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Invista: Polyester product range expanded

04.12.2013 - Invista, one of the world’s largest integrated polymers and fibers producers, announces the expansion of its "XPURE" portfolio of polyester products made with a next generation catalyst system. Recent additions to this portfolio include the "XPURE" 7001 and 701K polyester copolymers. "XPURE" 7001...

Styron: Price Increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

04.12.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today price increases for all polystyrene (PS) and copolymer grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the December contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: STYRON™...

Styrolution: Price increases for Polystyrene

04.12.2013 - The Gross Market Price for Polystyrene (GPPS, bulk) valid as of December 1st, is increased by +30€/mt vs. November. The surcharge for HIPS is + 105 €/mt.

BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives

03.12.2013 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its selling prices for the following products in Europe:

Evonik appoints FKuR as distribution partner for its ‚Vestamid Terra‘ product line

02.12.2013 - Evonik Industries AG, High Performance Polymers Business Line, and FKuR Kunststoff GmbH announced their distribution agreement for ‚Vestamid Terra‘ during the K 2013 in Düsseldorf. With immediate effect, FKuR will market, sell and distribute Evonik’s full line of biobased polyamide ‚Vestamid Terra‘...

Kuraray to acquire DuPont glass laminating solutions/vinyls

26.11.2013 - Kuraray and DuPont recently announced they have signed a definitive agreement for DuPont to sell Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a part of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, to Kuraray for US$543 million, plus the value of the inventories. The sale is expected to close during the...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers: Price increase in North America for specialty ethylene copolymer resins

26.11.2013 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers recently announced a price increase in the range of $0.10/lb. ($0.22/kg) to $0.15/lb. ($0.33/kg) in North America on all grades of “DuPont” “Surlyn”, “Elvaloy”, “Appeel”, “Fusabond”, “Bexloy”, “Entira”, “Conpol” and “Nucrel”. This increase is effective as of Dec....

Lanxess: Price increas for Chloroprene Rubber

21.11.2013 - Lanxess announces a global price increase for its Baypren branded Chloroprene Rubber (CR) of up to 180 EUR / 245 USD per metric ton. Increasing raw material and energy prices are named as the driving force. Subject to the terms of any applicable contracts and regulations, price increases will be...

Lanxess: Expanded cresol plant on stream

18.11.2013 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has completed the expansion of its cresol production plant in Leverkusen, Germany, and has now begun operating a newly constructed reaction system as well as a second 46-meter-high distillation column. The expansion increases capacity for this high-quality intermediate...

Krahn Chemie: Distribution of Sinopec styrene block copolymer in Europe

05.11.2013 - Krahn Chemie and Sinopec Europa Handels GmbH have agreed to work together to distribute styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), styrene ethylene butadiene styrene (SEBS), and styrene isoprene styrene (SIS). According to this Krahn Chemie will distribute Sinopec styrene block copolymer in Europe. The two...

Styrolution to expand local specialty styrenics production in the Americas

31.10.2013 - Styrolution announced plans to begin construction on a production line for alpha methyl styrene acrylonitrile (AMSAN) at its site in Altamira, Mexico. Styrolution uses AMSAN in its “Luran” S acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) and high-heat “Novodur” acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) products....

Lanxess: Price increase for NBR

31.10.2013 - The High Performance Elastomers (HPE) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS has increased its prices for NBR (nitrile-butadiene rubber) globally effective November 1, 2013. The price adjustment per metric ton for NBR is EUR 60 for specialties and EUR 100 for standard qualities. In Dollar...

ELIX Polymers extends its portfolio with new product line of PC/ABS blends

21.10.2013 - ELIX Polymers launches a new range of PC/ABS blends into the market extending its current portfolio of ABS and Intermediates products. This is part of ELIX Polymers strategy to stand out as the ABS product specialist in the market and a further step to increase service and cover customer needs with...

Lanxess: Increased prices for NBR

08.10.2013 - The High Performance Elastomers (HPE) business unit of specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG has increased its prices for NBR (nitrile-butadiene rubber) globally effective October 1, 2013. The price adjustment per metric ton is EUR 100/USD 150 for NBR. This adjustment is unavoidable because the costs...

Ticona: Prices increase in Europe for „GUR“ UHMW-PE and „GHR“ VHMW-PE industrial grades

30.09.2013 - Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, announced a price increase in Europe of €0.20 per kilogram on all industrial grades of „GUR“ ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) and „GHR“ very high molecular weight polyethylene (VHMW-PE) products effective with all shipments...

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