Market Flash

The Polymers for Europe Alliance is warning of the impact on European plastics manufacturers of a supply shortage in the additive titanium dioxide (TiO2), which is used for white masterbatch and as a UV stabiliser in rigid PVC outdoor products.

• Titanium
• Dioxide

Food Thickeners Market size is driven by its strong application scope in processed feed industry along with rise in consumer awareness towards healthy diet. It is mainly used to thicken soups & sauces and desserts including puddings.

• Xanthan
• Gum
• Food
• Thickener

Dow Polyurethanes will introduce customers from across Europe to a new, REACH-compliant elastomer system when it hosts a workshop at its UK facilities next month.

• polyurethane

Katherine Cosmetics, Inc., which offers a series of high performance, natural lifestyle makeup collections through multiple online, in-store and social selling distribution channels,

• Cosmetics

Edco Products’ Mike Bergeson smiles proudly when he looks at the metal shingles his company produces in its Minnesota plant, then offers an assessment that would catch many industrial finishers off guard.

• Coating

Saudi-based Middle East Paints Factory has chosen the Gulf Interiors expo, the Northern Gulf's established annual showcase for luxury interiors, design and furniture being held in Bahrain, to launch three new decorative paint ranges – 3D, Bella and Rita.

• Decorative
• Paint

It's not advisable to use a paint colour you don't know without trying it first. Don't rely on printed colour cards, colours on computer screens, the colour on the tin,

• Paint

The impact of viral diseases is huge in all species and it will cause direct economic losses. This topic was further discussed for different animal species at the FRAmelco seminar, prior to the recently held VIV Asia.

• Feed
• Additives

The Arctic isn't exactly on top of the world right now. Aside from its literal setting in the northernmost limits of Earth, the sparsely populated region has faced a spate of human-induced misfortune lately.

• Plastic

Greater Manchester is witnessing a boom in textiles industry with 77 manufacturing businesses investing £32 million in the Textiles Growth Programme over four years.

• Textile

A new surface coating causes water to bead up on the inner surface of a pipe rather than spreading out. This prevents the formation of ices that could lead to a clog in an oil pipeline or well.

• Coating

State and local officials say a new $30 million water treatment plant means Butte will have some of the cleanest drinking water in the nation.

• Water
• Treatment

Textile manufacturers in Indonesia, especially those from Central Java, are now looking at expanding their market in Middle East, according to the Indonesian Textile Association (API).

• Indonesia
• Middle
• East

Hybrid Coating Technologies Inc. (OTC Pink:HCTI) is pleased to announce that its Fortune 500 partner has received a patent for one of its coating products which utilizes Hybrid’s Green Polyurethane isocyanate free technology.

• Polyurethane
• Green

Taiwan’s troubled Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp is halting its container service to I country, becoming the first foreign shipping line to abandon the route a year after international sanctions on Tehran were lifted.

• shipping
• Middle East

More makeup products on the market are including anti-aging and plant-based components. What ingredients are best for your complexion?

• Cosmetics

The container shipping trade saw the strongest growth in the Indian subcontinent and Middle East regions at 5.1%, amid what looks to be a challenging year for shipping lines.

• shipping
• Middle East

When entrepreneur Phoebe Song launched her organic, vegan skincare line, she had big plans to sell around the world, including in China, the world's largest consumer market.

• China
• Cosmetics

Diet is especially important for children and adults with ADHD. Learn more about the role artificial food dyes, sugar, and food sensitivities play in exacerbating symptoms of attention deficit.

• Food
• Sugar

To harmonize its technical criteria on food additives with those of the European Union, Turkey has repealed the following three communiqués on the purity criteria of sweeteners, colors and other food additives and adopted a new ...

• Food
• Additives