Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) was one of the first polymers to be commercialized. Due to low gas and vapor permeability, it is widely used in the manufacture of food and consumer goods packaging, as well as in areas where high resistance to moisture and aggressive medium is required. Currently, the world output of PVDC is about 200,000 tonnes. Despite a range of useful properties of polyvinylidene...
The International Fair of Plastics Processing PLASTPOL is the largest fair dedicated to plastics in Eastern/Central Europe. In 2010 PLASTPOL brought together almost 700 companies from 29 countries in Europe as well as from the USA, India, Japan, Taiwan, China, Egipt, Hong Kong, Korea, and Thailand. Almost 25,000 square metres of exhibition space were made available to the participants. PLASTPOL...
Granulated urea is highly valued in the industrial and agricultural sectors. There are several ways to produce it. First of all, it is a dispersion of a melt amidst gas (air) with its further solidification, rolling in granulating drums and plates, as well as granulation in a fluid-bed. Prilling in towers and the granulation in the fluid-bed are nowadays the most popular methods used to produce...
Lithopone is a mixture of barium sulphate (BaSO4) with zinc sulfide (ZnS). In industry it is used as a white pigment. Lithopone is not produced in Russia, as in other CIS countries. The demand is met entirely by imports. Last year 242 tonnes of pigment was imported to Russia that is 2.4 times less than in 2008. Main lithopone supplier with a share of 83% was German company Sachtleben Chemie. Lithopone...