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Songwon: Global price increases for Songnox® Range of Antioxidants

01.09.2011 - Songwon Industrial, a leading developer and manufacturer of polymer additives, will increase global prices of its Songnox® antioxidants between 10 and 20% effective October 1, 2011, or as contracts allow. This price increase is necessary to recover the unprecedented raw material cost increases over...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for engineering plastics

29.08.2011 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is to increase its prices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Durethan Compounds (Polyamide Compounds, PA) by Euro 0.10 per kilogram and for Pocan Compounds (Polybutylenterephthalate Compounds, PBT) by at least Euro 0.15 per kilogram effective September 1,...

Evonik: Increasing Global Methyl Methacrylate Production Capabilities

26.08.2011 - Evonik Industries had announced increasing the production capabilities of its Methyl Methacrylate plants through debottlenecking and plant expansion projects in their existing plants in Europe (Worms and Wesseling in Germany), Asia (Shanghai in China), and the United States (Fortier) in 2011 and 2012....

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polycarbonate and Compounds

25.08.2011 - Effectice September 1, or existing contract terms allow, Styron Europe and its affiliate companies in Europe will increase the prices for all Polycarbonate Resins (Calibre) and Advanced Resins (Emerge) by 220 Euro per metric ton. This Price increase are applicable across the European, Middle Eastern...

Lanxess: 80 years of zinc oxides – much more than a rubber additive

24.08.2011 - Zinc oxide, first manufactured at the Uerdingen Chemical Park, Germany, 80 years ago as a key additive for rubber production, it has developed into a popular specialty chemical with a broad spectrum of application: From applications in ceramics, various fields of electronics and home and personal care...

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers

04.08.2011 - Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe will increase the prices for all of the products set out below as follows: – General purpose polystyrene grades (GPPS) by 140 Euro per metric ton – High-impact polystyrene grades (HIPS)...

LANXESS to increase prices for its Baypren (CR) products

01.08.2011 - DThe Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS announces a price increase for its Baypren branded Chloroprene business – depending on region – for up to 200 Euro/mt (or US$ 300/mt). Subject to the terms of any applicable contracts and regulations, price increases...

Bilcare Solutions: Price increase for rigid plastic films

26.07.2011 - Bilcare Solutions, the Films business of the Bilcare Research Group, which is specialised in the manufacturing of highly developed and refined rigid plastic films, announces a price increase of at least 5% for the third quarter of 2011. "Within the past months the prices for raw materials and additives,...

LANXESS increases prices for technical rubber grades

05.07.2011 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has increased its prices for its Perbunan and Krynac synthetic rubber ranges and its Baymod and Nanoprene products by EUR 150 per metric ton with effect from July 1, 2011. The reason for this price adjustment is the rise in manufacturing costs, says LANXESS.

Clariant’s Masterbatches Business increases prices

04.07.2011 - The Masterbatches Business Unit of Clariant, a leading Masterbatches player globally, announces global price increases for most of its products. "During the past months, the price development for our main raw materials, as well as other conversion costs, has reached a level which we cannot absorb...

BASF: Price increase for masterbatches

27.06.2011 - BASF Color Solutions anounced to increase prices globally for all masterbatches by minimum 5%. New prices are effective for deliveries starting 1st of July, 2011, or as contracts allow. According to BASF these price increases are necessary to cover further significant increase in raw material cost...

LANXESS: Subsidiary Perlon-Monofil to raise prices for synthetic monofilaments

21.06.2011 - Owing to continued steep rises in energy and raw material costs, from July 1, 2011, Perlon-Monofil GmbH is to raise its prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments by at least €0.40 per kilogram depending on the field of application and grade, announced the company. Perlon-Monofil GmbH is one of...

BASF to expand its compounding capacity for the engineering plastics Ultramid and Ultradur in Europe

15.06.2011 - BASF is increasing its compounding capacities for the engineering plastics Ultramid ® (polyamide ) and Ultradur ® (PBT: polybutylene terephthalate) at its Schwarzheide site by 10,000 metric tons per year. This is a first step within the scope of the capacity expansions that are planned in view of the...

Styron Europe GmbH seeks HIPS/GPPS price differential of 150 Euro per metric ton

09.06.2011 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe target a price differential of 150 Euro per metric ton to offset the price difference of raw materials for HIPS versus GPPS. HIPS (high impact polystyrene) resins differentiate from GPPS (general purpose polystyrene) resins by addition of polybutadiene...

Styron: Price Increases for ABS, PP Compounds and Ignition Resistant Polystyrene in North America

08.06.2011 - Effective June 1, 2011, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron LLC and Styron ULC has increased the selling price of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Polypropylene (PP) Compounds and Ignition Resistant Polystyrene in North America as follows: • MAGNUM™ ABS Resins: $0.10 USD/lb. • INSPIRE™...

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