It is flexible, light, cost-effective, transparent, tough and safe. It has excellent organoleptic properties (does not affect the taste of the packaged food) PVC requires less fuel to manufacture and transport when compared with other packaging materials such as metal or glass, and protects against contamination by helping to prevent the spread of germs during […]
Tight PE supplies due to cracker maintenance turnarounds has led to slight increases in prices again this month. This is expected to continue till end May when the turnaround season comes to a halt. Demand remains weak as the global economy grows slowly. Chinese polymer imports dropped heavily in Jan-Feb 2015 compared to a year […]
PVC, CPVC, and PEX have different though overlapping characteristics. PVC is a durable and rigid plastic that can be softened in order to form bends and curves. CPVC is formed from a resin of PVC that has undergone a chlorination process. It has similar properties to PVC and has higher heat resistance. It has higher […]
Many rigid PVC molded and extruded products – including some pipe, siding, window profiles, and sheet – require impact strengths beyond that attainable with PVC alone, which is a rather brittle polymer. The inclusion of a small amount of another polymer with a rubber “backbone” will, with proper dispersion into the vinyl melt, provide the […]
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