(Plastemart) -- Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by OAO Salavatnefteorgsyntez (SNOS) for the engineering, procurement, and supply of materials for a third cracking heater at its ethylene plant in Salavat (Russian Federation). This award, part of the plant's long-term modernization and upgrading project, follows Lummus Technology's successful completion of two previous heaters.
(PRW) -- Italian film machinery maker Colines will demonstrate production of 2m wide 50-layer cast stretch film at its production facility at Novara next week. The film production system, which is equipped with a flat die and layer multiplier system from US-based Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI), uses four extruders (two 80mm and two 140mm) and a 16-component gravimetric feed system.
The line, from Colines' HandRollEx series, is claimed to run at an output rate of up to 1,800 kg/hr, equivalent to a linear speed of 1,000 m/min. Typical power consumption is around 0.42-0.44 kW/kg.
Film layer multipliers divide and reassemble the melt flow to create complex multi-layer structures. The technology is said to improve barrier and mechanical performance due to its ability to minimise the harmful effect of thin spots or pinholes in the finished web.
The line will be running at an Open House at the Colines factory at Novara until 4 February.
(UzEx) -- Over two decades of January polyethylene F-0220-S (film group) returned lost positions. The part of its sales in total volume of sales of polyethylene granules made 29 % whereas last year the given parameter made only 5 %, according to Uzbek commodity Exchange
As a whole, 4,5 KT of polyethylene granules of all grades were sold through the exchange tenders, which was 400 T more than that for the same period last year.
According to exchange traders, this year will be the year of the raised demand for polyethylene, considering high activity in the given segment of the exchange market.
(PRW) -- Netherlands-based DSM and Russia's KuibyshevAzot are forming two joint ventures related to engineering plastics. One of the deals will make DSM the first Western nylon 6 supplier with its own manufacturing presence in Russia or the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Togliatti-based KuibyshevAzot also will receive a license to DSM's proprietary cyclohexanone technology, which will be applied at KuibyshevAzot's caprolactam plant. As a result, the company will boost its capacity to make caprolactam, a feedstock for nylon 6 resin.
DSM Engineering Plastics also plans to buy 80% of the engineering plastics compounding plant located on KuibyshevAzot's manufacturing site in Togliatti.
(Styron) -- The 50:50 joint venture between Styron and Sumitomo Chemical is being renamed Sumika Styron Polycarbonate Limited (SSPC). Company name change activities are underway and are expected to be fully effective as of April 1, 2011.
Styron announced in October that it assumed ownership of the 50 percent share that was formerly owned by The Dow Chemical Company, following Dow's divestiture of Styron to Bain Capital Partners in June 2010.
The joint venture will continue to be headquartered in Tokyo, and will continue to serve its customers and market polycarbonate products in Asia Pacific.
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