Welcome to E-News Update from Plastics & Rubber Asia

January 2011

LEAD FEATURE

Henkel on a roll

COMPANY NEWS

Perstorp strengthens polyol capacity

PolyOne expands in Brazil

DuPont to double R&D centre in China

Arkema to increase PVDF capacity in China

MATERIALS NEWS

China leads in PET resin supply

Intelligent packaging indicates spoiled food

Cereplast sets foot in Europe

Using CO2 to infuse additives into plastics

Italians face a new year of no plastic bags!

Exclusive contract supply for Toho Tenax in Thailand

MACHINERY NEWS

Gloucester clinches orders and has new owner

New owner and lab line for EDI

Italian machinery sector in upbeat mood

EXHIBITION NEWS

Rubber products push at Chinese plastics show

RUBBER JOURNAL ASIA

Top Glove to secure raw material source

Russian billionaire takes up equity in Sibur

Taiwanese tyre maker expanding capacity

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

Resin for caps/closures

No downtime for Chinese tooling company

IAC buys Indian auto parts supplier

Metal-like compound for surgical device

In-mass solution for vehicle grills

Arkema to increase PVDF capacity in China

ue to the increasing demand for PVDF in China, French company Arkema will expand output of its Kynar PVDF by 50%. The facility will be completed this March.

The Changshu plant was originally intended to meet demand in the industrial paint market in Asia but now Arkema says it will add on capacity to help meet requirements for PVDF resins from emerging applications. It will cater to the strong growth in polymer membranes for drinking water filtration, electrodes for lithium ion batteries and protective films for the backsheet of photovoltaic panels.

Arkema has other Kynar facilities in France and the US.