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Quick Packaging News: Stretch Film and Plastics Pricing News : NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS   Our polyethylene resin suppliers have informed us of a new resin price increase effective February 1st. Factors supp...

Quick Packaging News: Stretch Film and Plastics Pricing News : NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS   Our polyethylene resin suppliers have informed us of a new resin price increase effective February 1st. Factors supp...

NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS   Our polyethylene resin suppliers have informed us of a new resin price increase effective February 1st. Factors supporting this resin increase are; improving domestic and global demand, rising feedstock costs. In response to this February 1st resin increase, all new orders received on or after February 24th will be priced at a 7% increase. U.S. Stretch Film Producer January 2017  ( Read Sigma letter ) MARKET BEAT Alcoa reported higher-than-expected revenue in its first quarterly results, helped partly by a rise in alumina prices. Alcoa said it expects a 6% increase in demand from China, driven by packaging, electrical, transportation sectors. "Rising aluminum prices improved the bottom line," the company said in a statement, adding that margins doubled in one segment. Aluminum prices climbed to a 20-month peak yesterday after reports of potential capacity cuts in China. Trade Reports January 2017 RESPECTED MARKET ANALYST REPORTS TODAY January LLDPE rol...

Quick Packaging News: How to Improve your Bottom Line? : Want to improve your bottom line? The answer is closer than you think Cost and efficiency: the mere mention of these two words is ...

Want to improve your bottom line? The answer is closer than you think Cost and efficiency: the mere mention of these two words is enough to see any manufacturer break into a cold sweat. They are the two forces that impact every manufacturing sector. So how can manufacturers successfully optimize cost and efficiency to improve their bottom line? Manufacturers are under growing pressure to improve efficiency and lower costs. Traditionally this has meant struggling to find the delicate balance between cost-cutting and product quality. This is made even more complex with the high line speeds and frequent line changeovers – both of which are becoming more common as manufacturers keep trying to push productivity to the limits. A large part of the solution lies in internally optimizing processes and equipment. To see how this works in action, let’s take the example of end of line packaging equipment: 1. Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) You can save money, increas...

Quick Packaging News: Resin and Plastics Pricing News : Nova Chem. new LLDPE reactor up and running prime grade resins, just one of many major resin producing plants (U.S.)coming on stream in ...