Qinchuan-Future Plastic mulls initial public offering
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Rubbermaid to use Mirel bioplastic in consumer product
CHICAGO (June 26, 2009) -- Bioplastics maker Metabolix has landed a pretty big fish in the sea of consumer products: Consumer and commercial products maker Newell Rubbermaid, which will use
Mirel-brand bioplastic made by Telles -- the bioplastics joint venture between Metabolix and Archer Daniels Midland -- in an unspecified consumer-based, retail product.
SPI's Internet campaign to target millennials
CHICAGO (June 30, 2009) -- Determined to change the negative perceptions about the plastics industry created by its critics and opponents, the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. is getting ready to
launch its social media-based Internet campaign aimed at the 50 million people in the millennial generation.
Group seeks moratorium on degradable PET containers
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA (June 24, 2009) -- The National Association for PET Container Resources called on brand owners and bottle makers to refrain from using PET containers with degradable additives.
“We want the people making claims about bottles with degradable additives to first substantiate and document their claims” that there will be no adverse effect on the recycling stream or the
next-life product, said the group’s executive director.
Arburg launches new hybrid injection machines
LOSSBURG, GERMANY (June 22, 2009) -- German injection machinery maker Arburg GmbH + Co. KG used its annual Technology Days open house event at its headquarters in Lossburg to launch its energy-saving
Hidrive hybrid machine line and to invite customers into its newly completed customer center.
Public projects boost China’s wood-plastic industry
 Wood-plastic composite products
DuPont pushing for global sustainability standards
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (June 23, 2009) -- DuPont Co. is throwing its weight behind a push to have global sustainability standards. The company revealed its support for the standards as part of its
recent 2009 DuPont Packaging Awards event.
Bioplastics companies keep a wary eye on oil
GUANGZHOU (June 2, 2009) -- A year ago, at the 2008 CMT Bioplastics Markets Conference held in Guangzhou, the rising price of oil was giving the industry a boost. With oil prices heading toward their
peak that summer, plastics derived from non-petrochemical sources were becoming cost-competitive. At the 2009 conference, however, the situation had changed, prompting bioplastics companies to pin
their hopes on other market drivers.
Cosmos to expand, touts energy-efficient presses
GUANGZHOU (May 26, 2009) -- Hong Kong’s Cosmos Machinery Enterprises Ltd. had a tough 2008, like many in China’s plastics equipment industry, but the company said at the Chinaplas 2009 show that
it is pressing ahead with investments in new facilities in China and pushing energy-saving models that increasingly are becoming standard there.
PTI develops system for making foamed PET bottles
 oPTI bottle technology
Ashland Distribution continues to grow in China
GUANGZHOU (May 26, 2009) -- After weathering a difficult first year in China, Ashland Distribution arrived at Chinaplas 2009 last week with a growing list of distribution agreements in the region. In
an economic downturn, a company official said, there are some advantages to being a new arrival.
Coke unveils ‘green’ bottle, made in part from plants
 Vitters
U.S. judge drops case alleging Teflon health risks
DES MOINES, IOWA (May 19, 2009) -- A lawsuit claiming health risks connected to DuPont Co.’s Teflon-brand fluoropolymer has been dropped by a U.S. District Court.
Mexican firm introduces oxo-biodegradable snack bags
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (May 19, 2009) -- Multinational baking giant Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV of Mexico City has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first oxo-biodegradable metalized polypropylene snack
bag. The packaging uses the d2w line of additives developed by Symphony Environmental Technologies plc of Borehamwood, England.
Global firms, China university partner on safety training
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Wrap studies China’s attitude to UK recovered materials
BANBURY, ENGLAND (May 12, 2009) -- A survey by Wrap (Waste & Resources Action Programme) reveals a more optimistic outlook for exports of the UK’s recovered paper and plastics to China. The survey
was conducted with more than 100 paper reprocessors and 100 plastics reprocessors in China.
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