Artificial intelligence empowers visual systems to identify subtle defects in plastics in real-time, reducing waste generation and enhancing quality control levels. Companies such as Krevera and Cognex are deploying advanced artificial intelligence v

The intelligent energy monitoring system integrates IoT sensors with an asset management platform to help plastic manufacturing enterprises achieve quantifiable cost reductions. IoT monitoring solutions can help injection molding, extrusion, and blow

Dover Group acquired Cloeren, a leader in the field of extrusion die heads and distributors, in order to enhance MAAG's polymer processing performance. This strategic acquisition brings the manufacturing technologies for high-performance die heads an

Eni’s chemical subsidiary Versalis confirmed to S&P Global Commodity Insights’ Platts by email on July 21 that the company has shut down its polyethylene (PE) production unit in Brindisi, Italy, and placed the unit in a mothballed state. In it

This week, the operating rate of the recycled ABS industry was 38.9%, down 2.7 percentage points from the previous week, as shortages of feedstock from dismantled waste household appliances combined with concentrated maintenance weighed on overall ou

This week, the overall operating rate of recycled PVC was 33.6%, up slightly by 1.2 percentage points week-on-week. In the previous period, more than 60% of the small and medium-sized recycled PVC granulation plants in Hebei and Henan, North China, w

This week, the overall operating rate of domestic recycled PE was 45.2%, down 1.8 percentage points week-on-week. The off-season for agricultural film dragged down the operating rate of the recycled LDPE segment to just 40.8%. Tianjin’s 100,000-ton/y

During this period (July 3 - July 9), the PS international market has been suppressed by a combination of the overseas waste material off-season, low operating loads of facilities, port arrivals, and weak downstream demand. Supply in Southeast Asia a

During this period (July 3 to July 9), the international recycled PC market focused on overseas maintenance shutdowns, port arrivals, import costs, and downstream rigid demand. With concentrated maintenance shutdowns in South Korea and Taiwan, China,

During this period (July 3 - July 9), the international market for modified PC/ABS was monitored based on overseas facility operations, import and export supplies, import costs, and the price differences between domestic and international markets. Th