Market Flash

The government believes the chemical, textile, and miscellaneous industry (IKTA) sector can grow by 5.4% by the end of 2017, based on the increase of activities in that sector in Indonesia.

• Textile

This may not answer the old question about the chicken and the egg, but a European project is looking at whether it's possible to use poultry waste products in bio-based packaging for, among other things, poultry products.

• Plastics
• Packing
• EU

Increasing number of working individuals across the globe is resulting in increasing spending capacity on cosmetic products, which in turn is leading to increasing sales of quality cosmetic products.

• Cosmetic

UltraTech International, Inc. has recently added Gentoo coating to its product line. This advanced, clear, hydrophobic coating combines features and properties never seen before in a coating. 

• Coating

Operations at some of the world's largest copper mines have been halted after northern Chile was hit by snowstorms, companies said Wednesday.

• Copper
• Desert

Argentina's Energy Ministry authorized Tuesday an increase in ethanol prices for oil refiners to blend into gasoline in June from May.

• Argentina
• Ethanol

ChemSpec, Ltd., a member of the Safic-Alcan Group family of companies, continues to expand its portfolio to a range of over 150 versatile product series offerings.

• ChemSpec
• Polyisobutylene

Pound for pound, palm oil has a huge edge over alternatives squeezed out of canola, soybeans or sunflowers.

• Palm
• Oil

The European Commission has started consulting with members of the food packaging industry on an EU measure on printed food contact materials (FCMs).

• Food
• Packaging
• EU

Audio company FiiO has recently announced the launch of 2 new In-Ear Monitors with Mic and volume controls in India dubbed as F1 and F3 for price tags of Rs 1,499 and Rs 1,849 respectively.

• Polyurethane
• FiiO

California's Assembly has passed a bill that would require ingredient labelling for professional cosmetics.

• Cosmetics

This World Oceans Day (June 8), U.K.–based cosmetics company Lush will be re-releasing its limited-edition Shark Fin soap in honour of late Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist Rob Stewart.

• Cosmetics

Waste plant fibres from agriculture and paper manufacturing could replace harmful plastic microbeads in a wide range of products from make-up to house paint, scientists claim.

• Cosmetics
• Plastic

South Carolina, once a center of the American textile industry, has seen the business rebound through an influx of Chinese companies.

• South
• Carolina
• China
• Textile

Food contained in uncoated aluminium dishes can contain high levels of the metal, according to a study investigating foods that are cooked and then chilled.

• Food

Rainguard has unveiled its all-new Garage Floor Coating system: the automotive industry’s first-ever non-toxic, superior performing floor coating technology.

• Coating

Food coloring comes in many forms consisting of liquids, powders, gels, and pastes. Food colours are important factors in food sensory quality, and food colors are divided into natural food colours and synthetic food colors.

• Food
• Color

A Chinese tire manufacturer plans to invest $1 billion in a South Carolina plant, further boosting the state's status as America's tire-producing capital.

• China
• Tire
• South
• Carolina

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chinese TDI market was flat.

• Polyurethane
• TDI

Plastics advertised as ‘BPA-free’ may contain the potentially toxic BPF instead

• Plastics