Chinaplas

Thailand-headquartered Indorama Ventures (IVL) has approved various large projects worth EUR7.5 million at its subsidiary Trevira’s Guben site. Trevira is a manufacturer of high-fibre and filament yarns for technical applications and hygiene products as well as for home textiles, automotive interiors, and functional apparel. Indorama took full control of Trevira…

US carbon black manufacturer Cabot is adding on significant capacity to its worldwide network of carbon black plants. Through the combination of a plant expansion, operational improvements, and debottlenecking projects, Cabot is expanding its global capacity by over 300,000 tonnes. Cabot will add approximately 160,000 tonnes of capacity through an…

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has broken ground on a project to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Mahad, India. Organic peroxides are essential for the manufacture of a wide range of polymer-based products including athletic shoe soles, wind turbines and PVC pipes used in the construction industry.…

Ranked as the second largest marine pollution contributor, globally, and the largest in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is now tackling the problem at source, says Angelica Buan in this report. Tide of marine plastics growing Daily, more waste plastics are ending up in the waterways. As much as 8 million tonnes/year…

Space is completely sold out in the six halls of Italian plastics show Plast 2018, where about 1,500 exhibitors will exhibit over a space of about 55,000 sq m, says Italian trade association Amaplast. In the run-up to the show, to be held in Milan from 29 May-1 June, we…

This year’s Chinaplas 2018, held at the new National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC) in Hongqiao, proved its mettle: it has not only beaten the trienniallyheld K show in Düsseldorf, Germany, as the world’s largest plastics exhibition, but it has also become an attraction for foreign visitors. The tally of…

Engineering plastics, the brawnier double of standard commodity plastics, are conquering the automotive and aerospace sectors, given their greater mechanical and thermal attributes, according to Angelica Buan in this report. Engineering plastics, a class of thermoplastics, possess higher impact strength, high abrasion; wear, chemical and fatigue-resistance; and resilience against extreme…

Where we see challenges, I see opportunities. Indonesia’s challenges are your opportunities,” President Joko Widodo told global leaders at the World Economic Forum in 2015. His address has echoed up to this day, telling how Indonesia rides the ebb and flow of economic challenges, globally and domestically; and how the country has…

US materials maker Invista,, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries is entering the final design phase for a US$250 million project at its Victoria site to upgrade its manufacturing technology and increase production of adiponitrile (ADN), a key ingredient for nylon 6,6 fibres and plastics. Construction for the project is…

Plastics have become one of the most prolific materials on the planet: in 2015, 380 million tonnes of plastics was produced globally, up from 2 million tonnes in the 1950s. Yet today only 15% of this plastic waste is collected and recycled into secondary plastics globally each year. Plastic recycling…