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DSM announces Akulon price increase

01.02.2012 - Due to escalating raw material costs, DSM Engineering Plastics - Americas, Inc. will increase the price of Akulon® polyamide polymer for use in fibers and extrusion effective for all orders shipped on or after February 1st 2012. The specific increase is as follows: • Akulon® polyamide 6 polymer...

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polycarbonate and PC Compounds & Blends in Europe

31.01.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all CALIBRE™ polycarbonate and EMERGE™ polycarbonate compound & blends products. Effective February 15, or as existing contract terms allow, the price for these products will rise by 250 Euro (€250) per...

BASF to increase prices for Polyamide 6 polymer in North America

30.01.2012 - BASF will increase the price for Polyamide (PA) 6 polymer by $0.10 per pound, effective February 1, 2012. This price increase is necessitated due to current market conditions. BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen,...

IMCD takes over the distribution of Altropol Polyols in Europe and South Africa

27.01.2012 - Altropol Kunstoff GmbH (Germany) and IMCD Group announced a new distribution partnership. As of 2012, IMCD will be promoting the polyols with the trade name „Neukapol” in Europe and South Africa. The „Neukapol” specialties are based on renewable resources and are used e.g. in coatings, adhesives...

DimeLika Plast: New range of PBT compounds

19.01.2012 - DimeLika Plast GmbH, headquartered in Brühl, Baden-Württemberg, are expanding their product line-up with the introduction of CompaDur®, a new product family of compounds based on polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). Alongside industrial-scale chemical companies, the Brühl-based company is one of the...

Celanese: Price increase for acetyl intermediates announced

18.01.2012 - Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, increased list and off-list selling prices for the following products effective January 15, 2012, or as contracts allow.

Ashland to increase UPRs and gelcoats prices for EMEA

17.01.2012 - Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), is increasing the prices of its Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPRs) and gelcoats portfolio sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by 100 euros per ton effective February 1, 2012, or at the earliest possible time...

Arkema: Price increase of Evatane® EVA copolymers

16.01.2012 - Arkema announced an 80 €/MT price increase across its Evatane® range (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers) effective February 1st 2012. This price increase has become necessary as the cost of raw materials is again rising in January 2012 whereas EVA market prices seriously deteriorated...

Momentive: Price increase for epoxy resin products in the EMEA region

16.01.2012 - Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. recently announced that it will increase the prices for epoxy resin products in the EMEA region effective immediately, or as contract terms allow. Prices will increase by €130/mt due to significant increases in the cost of key raw materials, such as phenol.

Dow Europe: Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

09.01.2012 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. Effective January 1, 2012, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH increased prices for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene...

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers

09.01.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all polystyrene and copolymers grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: All STYRON™ and STYRON A-TECH™...

Borealis increases polyethylene and polypropylene prices

09.01.2012 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announced a price increase by EUR 100/tonne for all polyethylene and polypropylene types for January, 2012. “This decision to increase prices reflects our assumptions on the economic development and it´s necessary for the...

INEOS Oxide to expand Ethylidene Norbornene (ENB) capacity

13.12.2011 - INEOS Oxide, has recently confirmed that it is planning to expand its Ethylidene Norbornene (ENB) capacity. As part of its growth strategy INEOS Oxide plans to build a new world scale ENB plant in South East Asia, with site selection studies and feedstock supply discussions now underway. It is expected...

BASF to build high performance specialty plastics plant in Korea

01.12.2011 - BASF will build a new plant to produce Ultrason® polyethersulfone (PESU), one of BASF’s high-performance thermoplastics, at the company’s site in Yeosu, Korea. The annual capacity of the new plant is 6,000 metric tons. Construction of this specialty plastics plant will start in early 2012 and production...

Krahn Chemie expands Executive Board

30.11.2011 - As of December 1, 2011 Dr. Rolf Kuropka will join Krahn Chemie GmbH as Managing Director Sales & Marketing. He will succeed Dr. Jörg Schottek, who was appointed as CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board effective November 1, 2011. Together with Axel Sebbesse, Managing Director Finance and Administration,...

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