa eun cho , il jin kim for "expanded polystyrene having high thermal conductivity , workability, manufacturing method thereof , foam formed thereby" (south korean inventors) geneva , 2013-05-18 -- Publication no. Wo/2013/069845 was published on may 16 . Title of the invention: "expanded polystyrene having high t...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : South Korea

Polymer Innovation Trends In The United States: International Business Machines Assigned Patent For Graded Topcoat Materials For Immersion Lithography

Company news
3 days ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-05-18 -- International Business Machines , Armonk, N.Y. , has been assigned a patent (8,440,387) developed by 4 Company-inventors for "graded topcoat materials for immersion lithography." The Company-inventors are Robert D. Allen , San Jose, Calif. , Phillip Brock , Sunnyvale, Calif. , Daniel P. Sanders , San Jose, Calif. , , Linda K...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : United States

Polymer Trends In Israel And The United States: Hewlett-packard Development Assigned Patent For Liquid Electrophotographic Ink Having Improved Durability

Industry news
3 days ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-05-18 -- Hewlett-Packard Development , Houston , has been assigned a patent (8,440,379) developed by 4 Company-inventors for a "liquid electrophotographic ink having improved durability." The Company-inventors are Stella Stolin Roditi , Rehovot, Israel , Albert Teishev, Rishon le-zion, Israel , Keren Regev , Tel Aviv, Israel , , Yael Warman ...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Israel, United States

Plastic Innovation In China, The United States And Saudi Arabia: Addivant To Showcase New Identity, Unveil Renewable Resource-derived Products And Present Technical Seminar At Chinaplas 2013

Industry news
3 days ago
by Business Wire

MIDDLEBURY, Conn. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Addivant? USA, LLC , the global leader in specialty additives with regional headquarters in Shanghai, China , will exhibit in Hall 11.2, stand M25 , host a technical seminar for customers during Chinaplas 2013. Chinaplas 2013, 17 th International Exhibition on Plastics , Rubber Industries , is an internationally-rec...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : China, United States, Saudi Arabia

Second Quarter 2013 Berry Plastics Group Incorporated Profits Conference Call - Final

Industry news
4 days ago
by CQ Transcriptions LLC

Presentation OPERATOR: Good day, ladies , gentlemen, , welcome to the Berry Plastics profits Call. At this time all participants are in a listen only mode. Later we will conduct a question-,-answer session , instructions will be given at that time. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder today's conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your...

Industries : Plastic

Plastic Production Capacity In Europe: Strong Start At Symphony Environmental Technologies

Company news
4 days ago
by Stock Market Wire

Symphony Environmental Technologies has reported a strong start to 2013 with revenues for the 1st 4 months of this year having already exceeded revenues reported for the 1st half of 2012, which were £2.12 million. Nirj Deva, the chairman, told the Industry player's AGM: "Symphony has successfully developed from a UK commodity type finished product reseller of...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Europe, United Kingdom

Plastic Composition Innovation Trends In The United Kingdom: New Specialised Md Ldpe Film Grades.

Company news
4 days ago
by Elsevier CBNB

SABIC Innovative Plastics has introduced new grades in its range of specialised medium-density (MD) LDPE films, developed for end uses including collation shrink films. SABIC LDPE 2801TH00W ...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : United Kingdom

Thermosetting Polymer Trade Data In The United States: Us Markets Show Mixed Picture: Us Epoxy Resins Face Pressure.

Industry news
4 days ago
by Elsevier CBNB

Competing feedstock , import pressures make spring , summer a difficult time for US producers of epoxy resins. To regain margins lost due to feedstock costs for benzene , propylene derivatives, the producers have attempted to increase prices by 24 cents /lb for 1Q 2013 , have passed through around 14 cents /lb through Mar 2...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : United States

Europe Second Quarter Melamine Contracts Roll Over In Balanced Sector.

Industry news
4 days ago
by Elsevier CBNB

Balanced Industry conditions led to European contract prices for melamine for 2Q 2013 rolling over on the low end from 1Q 2012. A narrowing of the range to Euros 1420-1470 /tonne free delivered (FD) northwest Europe (NWE) has occurred in the area. Majority of the deals either rolled over or took slight changes of Euros10-20 /tonne. Bigger price changes were seen in a small number of contracts, b...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Europe

Thermosetting Polymer Price Statistics In The United States: Us Epoxy Resins Arb Window Opens With Split Settlement.

Industry news
4 days ago
by Elsevier CBNB

A split settlement led to a widening of US contract prices for epoxy resins in Apr 2013 . A rollover for some contracts was confirmed by several buyers , producers on 16 Apr 2013 , while an increase of 4-8 cents /lb was made in other contracts. Due to the split settlement, domestic epoxy resins were priced at $1.52-1.62 /lb delivered in bulk (DEL bulk) for material shipped in Ap...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : United States

Plastic Composition Innovation Trends In Japan: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Panasonic For "diffraction Optical Element And Image Pickup Device And Illumination Device Using This" (japanese Inventors)

Company news
4 days ago
by HT Media

GENEVA , 2013-05-17 -- Publication No. WO/2013/069227 was published on May 16 . Title of the invention: "DIFFRACTION OPTICAL ELEMENT , IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE , ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING THIS." Applicants: PANASONIC CORPORATION (JP). Inventors: Yasuyuki Hanada , Tsuguhiro Korenaga , Yuka Okada . as reported by the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization : "...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Japan

Thermosetting Polymer Innovation Trends In The United States: Dow Global Technologies Assigned Patent

Company news
4 days ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-05-17 -- Dow Global Technologies, Midland, Mich. , has been assigned a patent (8,440,771) developed by Joseph Gan , Strasbourg, France , for "phosphorus-containing compounds useful for making halogen-free, ignition-resistant polymers." The abstract of ...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : World, United States

Polymer Innovation Trends In Germany: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Basf, Rainer Ostermann, Gregor Haverkemper, Patrick Spies, Klaus Hahn, Jan Holoch, Pascal Hesse, Frank Braun And Bernhard...

Company news
4 days ago
by HT Media

World intellectual property organization publishes patent of basf, rainer ostermann , gregor haverkemper, patrick spies , klaus hahn , jan holoch , pascal hesse , frank braun , bernhard ulrich von vacano for "process for producing expandable styrene polymers containing hydrophobicized carbon particles" (german inventors) geneva , 2013-05-17 -- Publication no. Wo/2013/068297 was published on may 16 . Title of the invent...

Industries : Plastic
Countries : Germany, World