Every manufacturing-input cost rose, from electricity to petroleum (for plastics) to metals to wages.
Foyer, the sales manager for plastics industry solutions provider Braunform, believes a German focus on the long-term is behind the current success.
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There are those 750 million vehicles, and all the oil going to heat homes and to lubricate machines and to provide the ingredients for plastics.
Henry Ford, back in the 1930s, was one of the first to posit the use of soybeans as a source for plastics for his automobiles and fabric for his clothes.
It had the good fortune over the past year of seeing the price of ethylene, a basic component for plastics that is derived from oil and natural gas, rise 35% to 55 cents a pound.
Henry Ford (nyse: F - news - people ), back in the 1930s, was one of the first to posit the use of soybeans as a source for plastics for his automobiles and fabric for his clothes.
He also sees a bright future for composite plastics made from a mixture of feathers and other materials.
She studied chemistry at Oxford University and worked for a plastics company before marrying businessman Denis Thatcher in 1951.
Industrial customers for its plastics, paints and pigments were shrinking or going bust.
Dow contributes the technical know-how for producing plastics and chemicals, while its partners provide low-cost feedstocks and access to new markets.
But its biggest and most controversial application is as a hardener for making polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins the materials of choice for manufacturing clear, shatter-proof bottles, spectacles, medical devices and CDs as well as dental coatings and linings for food cans.
While it is legal to export plastics for recycling in some countries, it is illegal to export waste.
Dr Schmidt says that various firms are now testing his feather-based plastics for use in such things as biodegradable nappies and home insulation.
It powers manufacturing as well as food and commodities production, it fuels transportation, and it is a building block for industries like plastics and electronics.
Clorox, which uses plastics for bleach containers and its Glad trash bags, plans to offset higher materials costs by hiking prices in January on 40% of products.
Cruz says a series of companies have already invested in automotive technology projects there, including US Farathane, a leading source of plastics for the auto industry.
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The recycling process involved several steps including the removal of oil and wastewater from the collected booms, preparing the plastics for die-mold production and ultimately creating the components.
The study found several occupational sectors in which there appeared to be an elevated breast cancer risk, including manufacture of plastics for use in the automobile industry, farming and metalworking.
Phthalates, the chemicals that make a PVC container flexible, "can migrate out of the plastic when it's heated, " says Dr. Halden, who has done comprehensive studies on emerging contaminants and plastics for more than a decade.
Depending on the economics of the location, the process can produce gas that can be burned for heat and power, or purified and sold as natural gas, or, perhaps in the future, used as a feedstock for chemicals or plastics.
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In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out GE for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.
In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out General Electric for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.
They want the gas to remain in the U.S. to provide cheaper electricity and cheaper feedstock for making chemicals and plastics.
Newcastle-under-Lyme uses separate containers and bags for refuse, cardboard, plastics, paper, glass and cans, textiles and garden waste.
This is leading to new business for your suppliers, including MGS Plastics and other manufacturer here in Wisconsin.
Davies noted that Washington has shown little to no support for environmentally friendly innovations in the plastics industry.
They also want to introduce a basic code of conduct in the Himalayas, banning firewood for fuel and the use of plastics.
However, it's this convenience, coupled with a voracious appetite for one-time-use plastics that is now hurtling back toward us as an ever-growing and devastating set of plastic fingerprints on our natural world.
Their production is not a high-technology enterprise: a factory or laboratory that makes fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, or plastics can readily be adapted for the purpose.
Bloomberg is expected to use part of his address to push initiatives that would increase the number of parking spaces for electric cars and begin recycling more plastics and food waste.
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