Market Flash

A whole bunch of new polyethylene resin is heading toward North American buyers, but users of polypropylene will have to wait a while longer.

• PE

Buoyed by the results for 2016 announced June 22, German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers are viewing 2017 with optimism.

• German
• European

Quats, a family of chemicals common in soaps and other household products, impair nervous-system development in both rats and mice, a new study warns.

• Quats
• Soap
• Food

An expert committee has recommended one-time infusion of ₹494.81 crore in capital for comprehensive and sustainable revival of the 17 textile mills in the government and cooperative sectors.

• Textile

Twenty-three Chinese textiles companies, many of which provide fabric for big brands and retailers, have saved over 57 million yuan ($8 million) in costs annually

• Textile

A French consumer rights group is urging the European Commission to immediately withdraw 23 cosmetic products which, it claims, contain substances banned under EU law.

• Cosmetics
• Personal Care

China is consulting on a draft national standard for composite food contact materials (FCMs) and articles.

• Food Drink
• China

The most significant endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) to which babies and pregnant women may be exposed are dioxins, PCBs, phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), BHA and BHT, according to Danish state research.

• EPA
• Children's products

The acrylate marketis complicated and confusing in June 2017. Good and bad news both areinfluencing the market.

US-based global medical equipment producer Becton Dickinson (BD) has revealed its progress towards cutting use of materials of concern in its products.

• Medicine

Echa has launched its EU observatory for nanomaterials (EUON), a public website aimed at increasing transparency of information on nanomaterials on the EU market.

• Nanomaterials

The Italian and Dutch fashion industries have joined hands for textile growth, emphasising the growing interaction between their fashion and textile industries.

• Italian
• Dutch
• Textile

The textile exports during July-May (2016-17) were recorded at $11,234.885 million compared to the exports of $11,461.497 million recorded during July-May (2015-16), according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

• Textile
• Export

After years of losing market share to overseas manufacturers, American textile and fiber makers say their industry is turning around. A story in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)

• Textile
• U.S.

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has raised serious concerns over a strike called by textile trade bodies...

• Textile
• FPCCI

Hydrogen itself is seen as a key part of our clean-energy future, but even better would be hydrogen produced using the power of the sun...

• Paint
• Hydrogen
• Fuel

Several big-name drug companies in Canada have begun listing how much money they pay out to doctors, hospitals ...

• Drug
• Pharmaceutical

The call by China's securities regulator for the country's wealth managers to invest in domestic commodity futures is both encouraging and somewhat bizarre.

• China
• Commodity

French energy company Total SA has completed an industrial scale test run incorporating about 20 percent of post-consumer recycled polystyrene within virgin polystyrene.

• Polystyrene

According to Mailonline, natural sugars in the agave plant used to make tequila are linked to weight loss.