The president’s entourage has recently been actively using the thesis that Volodymyr Zelensky is fulfilling his election promises. Perhaps this is due to rumors that Zelensky is going to run for a second term: the implementation of most of the program is a good trump card in the elections. Analysts of the “Slovo i Delo” […]
Turkish and Chinese processors intend to refuse to buy raw materials due to a sharp jump in prices
Turkish plastics processors intend to deal with the sharp increase in raw material prices and will refuse to buy it from April 1, 2021, the Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation (PAGEV) Polymer Association of Turkey said in a statement. Plastics processors in China also announced a similar action. PAGEV and China’s Processing and Machine Manufacturing Associations […]
Testing of an electric garbage truck begins in Germany
Such a garbage truck produced by the German company Quantron AG will go to the streets of Nuremberg in the coming weeks to collect household waste, Deutsche Welle reports. This car is fully electrified and does not have any additional petrol or diesel engines. During the tests, it is necessary to find out how profitable […]
American scientists have developed an additive that changes the color of polymers
A group of scientists from the American University of Illinois presented a new development – an additive to polymers. It changes the color of the material when it is stretched. A new high-speed mechanophore was developed by scientists from the American University of Illinois. It is able to signal the imminent rupture of the material […]
Processors ask the Russian government to curb the rise in polymer prices
The Union of Plastics Processors (SPP) asks the Russian government to develop measures to curb the rise in polymer prices, similar to those that apply to prices for fuel and other socially important goods, Interfax reports. The union invites the government to create a working group to develop “a regulatory and regulatory framework that […]
Chinaplas – new impetus for the development of the plastics industry
In the current conditions of deep and complex restructuring of industrial production around the world, the polymer industry faces new challenges, overcomes them, and at the same time opens up new prospects for development. Chinaplas 2021, Asia’s largest plastics and rubber processing trade show, has chosen a new motto “New Era – New Innovation for […]
Raw material producers should not take plastics recyclers hostage
According to the industry association Flexible Packaging Europe (Germany), high prices and irregular polymer shipments are expected to continue or worsen in the coming months and could jeopardize the delivery of food and other vital products. According to the Association’s Executive Director, Guido Aufdemkamp: “The plastics industry should not take the end consumer hostage during […]
The first in Ukraine complex for the processing of household waste will start working in Kharkov
Kharkiv will become the first city in Ukraine that will be able not only to collect, but also to process solid household waste. Starting in the spring of 2021, the city will receive electricity generated at the new waste processing complex. The video of the construction of the facility was published by the acting mayor […]
Instead of new landfills: a waste management system will be introduced in Ukraine
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Environmental Management Oleg Bondarenko said that a waste management system will be introduced in Ukraine. This should happen before the end of this year. This was reported by the press service of the Servant of the People party. “We plan to adopt in March […]
Kontraktnyye tseny PSV-V v SSHA v marte vyrosli iz-za rosta zatrat i nekhvatki syr’ya Kontraktnyye tseny na vspenivayushchiysya polistirol (PSV-S) v SSHA v marte byli soglasovany na 16 tsentov za funt (USD353 za tonnu) vyshe po sravneniyu s predydushchim mesyatsem iz-za rosta tsen na syr’ye i yego nekhvatki, soobshchayet ICIS. Zimniy shtorm v seredine fevralya na poberezh’ye Meksikanskogo zaliva v SSHA privel k tomu, chto bol’shaya chast’ proizvodstva stirola v SSHA byla ostanovlena, po krayney mere, vremenno, chto privelo k snizheniyu proizvodstvennykh pokazateley so storony nekotorykh proizvoditeley PSV-S, stolknuvshikhsya s nekhvatkoy syr’ya stirola. Postavki PSV-S byli ogranicheny dazhe do uragana, poskol’ku ustoychivo vysokiy spros privel k sokrashcheniyu zapasov za posledniye neskol’ko mesyatsev. Raneye soobshchalos’, chto Epsilyte (Woodlands, Tekhas), vedushchiy proizvoditel’ vspenivayemogo polistirola (PSV-S) v Severnoy Amerike, planiruyet snova podnyat’ martovskiye tseny na vse marki PSV-S v Severnoy Amerike. Tak, uvelicheniye sostavit 7 tsentov za funt ili USD154 za tonnu i vstupit v silu c 15 marta tekushchego goda. Soglasno Tsenovomu obzoru ICIS-MRC, pod davleniyem znachitel’nogo rosta tsen monomera na vneshnikh rynkakh zavod Plastik (Uzlovaya) v tekushchem mesyatse povysil stoimost’ PSV-S na 15 tys. rub. za tonnu. Stoimost’ uzlovskogo granulyata dostigla rekordnogo urovnya i nakhoditsya v diapazone 141 000-143 000 rub. za tonnu, CPT Moskva, s uchetom NDS. Stoimost’ PSV-S proizvodstva SIBUR-Khimproma takzhe uvelichitsya. Martovskiye tseny zavoda vse yeshche nakhodyatsya na stadii soglasovaniya, proizvoditel’ planiruyet ikh oglasit’ uchastnikam rynka na tekushchey nedele. Osnovnyye severoamerikanskiye proizvoditeli PSV-S vklyuchayut Styropek, EPSilyte, Styrochem, Nexkemia i Dart Polymers. Ещё 1714 / 5000 Результаты перевода PSV-V contract prices in the USA increased in March due to rising costs and a shortage of raw materials
Expandable polystyrene (PSV-S) contract prices in the United States in March were negotiated 16 cents per pound (USD353 per tonne) higher than the previous month due to rising raw material prices and shortages, ICIS reported. A winter storm in mid-February on the US Gulf Coast caused much of US styrene production to be halted, at […]