Self-Employed and Pension Scheme

1. New research from Prudential shows that self-employed workers are heading towards a pension saving crisis as they cannot afford to save for their retirement.

Product Spotlight - Ethylene bis stearamide (EBS)

1. Ethylene bis stearamide (EBS) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2NHC(O)C17H35)2. It is a waxy white solid and is also found as powder or beads that is widely used as a form release agent. The compound is derived from the reaction of ethylenediamine and stearic acid. It is a white solid of low toxicity that provides a slippery coating for a variety of applications.

2. EBS is a synthetic wax used as a dispersing agent or internal/external lubricant for benefits in plastic applications to facilitate and stabilize the dispersion of solid compounding materials to enhance processability, to decrease friction and abrasion of the polymer surface, and to contribute color stability and polymer degradation.

Product Spotlight - Starlinger recycling technology

Austrian recycling equipment manufacturer - Starlinger recycling technology

[U.S. China Trade War] Ripple Effect

1. President Donald Trump's trade saber-rattling and protectionist economic policies are discouraging the flow of overseas money into job-creating US investments as foreigners grow worried about what an unpredictable government may do next.


2. The administration turned to the previously rarely deployed section 232 national security provision of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, and now uses it to threaten crippling duties on car imports. Trump is also turning to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, or CFIUS, as a way to limit foreign investment in sensitive technologies.