China’s import PP follows local prices softer, retreat from almost 3-year high

China’s local PP markets have been on a softening trend for around a month now mainly due to disappointing post-holiday demand and high polyolefin stocks in the domestic market. Imports...

Plastic recycling industry’s problems costing councils up to £500,000 a year

Chinese ban on waste imports is significantly affecting UK councils’ ability to collect and recycle plastic Major problems in the plastic recycling industry are costing local councils in England up...

As plastic sector booms, Vietnamese firms are easy prey

Vietnam’s plastics sector has grown by 15-17 percent each year for the last 3 years. Photo by AFP Thai, Japanese and South Korean firms are gobbling up some of Vietnam’s...

Demand for new molds could improve moderately in 2020

Few industries in North America have suffered more than mold making as a result of China’s emergence as a global manufacturing powerhouse since its admittance to the World Trade Organization...

Plastics industry depends heavily on imported materials

(VEN) – The Vietnamese plastics industry is facing many challenges in terms of its viability given that 80 percent of its raw materials are imported. During the 2010-2017 period, the plastics industry...