Provides the latest RSS feeds for Plastics News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Manufacturing Mirror.com http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/cat/4240831d42dee7e2/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:24:03 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:24:03 -0400 30 Foetal exposure to common environmental chemical bisphenol A (BPA) causes increased inflammation in fat tissues after birth, which can lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome, a new research has suggested. BPA, found in plastic water bottles, older baby bottles and many other consumer products, is a known hormone disrupter with estrogen-like properties. Study's lead author, Almudena ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215263429/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:40:03 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215263429/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 HONG KONG, June 18 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:25pm EDT HONG KONG, June 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares were poised to start lower on Tuesday, with GCL-Poly Energy Holdings diving 11.4 percent, more than the 9.1 percent discount from its Monday close on news that a substantial shareholder priced a stake sale. The Hang Seng Index was set to open down 0.6 percent at 21,102.6 points. The China ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215260000/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:25:29 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215260000/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Rutland Plastics has attained ISO13485 for the manufacture of non-sterile injection and flow moulded components for medical devices and the machining, finishing and sub-assembly of ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215259059/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:52:56 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215259059/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 28, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Copyright Close-Up Media, Inc. 2013. All Rights reserved IQMS, a manufacturing ERP software and MES developer with an ongoing, proactive commitment to its product and relationships, announced that Nicolet Plastics, Inc. received top honors as Manufacturer of the Year small enterprise by the Manufacturing Leadership Community, part of Frost & ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215257082/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:34:23 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215257082/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 24, 2013 (Highlands Today - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Copyright (C) 2013, Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla. State legislators can't overturn a federal law, but they can inflame executives who want to produce ethanol in ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215257083/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:34:23 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215257083/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 28, 2013 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- (C)1994-2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com A. Schulman Inc (NASDAQ:SHLM), a supplier of plastic compounds and resins, said today that it is planning to implement further restructuring in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region because of the economic climate in ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215257081/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:34:23 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215257081/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Leaders from the state's plastics industry are promoting West Virginia as an ideal location for plastic and polymer companies at this week's PLASTEC East Trade Show in ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255925/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:43:32 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255925/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 23, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Copyright (C) 2013 Datamonitor. All rights reserved Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, which is engaged in the gathering, processing, treating, compression, transportation and sales of natural gas, has reported limited partners' interest in net income of $3.76 million, or $0.07 per unit, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared to $6.44 ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255927/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:30:55 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255927/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 BLOOMINGTON, Minn., May 23, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Copyright Business Wire 2013 --Quarterly net earnings per share up 17 percent to a record ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255928/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:30:55 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255928/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 23, 2013 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- (C)1994-2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Specialty chemicals group LANXESS presented its strong results for fiscal 2012 to some 2,000 attendees at this year's Annual Stockholders' Meeting. Group sales rose by 4 percent to EUR 9,094 million. EBITDA pre exceptionals improved by 7 percent to EUR 1,225 million. Net income rose by 2 percent last year to EUR ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255929/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:30:55 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255929/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 22, 2013 (Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) -- (c) 2001-2007 Datamonitor. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Celanese Corporation, a US-based ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255926/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:30:55 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215255926/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 new study . The bacteria appeared to burrow pits into the plastic. One possible explanation is that bacteria eat into the polymers, weakening the pieces enough to cause them to break down more quickly and eventually sink to the sea floor. While the microbes could speed the plastic's decay, they might also cause their own ecological problems, the researchers ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215254798/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:39:47 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215254798/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 LONDON, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Copyright (C) 2013 PR Newswire. All rights reserved Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell 2% to $1,278 per metric ton (/mt) in May on the back of weaker raw inputs prices, according to the monthly Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI). The PGPI is a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals and is ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215250191/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:18:20 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215250191/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Americans use 100 billion plastic bags every year and two million plastic water bottles every five minutes. All that consumption may be harming your health. Two women made a movie about American's obessesion with plastic. They believe it is hurting our environment and our health. "Bag It" highlights the dangers of chemicals used in plastics. Two of them, BPA and ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215247784/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:27:32 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215247784/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 AMNL ), a leading global producer of Halloysite Clay, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to form an agreement with Mitsui Plastics, Inc. to market, sell, and distribute its Dragonite™ Halloysite Clay and Iron Oxide globally. Mitsui Plastics, Inc. utilizes an extensive international sales force and infrastructure to serve the ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215246701/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:25:59 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215246701/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Poly Shield Technologies Inc. ("Poly Shield") (OTCBB:SHPR) announces that it has entered into negotiations with two maritime companies regarding multi ship agreements for developmental installations of its newly designed DSOX-15 system. Once completed, the agreements are intended to expedite the certification process of the DSOX-15 system with its new approach to sulfur removal in ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215246702/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:25:59 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215246702/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 The South Korea plastic surgery industry garnered plenty of recent attention during the Miss Korea pageant, and one-fifth Korean women have gone under the knife (compared to one in 20 American ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215246703/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:19:29 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215246703/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mesa, AZ - ENSO Plastics announces their latest product; demonstrating their continued commitment to innovation and the environment with the release of ENSO RENEW RTP. ENSO RENEW RTP is a revolutionary plastic that puts the environment first with a significant reduction in carbon footprint, rapid biodegradability and the utilization of agricultural waste rather than petroleum or fossil fuels. ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215244656/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:31:11 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215244656/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 20, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Copyright (C) 2013 Datamonitor. All rights reserved Phillips 66, a company which is engaged in producing natural gas liquids and petrochemicals, has reported a net income attributable to the company of $1.41 billion, or $2.23 per diluted share, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared to $636 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, for the first ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215241620/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:40:55 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215241620/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 May 23, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Copyright (C) 2013 Datamonitor. All rights reserved Williams Partners LP, a company engaged in natural gas transportation, gathering, treating, and processing, storage, natural gas liquid fractionation, and oil transportation, has reported a net income allocated to common units of $202 million, or $0.50 per unit, for the first quarter ended March 31, ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215241619/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:40:55 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215241619/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Despite Rwanda's apparent efforts at environmental conservation and keeping clean streets, the country is still faced with environmental problems due to waste plastic bottles that consumers still throw away in the open, researchers at the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) have warned. The Polyethylene that are normally recycled to be reused are non degradable materials and they ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215240934/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:48:37 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215240934/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Julio Teheran and three relievers combined on a seven-hit shutout Sunday, propelling the Atlanta Braves past San Francisco 3-0. Teheran (5-3) continued an impressive rookie season, rebounding from a sub-par effort in his previous start to post his second victory in three outings. The right-hander scattered seven hits and struck out eight while issuing just one walk. Luis Avilan and Jordan ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215239461/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:06:35 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215239461/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 JEDDAH, May 23, 2013 (Arab News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Copyright (C) 2013, Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has further demonstrated its national growth commitment by opening its first engineering thermoplastics compounding facility as well as a new polypropylene compounding (PPc) plant, at its manufacturing affiliate, ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215238640/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:14:17 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215238640/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 YADKINVILLE If looking out for the environment doesn’t give you a warm feeling, maybe zipping up in a snuggly Polartec fleece jacket made of recycled water bottles will. The popular performance fabric is one of many items – automotive upholstery fabric, men’s slacks, sweat-wicking socks – made of yarn that North Carolina-based Unifi Manufacturing Inc. spins from ground-up ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215238466/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:39:04 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215238466/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Copyright (C) 2013 PR Newswire. All rights reserved LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE: LYB) today announced that at its Annual General Meeting, shareholders approved a proposal to authorize the company to repurchase up to 10 percent of the company's outstanding stock. As a result, the Supervisory Board has approved a share ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215237700/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:28:30 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215237700/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Highlights will include new materials, machinery and design ideas for the plastics sector. Materials distributor Biesterfeld Petroplas UK (Stand E027) will highlight additions to its growing product portfolio. It will promote injection and extrusion polypropylene from Borealis, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) injection moulding grades and the increased availability of extrusion grades from ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215237158/scat/4240831d42dee7e2 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:46:28 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/215237158/scat/4240831d42dee7e2