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Feb 13, 2019 | Industry News
Nouryon has more than doubled capacity for emulsion-based organic peroxides to meet increased demand in the North American polyvinyl chloride (PVC) market. Emulsion-based peroxides also play a key...
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Feb 4, 2019 | Product News
Emery Oleochemicals will be showcasing its sustainable polymer additives portfolio that includes lubricants and plasticizers as well as antistatic, antifogging and release agents at the PVC...
Jan 7, 2019 | Industry News
Westlake Chemical Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of NAKAN™, a global compounding solutions business. NAKAN offers PVC specialty compounds dedicated to Automotive...
Feb 20, 2018 | Article
By Donald Rosato
The global plasticizer market is undergoing basic structural changes. Consumer and concurrently regulatory anxieties are driving this change. Cost effective alternatives including bio-based...
Feb 7, 2017 | Article
By Dr. Kai Pflug
Environmental issues have certainly become more and more important in China. Consequently, environmental protection is one of the 5 core themes of the most recent Five-Year Plan (2016 to 2020). Many...
Apr 20, 2016 | Article
By Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited
Plasticizers are widely used in our everyday life. We are surrounded by PVC applications all the time, whether we are in our car, our house or our office. In consideration of the increasing...
May 5, 2015 | Article
The E&E market ranks as the 3rd largest plastics end use market, only exceeded in volume size by packaging and building and construction, yet the E&E sector uniquely crosses over all of the twenty...
Jan 27, 2014 | Article
By Thibaud Deleger
The COMPAMED Exhibition, which was co-located with the Medica Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany from November 20-22nd, 2013 highlighted major trends driving the Medical, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical...
Jan 20, 2014 | Article
As the K2013 closed its doors, it was once again on impressing track records. Even if the number of visitors slightly decreased compared to the K2010 Fair (from 222.000 in 2010 to 218.000 this...
Nov 29, 2013 | Article
The world’s famous Plastics & Rubber Kunststoffe Trade Fair took place in Düsseldorf, Germany from October 16 – 23, 2013. And once again the K Exhibition was a true success. Among the event records...