Petrochemicals Training Course Series

Global petrochemical markets are being shaken and redefined by significant developments, including the volatile crude oil situation and outlook, and changes in other upstream feedstock markets. Meanwhile, China’s economic slowdown and growing self-sufficiency pose a challenge to international players. ICIS Petrochemicals Training offers essential insights into the commercial and technical aspects of petrochemicals, including feedstocks […]

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Lanxess: Price increase for brominated flame retardants

The Additives business unit of specialty chemicals company LANXESS globally increases the prices for its polydibromostyrene products (PDBS) and its branded decadibromophenyl ethane (DPDPE) flame retardant, Firemaster 2100R, up to 15 percent for each product effective November 1, 2017. The PDBS brominated flame retardant is mainly used in electronics products and electrical plug connectors, the

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UPCOMING WEBINAR: Estane® TPU – High Performance Solutions for Surface Protection and Graphics

Estane® TPU – High Performance Solutions for Surface Protection and Graphics Estane TPU provides exceptional performance for surface protection applications, backed by more than 30 years of experience in the harshest environments. Road salt, flying stones, acid rain, and extreme hot and cold to name a few! More recently, Estane TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) has been introduced

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Your EPCA 2017 round-up

Europe petchem players upbeat at EPCA 2017, face digital challenges The 51st European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) in Berlin was bursting with optimism. Petrochemical producers in Europe are facing continuing pressures within the modern economy to keep up with demand but, given the economic backdrop, competitiveness has improved. Our insight editor Nigel Davis reports on the

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New Dow Corning Masterbatch for BOPP Film

UPCOMING WEBINAR: New Dow Corning Masterbatch for BOPP Film Eliminating migration enables higher productivity, superior printing and more A new, non-migrating silicone masterbatch for processing bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film delivers stable, long-term slip performance without the drawbacks of standard slip agents such as organic waxes and silicone oil. Controlling the COF Coefficient of friction

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San Francisco to Prohibit Flame Retardant Chemicals for Children’s Safety

San Francisco could soon become the first U.S. city to prohibit chemical flame retardants in all new upholstered furniture and children’s products sold in the city, including online sales. Regulation to Ban FRs from Kids’ Products A proposed ordinance under consideration by the Board of Supervisors would ban added flame retardants from kids’ products including play and

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Estane® TPU – High Performance Solutions for Surface Protection and Graphics

Presented by Lubrizol Join us live Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 11AM EDT (New York) Estane TPU provides exceptional performance for surface protection applications, backed by more than 30 years of experience in the harshest environments. Road salt, flying stones, acid rain, and extreme hot and cold to name a few! More recently, Estane TPU

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Opportunities for Process Optimizations with New Silicone Adhesives Presented by Dow Advanced Assembly Solutions Join us live Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 3PM CEST (Paris) 9AM EDT When assembling electronics modules, manufacturers can optimize processes to reduce costs. The choice of adhesive can greatly impact those costs, through the energy use, process time and other

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Plasticizers and Plasticization Methods

Plasticizers are relatively non-volatile organic substances (mainly liquids). When incorporated into a plastic or elastomer, they help improve the polymer’s: Flexibility Extensibility and, Processability Plasticizers increase the flow and thermoplasticity of a polymer by decreasing the viscosity of the polymer melt, the glass transition temperature (Tg), the melting temperature (Tm) and the elastic modulus of the finished

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“Alpha-Plast Co. Ltd” планирует посетить выставку

Welcome to Fakuma 2017! More than 1700 exhibitors will present their international offerings on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the world’s leading technical event for industrial plastics processing. Fakuma will take place in the fully occupied Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre from 17 to 21 October 2017, and is expecting more than 40,000 expert visitors

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LyondellBasell Begins Production

LyondellBasell Begins Production at New PP Compounding Plant in Dalian, China LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, yesterday announced the successful startup of a new 20 kilotonne per year polypropylene (PP) compounding plant in Dalian, China. This is the company’s third facility in China, strategically located to serve

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