Saigon Food takes precautionary measures against COVID-19

Saigon Food Joint Stock Company is enforcing strict safety and hygiene practices at its facilities; meanwhile demand for its processed foods are also increasing as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.  

Sinopec's first non-woven line starts operation

Sinopec puts its first meltblown non-woven fabric line into production   

PBT for high-voltage auto components

Polyplastics now offers DURANEX® PBT grade for high-voltage automotive applications

American Coatings Show & Conference 2020 Postponed

The American Coatings Show and Conference has been postponed "after careful consideration and in response to the continuing developments surrounding COVID-19," organizers announced.

INEOS Styrolution supports Covid-19 relief efforts

INEOS Styrolution dispatches face masks to Foshan and Ningbo in support of Covid-19 relief efforts   

VDMA: CHINAPLAS 2020 as a positive impulse for the market

VDMA Managing Director, Thorsten Kühmann, shared his views on the market situation and CHINAPLAS 2020  

Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2020 postponed

Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2020  is postponed due to Covid-19 concerns; new schedule is 10–12 September.    

Reduced setting time for gelatin gummies

Baker Perkins and Rousselot teamwork yields shorter setting times for gelatin gummies. This is good news especially for producers of healthcare gummies and jellies  

PaintExpo to take place at a later date in 2020

FairFair GmbH, the organizer of PaintExpo, has decided to hold the world's leading trade fair for industrial coating technology at a later date in 2020 due to current developments in connection with the corona virus Sars-CoV-2.  

Trade fairs in Germany: Coronavirus

The German government's coronavirus crisis management team decided that major events such as trade fairs can, in principle, continue to take place.

ProWine Asia to take place in July 2020

ProWine Asia co-locates with FHA-Ho-ReCa, as re-scheduled to 13 to 16 July 2020. Visitor pre-registration resumes in April.  

CIRAD cocoa research underway in Ghana

French-driven research project, Cocoa4Future aims to make cocoa farms in Ivory Coast and Ghana less vulnerable.