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In 2006, China imported about 6 million tons of scrap plastic, about 18 percent more than the 4.96 million tons imported in 2005. In 2007, it is estimated that China [...]

Although it's impossible to foretell the future with any real certainty, current trends and new developments do allow us to offer a general sense of where the market appears to [...]

WITH predictions of shortfalls in paraxylene (PX), purified terephthalic acid (PTA), and monoethylene glycol (MEG) finally coming true, it is time to move on to the next set of forecasts. [...]

Specialty compounders are gearing up for the next century business by engaging in international acquisitions, joint ventures and greenfield plant construction. The impetus of the current trend came from specialty compounders' desire to have trade access in Nafta or Mercosur and to try opportunities in the global setting. The materials that is highly in demand in offshore operations include compounded thermoplastics, concentrates and masterbatches that contain specialty flame retardants, lubricants and conductive/static-dissipative additive packages.

Driven by ever-challenging market conditions, many in chemical industry are carefully reexamining existing business processes and practices and looking for opportunities to improve, particularly in the area of procurement. Faced [...]

Plastics and petrochemical sectors in India are expected to offer the most potential for job creation. The two sectors are expected to attract investments of Rs84,000 crore in the next [...]

JBF Industries Limited proposes to set up a polyester chips unit at SEZ Export Zone, Mangalore in Karnataka. It will have a capacity of 1.2 million tonne per annum. Work [...]

International trade in semi- and fully processed plastic products is on the rise despite the imposition of trade barriers by some countries. Exports and imports have both increased. The US has seen its processing industry growing at a comfortable rate while Asian exports have been dominating the recovering US market with a 38% share in plastics importation by the US. China, Taiwan and Japan lead the region in exports. Europe, on the other hand, is not doing as well because of currency troubles.

The threat of competition from Mexico once the North American Free Trade Agreement is approved, was discussed. Questions were raised concerning quality of Mexican-made plastic products and their ability to meet specifications. American trash bag manufacturers, food and health-care plastic processors were threatened by competition from manufacturers in Mexico due to cheaper labor, but capital-intensive processors were not daunted.

THE emergence of lower-cost economies in the plastics industry globally has prompted Malaysian manufacturers to rethink and restrategise their businesses to move towards competitive, value-added and high-quality manufacturing. Malaysian Plastics [...]

State government and local industry say the future lies in plastics IN A STATE dominated by behemoth industries like forest products and agriculture, the plastics industry has always been seen [...]

Listen to a podcast from the EPCA event EPCA Special: logistics firms are expanding in readiness for new trade flows, but the economic crisis leaves the sector facing many headwinds [...]

Staff Superbag of Houston and Hilex Poly of Hartsville, S.C., are seeking punitive tariffs in the form of countervailing duties against Vietnamese, Taiwanese and Indonesian producers of ultra-high molecular-weight polyethylene [...]

The dramatic drop in the value of sterling since October has major implication for companies like little Plastics Capital which hedges currencies as it exports half its output. Hedging sterling [...]

By Staff Washington - In response to a June 2006 petition by American polyester fiber producers DAK Americas, Charlotte, N.C.; Nan Ya Plastics Corp. America, Lake City, S.C.; and Wellman, [...]

Byline: Teresa Koltzenburg Senior Editor 'The China trade debate has split the...Party and its traditional bases of support from [the] President....' A summary quote grabbed from yesterday's news? Actually, it's [...]

During May the export department of door panel specialist Hurst Plastics traded with 22 countries - the largest ever number in a single month - while increasing sales by nearly [...]

JAPAN'S MINISTRY of Economy, Trade, and Industry (Meti) has decided to exclude polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) from the list of petrochemicals imports that are to have their [...]

Some good economic news was received by Israeli plastics and packaging manufacturers when Burger King, McDonald's and other American big fast food companies signed orders with them at the Pack-Expo [...]

The Philippine government has placed antidumping duties on imports of Korean polypropylene (PP) at $7.91$148.62/m.t. The Philippines began the investigation in February 1999 following a complaint from local producers JG [...]

CHINA's plastic imparts dropped by 14% in the second quarter, to 2.04 million m.t., according to government data. Low-density polyethylene imports from South Korea sank by 48% as a result [...]

Rubber & Plastics Products Corp. (RPP), Lawrence, Massachusetts, will open a European sales and distribution facility, RPP Europe GmbH, in Willstatt, Germany RPP is a leading manufacturer of fabric-rein-forced, molded [...]

Since DuPont sold its Alcryn business to a team of former managers, Advanced Polymer Alloys has been dedicated to building the profile of the material to customers in North America. [...]

Four U.S. expandable polystyrene (EPS) makers filed a petition with the federal government last week accusing four Korean and one Indonesian EPS producer of dumping material in the U.S. The [...]

US PRODUCERS of expandable polystyrene--Nova Chemicals, BASF, StyroChem International, and Huntsman Corporation--filed an anti-dumping petition last week alleging 'unfair imports' of EPS from South Korea and Indonesia. The four plastics [...]

China's plastics import volume jumped 19.9% in the first half of 1999, to 4.12 million m.t, according to official customs data. Demand for all resins increased, including polystyrene, which reversed [...]

SOUTH KOREAN exports of polyester film to China could be hit by anti-dumping duties of up to 163 percent, following the filing of China's first anti-dumping complaint for a chemical-related [...]

As I write, in mid-April, Thailand has officially given notice that it intends to leave the International Natural Rubber Organisation (INRO); Malaysia and Thailand are making plans to stockpile domestic [...]

Demand for plastic scrap in the United States has increased. Domestic and overseas buyers are seen to be willing to buy material even at high prices. Statistics on plastic scrap prices are also presented.

Reports show that production of plastics in the United States is down overall, as places that shut down for one week for the Thanksgiving holiday are now shutting down for two. It is also believed that the export market continues to be a factor affecting secondary plastics. The demand for polyethylene is also discussed.