Thailand's IRPC Pcl plans expansion of propylene capacity by 58% by 2014

(Plastemart) -- Thailand's IRPC Pcl (IRPC) plans to expand propylene capacity by 58% by 2014, as per Reuters. IRPC, 37% owned by Thailand's top energy firm PTT Pcl plans to seek approval this month to go ahead with plans to expand annual capacity of propylene by 160,000 tons.


Construction of a new propylene plant is expected to be completed by 2014 in addition to a previously announced "de-bottlenecking" expansion that would raise its propylene capacity by 100,000 tpa in 2012. IRPC's current capacity of 450,000 tpa of propylene will rise to 710,000 tons by 2014.


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Profile maker Creative Extruded Products expands in Ohio

(Plastics News) -- Creative Extruded Products Inc. has received state approval for a tax break to help it expand its Tipp City plant. The company in May was awarded a 40 percent job creation tax credit over six years for the $1.4 million project, which is expected to create 34 jobs and retain 154 at the 100,000-square-foot plant, which has 12 extrusion lines. The Ohio State Controlling Board approved the grant Nov. 22.


Founded in 1979, Creative Extruded Products is a custom plastic profile extruder supplying the automotive, aerospace, appliance, construction and industrial, recreational vehicle, electronics, marine and law and garden markets.


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Addmaster expansion and record annual growth

(PRW) -- Addmaster has announced that half way through its latest financial year it has achieved its fastest rate of growth since the Stafford-based company started in 2000. The past 12 months have seen rapid expansion overseas with distributors now placed in the US, South America, South Africa, Malaysia, Australia, Germany and Spain. Through these distributors Addmaster can now supply its range of performance additives to all global markets.


Export figures have more than doubled compared to 2009 with a large proportion of this growth coming from the export of the Biomaster range of antimicrobial additives. Addmaster has taken on new members of staff in recent months to directly deal with the growth of the Biomaster and Verimaster enquiries.


Addmaster is a supplier of technically innovative additive formulations for the plastics, textile, paper, paints and coatings industry. The company provides additive masterbatches, liquid or powder dispersions for any application.


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Milliken additive innovations for polyolefins

(Milliken) -- At Arabplast 2011, Milliken will showcase additives for polyolefins (PO) offering pioneering possibilities in optical enhancement, performance improvement, and more cost-effective and sustainable processing, to meet the key challenges and demands of converters in the Middle East.


Milliken specializes in developing and producing additives for plastics. Its additives support the development of differentiated grades of polyolefins that address needs across a wide range of end-applications, including packaging and durable household items.


Key innovations will include Millad clarifying agents that achieve aesthetic properties never seen before in polypropylene (PP) and energy savings. Also featured will be new opportunities to address the critical problems facing manufacturers involved in many PP and polyethylene (PE) moulding processes through the significant advances in performance, processing and efficiency.


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SABIC supports Poland's growing film market

(Sabic) -- At the inaugural AddFilm 2010 (Warsaw, Poland) technical conference for the film and plastics industry, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) highlighted its broad portfolio of materials for BOPP, cast, blown, stretch and multi-layer films.


SABIC's expanding array of innovative high-density, low-density and linear low-density polyethylene (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE) and polypropylene (PP) resins will be detailed in six presentations by the company's dedicated Poland team. The company offers Polish converters a reliable source of supply from its logistical hub in Kutno, and provides developmental product assistance and other technical expertise from its office in Sittard, The Netherlands.


SABIC is a major partner in the new AddFilm conference, demonstrating its strong committment to Poland and its rapidly expanding film industry.


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