Teknor Apex introduces new line of medical grade TPVs
Mitsui increasing polypropylene capacity
Weekly Resin Report: Copolymer PP resin supply tightening
Formosa declares “force majeure” on some PVC resins
First half of 2017 sees volatile PP market
Commodity resin sales growth not that strong this year
Clariant part of EU investigation into ethylene purchasing
LyondellBasell to supply technology to Chinese petrochemical company
BASF reports 12% sales growth in Q2 2017
Ionomer is one of those strange materials that no one seems to know much about. I wanted to offer a bit of information to demystify ionomers so that you understand what they are and when you should use them.
Toray introduces two new high barrier PET films
Scientists make polycarbonate from chemical extracted from lemons and carbon dioxide
Global Plastics Summit returns to Chicago in October
Weekly Resin Report: Producers nominate $0.03-0.05/lb increase for polypropylene in August
Originally published March 2, 2016
Did you know that Parmesan cheese is trademarked and refers only to cheese produced in a specific region of Italy? It is illegal in Europe to call cheese produced outside 5 specific Italian provinces Parmesan. There has never been any Kobe beef sold in the United States. Kobe is a Japanese trademark and refers to beef specifically from Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, even though every restaurant in Las Vegas serves it. How about Balsamic Vinegar? Oh, you get the idea.
We have a bad habit of ignoring these food trademarks in the United States although in recent years, the Champagne trademark seems to be respected a bit with all of the products not from Champagne France being called sparkling wine instead.
How about Nylon? A number of chemical companies all around the world call their product Nylon but what is Nylon? Is it a chemical name? No, the chemical name is polyamide. Why is all polyamide referred to as Nylon? Is this another violation of someone’s valuable trademark?
Actually the term nylon is not trademarked even though DuPont did coin the term. It’s an interesting story.
Dow makes management changes as DuPont merger nears
A&R Logistics to open new export facility in GA
Kuwaiti ethylene producer announces unplanned shut down
Lanxess launches new PBT/ASA alloy line
PolyPlastics expands Michigan headquarters, adds new testing equipment
Weekly Resin Report: Markets firm up as Q3 begins
Carolina Color introduces new line of PET colorants
Polish chemical company, Grupa Azoty planning new PP plant in northern Poland
While we are on the subject of nylon, I though that you might enjoy this cool video of what is called the nylon rope trick. It is a way of making nylon in a laboratory. Enjoy.
Have you ever wondered what the numbers after various grades of nylon mean? You know, 6 and 66 and 612 etc. I am going to explain this to you along with a few other interesting tidbits about nylon that you might not have known.
Ineos Styrolution adds new medical ABS and SBC grades
PolyOne acquires color supplier Mesa Industries (behind pay wall)
Solvay to sell stake in Brazilian PVC compounder
Polyram to open production facility in Indiana
Nova Chemicals completes acquisition of massive gulf coast PE plant
Albis adds new medical grade materials
Sweden based Polykemi offers new line of PPA materials
Teijin shows prototype polycarbonate windshield
Weekly Resin Report: PP, PE prices firm up
Braskem to build largest polypropylene line in the Americas in Texas
BASF expands nylon ant PBT production in Germany
Czech compounder to open new plant in Georgia
Power outage leads to force majeure on PP & PE at Formosa
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