Ukrplastic and Dow Chemical have signed a Memorandum of Intent to strengthen their long-term partnership to increase the supply of products to the flexible packaging material market.
FoodProductionDaily.com takes a look at the key moves that have taken place in the industry this past month. Michelman, Dow Chemical Company and Adept are some of the firms involved in the round-up for March.
The Dow Chemical Company will build several specialty material production units aligned to its Performance Plastics franchise to target growth in North and South America.
Huhtamaki Oyj has announced the sale of its expanded polystyrene packaging business in Australia as part of its ongoing strategy to move out of rigid plastics.
A tougher version of BASF's Styrolux Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer
(SBC) will help manufacturers of food service and packaging
products make more durable packging while reducing costs, the
company claims.
An analysis of the plastics industry suggests that the versatility
and flexibility of the material is still of great benefit to
packaging firms despite high raw material costs.
Nova Chemicals is to expand its Arcel mouldable foam resin
manufacturing capacity to 100 million pounds per year by the end of
2006 to meet soaring demand.
Chemical giant BASF has resumed production of the metal-free
phthalocyanine pigment Heliogen Blue. The new material, used in
packaging, conforms to the existing specification and its quality
corresponds to that of the existing product.
The Polyolefins and Elastomers Business Group of The Dow Chemical
Company has announced the commercial launch of Dowlex, a
polyethylene resin aimed at the rigid packaging sector.
Pactiv Corporation is to purchase 70 per cent of Mexico-based
Jaguar, a leading thermoformer of high impact polystyrene for cold
cups and plates and polystyrene foam for foodservice and food
packaging.
