Highlights
The February/March issue of “Plástico Industrial” is online. Check it out on page 32 the special subject “PVC in 2024. Growth is expected”, an analysis of the PVC market for the course of this year, with data on increased demand driven by civil construction incentive programs. See on page 14 the article “PVC additives compatibility – Part 1 - plasticizers”, showing a new method that replaces empirical procedures in determining the solubility and compatibility of plasticizer additives for PVC. Read on page 56, in the special chapter “O Plástico na Embalagem” (Plastics applications in the package industry), the news “Lubricant packaging now has 40% PCR resin”, about a company in Rio de Janeiro that started using packaging made up of 40% recycled resin (PCR) to package some of its lubricant lines. This issue also brings the update “PVC” and “CAD/CAM software” buyers’ guides, and “Tooling companies (molds and dies)” directory.
