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Sabic inks metallocene PE JV with Korea's SK Global
Sabic and Korean petrochemical company SK Global Chemical (Seoul) have signed a 50-50 joint venture agreement that will see the partners invest a total of $595 million in metallocene-catalyzed...
View ArticleChina biggest robot market in 2013
In 2013, about 179,000 industrial robots were sold worldwide, representing an all-time high and 12 percent growth over 2012. And China, faced with skyrocketing labor costs, overtook Japan to become the...
View ArticleBASF doubles China engineering plastics compounding capacity; largest site in...
BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has undertaken three capacity expansion projects for performance materials at its Pudong site in Shanghai, China for polyamide (PA), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and...
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Preaching what it practices: the benefits of micromolding machines
Formative Tech, the Southeast Asian distributors for the Spanish-built Babyplast double plunger-type micro-injection molding machine is one company that practices what it preaches. Its sister company...
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All-Rite Industries triples size within five years
Providing diverse manufacturing capabilities -- with services from mold design through finished sub-assemblies -- has enabled All-Rite Industries to triple its size in under five years.Tagging...
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Michael J. Fox Foundation, Intel partner on wearable tech for Parkinson's...
The Michael J. Fox Foundation announced this week that it would provide patients with Parkinson's disease with Intel Basis smart watches and a specially developed app that can track people's movements...
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Latest 3D simulation software version debuts
3D CAE simulation solutions provider CoreTech System (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has released its latest iteration of software: Moldex3D R13.0.Tagging OptionsDomain: All Sites read more
View ArticleChevron Phillips Chemical to sell its Ryton PPS Business to Solvay as global...
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (The Woodlands, TX) will divest its Ryton polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) business to Solvay Specialty Polymers USA ((Alpharetta, GA) for $220 million. The announcement...
View ArticleBayer expands TPU facility in India
Bayer MaterialScience (NMS; Leverkusen) is planning to increase its production capacities in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu India to meet continued growth in demand for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)...
View ArticleChinese-based TPE manufacturer establishes North American headquarters
PolymaxThermoplastic Elastomers is American-owned, but the company saw its start thousands of miles away."The company began in China because it was the largest TPE market at the time and we continue to...
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