Amcor and Sacmi to produce HDPE bottles

(pmpnews) -- Amcor Rigid Plastics, a producer of rigid plastic packaging, and Italy's Sacmi Imola , a manufacturer of compression molding equipment for closures, have commercialized the industry's first compression blow forming (CBF) machine for the production of rigid HDPE pharmaceutical bottles.

"By adding CBF into our technology platform suite, we continue to offer our customers enhanced technology capabilities which deliver on the high level of quality our customers demand, quicker production that supports the growth needs of our customers, and renewed support for our sustainability efforts," says Latricia Fry, market development manager, for Amcor Rigid Plastics.

Amcor collaborated with Sacmi, the original developer of the process, in a 14-month development project to adapt the technology for pharmaceutical packaging. The two companies primarily focused on optimization and implementation of process control enhancements to ensure the new technology platform met the demanding requirements of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

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(chemmonitor) -- Sumitomo Corporation with HQ in Japan will possibly construct a propylene production unit in Primorsky Krai (Russia). Besides, the company has reached a consensus to execute a feasibility study of a project of the type with official authorities in another part of the country, namely in Khabarovsk Krai.

Sumitomo Corporation is a Japan-based general trading company. The Company is engaged in the import and export of a wide range of products. The Company operates seven business segments: metal products, transportation and construction equipment, infrastructure, media and life style, resources and chemical, consumer industry and real estate, as well as new industry and function promotion.

The Company is also engaged in the development of commodities and the provision of financial services. The Company has a global network comprised of a large number of domestic and overseas subsidiaries and branch offices.

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(chemmonitor) -- A new petrochemical manufacturing facility will appear in Binzhou City (China). The unit will produce propylene as well as isobutylene. Its total annual output will amount to up to 0.22 million tonnes.

Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals, a domestic company, will operate the plant. It selected US-headquartered UOP to provide the process technology to the new facility.

Financial data of the agreement concluded between the firms and the project's cost were not revealed.

The startup will be in around 2 years.

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(chemmonitor) -- The Mexico-based company Idesa and the Sao Paulo-headquartered Brazilian petrochemicals manufacturer Braskem formed a JV Braskem Idesa, which together with the US-based corporation GE will start polyethylene (PE) complex.

It will result in reduction of Mexico usage of the imported product used in manufacturing and packaging. GE applies the plant with its compressor technology.

Currently, Mexico has to import more than a half of all locally used PE.

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(Plastemart) -- A new polymeric flame retardant for use in extruded (XPS) and expanded (EPS) polystyrene applications has been introduced by Albemarle Corporation.

With this, the company has expanded its Earthwise platform of sustainable product. This new technology, licensed from Dow Global Technologies LLC (DGTL), a subsidiary ofThe Dow Chemical Company, will be commercialized under Albemarle's Earthwise brand and provides a stable, high molecular weight, non-PBT (Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic) polymeric technology for use in these demanding applications.

This new technology is expected to become the preferred choice to meet critical fire safety requirements for both XPS and EPS. Albemarle's agreement to manufacture and sell this premium technology confirms the company's commitment to provide customers with sustainable, innovative fire safety solutions that meet the increasing demands of global regulations and standards, such as energy efficiency and sustainable design for these thermal insulation materials.

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