MLTA POE Report Covered by PIE
Plastics Information Europe (PIE) did a stellar job of covering the latest update of our global market report for polyolefin elastomers...
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Jul 172 min read
Growth Acceleration in Renewables Called for to Meet COP28 Target
The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on July 11 this year indicates that...
Jul 102 min read
Lord of the Rings Lightweight Chainmail Transformed into Architectural Plastic Mesh
Born out of the need for lightweight and wearable chainmail for The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, Kaynemaile (paywall-protected...
Jun 252 min read
Solar Forecasts Differ Wildy
If there's one industry whose future is difficult to gage in terms of volume shipments, then it must be solar panels. A recent article in...
Feb 12 min read
MLT Analytics Report—New Solar Cell Technologies Accelerate a Transformational Shift in Encapsulant Sheet Adoption
Fast-emerging TOPCon cell structure promotes shift to POE encapsulant. High cost of POE pushes sheet makers to innovate with multilayer...
Aug 24, 20231 min read
DuPont Completes Transition Away from Polymer Production
DuPont has agreed to divest an 80.1% share in the Delrin polyacetal (POM) homopolymer business to private equity company TJC LP. The is...
Jul 27, 20231 min read
New POE Supplier Emerges in Korea
Korea’s Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical has completed construction of a polyolefin elastomer (POE) pilot plant, representing a...
May 25, 20231 min read
PP Frames Support PV Panels
Sabic has teamed up with solar module maker Solarge to develop lightweight photovoltaic (PV) modules employing polypropylene (PP). The PP...
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Photovoltaic roof for cycling paths
Badenova is installing 912 glass-glass PV modules along a cycling path in the city of Freiburg, Germany, as part of a new pilot project....
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Mitsui Chemicals to Build New Tafmer POE Plant in Singapore
Back in the day, when the main market for polyolefin elastomers (POEs) was impact modification of polypropylene automotive compounds,...
Aug 25, 20221 min read
Solar drives POE expansion in South Korea
Sabic and its partner SK geo centric (SKGC) have announced their intent to expand capacity for polyolefin elastomer and plastomers...
Aug 3, 20222 min read
BloombergNEF Report Validates MLTA View of Solar Encapsulant Market
Global investment in renewable energy totaled $226 billion in the first half of 2022, setting a new record for the first six months of a...
Jun 10, 20221 min read
MOST A&I India LDPE/EVA Import Report—Korean Suppliers Prominent in EVA; Diverse Sources of LDPE
India and South Korea inked a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in 2009, with ethylene-vinyl-acetate (EVA) resin being one of...
May 18, 20222 min read
Solar Set to Soar as EU Targets Zero Russian Fossil Fuels by 2030
Amidst a backdrop of EU initiatives to reduce reliance on Russian oil and gas, renewables such as solar will be major beneficiaries. The...
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Plastic Solar Panel Frames in the Offing
LG Chem has developed a plastic material that can replace the metal in solar panel frames for the first time in Korea and has started...
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Solar's bright future
Installation of solar modules is growing at a double-digit rate globally, which is welcome news for materials suppliers.
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