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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...

DSM and Ravago partnership introduces portfolio of recycled PA compounds

24.09.2013 - Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has announced that it has expanded its partnership with the Ravago Group, a leader in distribution, resale, compounding and recycling of plastic and elastomeric raw materials. The two companies have combined DSM’s expertise in polyamide...

Celanese: Price increases for acetyl intermediates

20.09.2013 - Celanese Corporation anounced to increase list and off-list selling prices for the following products on October 1, 2013, or as contracts allow. The above price increases are in addition to the Acetic Acid and Vinyl Acetate Monomer price increases that were previously announced on August 26 and August...

Ashland: Price increases for unsaturated polyester resin, gelcoat and epoxy vinyl ester resins for EMEA

18.09.2013 - Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), is increasing the prices of its complete portfolio of unsaturated polyester resin, gelcoat and epoxy vinyl ester resins in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by 75 euros per ton. This increase will take effect October 1, 2013,...

Elix Polymers: Price increase for ABS announced

10.09.2013 - Due the additional raw material increases in September Elix Polymers has announced to increase the product prices, with effect 15th of September, as follows: • „Elix“ ABS: + € 100,- / ton • „Elix“ 100 Series: + € 60,- / ton • „Elix“ 200 Series: + € 90,- / ton Current agreements will be honoured...

Styron: Price increases for polystyrene, copolymers and expandable polystyrene in Europe

03.09.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today price increases for all polystyrene (PS), copolymer and expandable polystyrene (EPS) grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the September contract and spot prices for the products listed below will...

Arkema: Price increase of EVA copolymers

13.08.2013 - Arkema announces a price increase of €50/MT for its whole "Evatane" (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer) range starting August 1, 2013. During the past months, the EVA market was undergoing a price erosion that affected profitability. Due to the recent price hike of Ethylene, Arkema is...

Solvin: Award for PVC Innovation 2013 – List of Nominees

13.08.2013 - The fifth edition of the SolVin Award for PVC Innovation this year will celebrate the creative minds behind technological advances in fields ranging from health care to construction, manufacturing to road safety, gardening to electronics. For this edition, 78 projects were entered in competition....

Styron: Price Increases for Polystyrene in Europe

08.08.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced price increases for all polystyrene grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the August contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: "Styron" general purpose polystyrene...

Albis Plastic: International distribution for Sipol

26.07.2013 - Albis Plastic GmbH, the Hamburg-based European specialist in distribution and compounding of technical thermoplastics, takes over the marketing activities of "Sipolprene", the Ether Ester Thermoplastic Elastomer from the company Sipol SpA. The distribution agreement applies to all Albis´ sales offices...

Songwon: Global price increases for Polymer Stabilizers and Specialty Antioxidants

22.07.2013 - Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. announced to increase the global selling prices of its Polymer Stabilizers and Specialty Antioxidants products. The increase will range between 5% and 8% effective on orders received on or after August 15, 2013, or as contracts allow. According to Songwon recent cost...

Dreyplas adds PEEK from Zhong Yan to its product portfolio

16.07.2013 - Dreyplas has taken a further step towards focusing its product portfolio on high-performance additives and polymers. The company has now taken over responsibility for the distribution on the European market of PEEK (polyether ether ketone) plastics produced by the Chinese company, Jilin Zhong Yan High...

Celanese: Price increases for acetyl intermediates

04.07.2013 - Celanese Corporation anounced to increase list and off-list selling prices by these amounts for the following products effective immediately, or as contracts allow. The above price increases are additive to the Acetic Acid price increase which was announced on May 15, 2013 (see below) and remains...

Styron: Price increase for polycarbonate in Europe

18.06.2013 - Today, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced price increases for all “Calibre” polycarbonate (PC) products. Effective as of July 1, or as contract terms allow, the prices for these products will rise by EUR 200 per metric ton. This price increase is already reflected in...

Lanxess: Price increase for rubber chemicals

17.06.2013 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will increase its prices worldwide for rubber chemicals supplied by the Rubber Chemicals business unit effective July 1, 2013. The increases are required to offset higher production costs. The price increases will impact the Vulkanox (antidegradant) and Vulkacit...

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