ExxonMobil innovation in expanding all commercially viable energy sources

(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- ExxonMobil will showcase its innovation in expanding all commercially viable energy sources and development of technologies to mitigate the growth of emissions at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this week.

Morten Mauritzen, president of ExxonMobil companies in Abu Dhabi, said, ⌠The fourth annual World Future Energy Summit is an important opportunity to discuss ways to meet future energy challenges. In addition to serving as a platinum sponsor of the 2011 World Future Energy Summit, ExxonMobil will share information on its actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ExxonMobil believes innovation through carbon capture and storage, development of biofuels from algae, and energy efficiency has the potential to turn energy challenges into energy solutions.

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(PRW) -- Netherlands foam plastics processor Wolters Europe plans to build an automotive components plant near its existing packaging facility Kostenice, Czech Republic. The unit, expected to be up and running by 2012, will turn out 2,450 tonnes of products in expanded polypropylene (EPP), expanded polystyrene (EPS) and PE foam. Local group offshoot Wolters Packaging Czech aims to hire a 48-strong workforce for the plant.

Located on a 3.7 hectare expansion site, the plant will include a 12,000m2 production hall and parking space for 100 vehicles.

Wolters Europe, based at Enter in the Netherlands, manufactures a range of plastics foam packaging and other products for fresh food, horticulture, electronics and IT, pharmaceuticals and industrial packaging.

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(PRW) -- The German maker of Playmobil toys bought 30 Systec injection moulding machines from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery at K 2010, Sumitomo Demag has announced.

Playmobil officials have finalized deals before for large numbers of presses at plastics trade shows. One of the biggest block of orders came at the 2005 Fakuma show in Germany ≈ 84 injection presses from three separate machinery suppliers.

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Linear polyethylene is one of few large capacity polymers demand for which didn't fall even during the crisis. In pre-crisis 2008 total volume of linear PE imports made about 82 KT. In 2009 polymer supplies from external suppliers increased by 15%.

The main driver of demand for linear PE is films sector, particularly, sector of cast stretch-films production. At present in this sector about a dozen of producers work, whose total capacity exceeds 120 KT.

Recently demand for linear PE has considerably grown in the sectors of injection-molding and rotational molding production of overall products. Upcoming trend is the sector of pressure pipes production with the use of lineaк polyethylene PERT.

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(Milliken) -- Milliken, a division of Milliken & Company, has overcome one of the toughest challenges in the plastics industry - successful nucleation of polyethylene (PE). Hyperform HPN-20E, currently the most efficient PE nucleation agent available globally enables higher peak crystallization temperatures that can cut cycle times and drive productivity improvements of 10 to 20 percent (depending upon processing and resin design).

It can also increase oxygen and water vapor barrier performance between 20 to 40 percent (depending upon processing and resin design) providing the possibility of extended shelf life of perishable contents such as dry foods, dairy products, vitamins and nutraceuticals. Hyperform HPN-20E and other upcoming Milliken nucleation solutions support sustainability by enabling broader use of PE, an easily recycled plastic, in diverse packaging applications.

This technology is appropriate for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) used in blown film, extrusion blow moulding and injection moulding, as well as in linear low density PE (LLDPE), especially C4 gas phase LLDPE.

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