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EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY CHINA
Sustainability to the fore in machinery advances / Optimisation of screws and barrels / Plasticising alternatives
13.01.2015
WANHUA
World's largest MDI producer commissions new line in Yantai / Smaller old facility shuttered
25.11.2014
PLASTICS MACHINERY CHINA
Exports decline by 3.5% in H1 2014 while imports rise by almost 99% / First half trade deficit reaches USD 138m / Injection moulding machines most popular / CPRJ report
24.10.2014
CHINA
Plastics processors slow to introduce automated processes / Take-up impeded by technical challenges / More sophisticated technologies needed / CPRJ reports
06.10.2014
CHINA
13th Five Year Plan to reduce petrochemical overcapacities / Seven new hubs to be completed by 2020 / Coal-based production to rise dramatically
02.10.2014
PVC MARKET
Most locally produced PVC in China sourced from coal / Carbide process dominant in developing north, northwestern regions / Market structurally oversupplied / Prices on steady downward spiral
25.09.2014
CARDIA BIOPLASTICS
Additional waste bag orders from Nanjing take annual requirement to over EUR 700,000 / Other city districts undertaking trial programmes
11.09.2014
WINDOWS MARKET
Energy performance makes plastic fastest growing material / China demand supported by residential growth / US consumption driven by commercial applications / Two Freedonia reports
30.07.2014
CHINA
Plastics processing industry strengthens in 2013 / Upward trend continues in 2014 / Innovation needed to tackle overcapacity
27.05.2014
ASSOCIATIONS
German plastics converters association GKV cements its ties with China's CSRA at "Chinaplas" / More than 40 European representatives join business delegation to Shanghai
01.05.2014
PLASTICS MACHINERY MARKET
China key to European plastics machinery suppliers / Domestic sales increasing in importance / Market accounts for 10% of Euromap exports in 2012 / “Chinaplas” in Shanghai gets underway
23.04.2014
CHINA POLYETHYLENE MARKET
Current five-year plan sees new production plants brought on stream / Dependence on imports declines / International producers see sales fall short of expectations / Will the next PE flood come in before the shale gas volumes?
22.04.2014
BASF / SINOPEC
Nanjing-based BASF-YPC joint venture commences acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers production
11.04.2014
CHINESE PLASTICS MACHINERY MARKET
Producers need to specialise to raise selling prices, says trade group / Production takes a 7% decline in 2012
15.01.2014
CHINA PLASTIC PIPES
People's Republic is world's largest producer and user of plastic pipes / 11m t produced in 2012 / Increasingly competitive on a global scale
28.10.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
MDI capacity increase in Shanghai slated for mid-2014
20.09.2013
TAIWAN
Economics ministry gives go-ahead for petrochemicals industry to build crackers in China / Feedstocks for the domestic industry
12.09.2013
PLASTICS INDUSTRY CHINA
Diverts focus away from export to domestic markets / Shift in consumer behaviour boosts demand growth / Small companies to disappear / Industry consolidation gathers pace
28.08.2013
SINOPEC
Produces first commercial-grade ethylene at Wuhan facility / Commissioning now complete of petrochemicals complex
22.08.2013
CHINA POLYAMIDE MARKET
Caprolactam overcapacity likely by 2015 / PA 6 grows presence in engineering plastics sector / Annual growth of 10% forecast for PA 6.6
01.08.2013
SINOPEC
Chinese company plans first gas-based ethylene production in Qingdao / Future of coal-based plants in question
02.07.2013
BP
China gives green light for PTA plant at Zhuhai / New energy-saving technology
25.06.2013
CHINAPLAS
Growing number of international visitors and exhibitors in Guangzhou / Focus on sustainability and production efficiency
12.06.2013
BASF / SINOPEC
Plans to expand EO capacity and build NPG plant at Nanjing JV / Start-up expected in 2014
03.06.2013
CHINAPLAS
Showcase on transparent plastics / Archi-Light futuristic building / Exclusive B2B conference jump starts exhibition
13.05.2013
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