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BASF raises prices of propionic acid in Europe and Asia

21.03.2011 - Effective immediately, or as existing contracts permit, BASF is raising its prices for propionic acid in Europe by 200 Euro per ton and in Asia by 200 US-Dollars per ton. BASF claims itself as a leading supplier of propionic acid with production facilities at its Verbund sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany,...

Ticona Increases Prices in Europe, Middle East and Africa

17.03.2011 - Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese Corporation, is increasing prices for: • Polyester products (Celanex® PBT, Vandar® PBT, Impet® PET and Riteflex® TPC-ET) € 0.15/kg, or higher on selected products. This increase takes effect on customer shipments beginning April 4th, 2011, or...

Oxea: Price Increases for Amines, Polyoles and Carboxylic Acids

16.03.2011 - Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on the products below effective April 1, 2011, or as contracts allow.

Bayer MaterialScience to invest Euro 100 million in Germany

14.03.2011 - MDI plant Brunsbüttel: rise of production capacity to 420,000 metric tons a year Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest roughly €100 million in the expansion of the high-tech production plant for MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) at the Bayer Brunsbüttel Industrial Park in Germany. The project is...

Bayer MaterialScience develops innovative method for incorporating fillers into reactive polyurethane blends

09.03.2011 - With the Solid Injection by Air Stream (SIA) method from Bayer MaterialScience, the solids are transported in a gas stream and only injected into the mixing chamber during the blending phase. This method opens up entirely new possibilities for the use of composite materials, regardless of whether they...

BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives in Europe

07.03.2011 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the following products: 1,4 Butanediol (BDO): +200 EUR/mt Tetrahydrofuran (THF): +250 EUR/mt Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHFR): +300 EUR/mt N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP): +200...

Baerlocher announces price increases on its Baeropan range of PVC stabilisers

04.03.2011 - Baerlocher announced that effective from March 1st 2011, it will increase prices on its Baeropan range of products. These increases being necessary to recover significant increases in key raw materials. "Global demand for our feedstocks, from traded commodities, as well as fat and oil based derivatives,...

BASF increases prices of antioxidants and process stabilizers for plastic applications

28.02.2011 - Effective today, or as contracts allow, BASF increases prices globally of antioxidants and process stabilizers for plastic applications by 5-10%, depending on the product. These increases are in addition to the increases announced in December, says the the company. The price increase is necessary...

LANXESS to increase prices for its Baypren (CR) products

28.02.2011 - The 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 € 300/mt (or US$ 400/mt). Reason being the continued high level of feedstock and energy prices as well...

Bayer MaterialScience inaugurates new polyisocyanates unit in India

24.02.2011 - Production of polyurethane raw materials for coatings and adhesives Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a manufacturing facility for polyisocyanates at Ankleshwar, in the state of Gujarat, India. Polyisocyanates are used as raw materials for the production of polyurethane coatings and adhesives....

CSM and Indorama Ventures in Alliance Discussion for PLA

24.02.2011 - CSM´s subsidiary Purac and Indorama Ventures PLC (IVL) are in discussions to set up a Polylactic acid (PLA) manufacturing facility in Thailand, with an initial capacity of 10,000 tons per annum being raised to 100,000 tons per annum after developing application specific grades. This product would be...

Clariant’s Masterbatches Business increases prices

23.02.2011 - The Masterbatches Business Unit of Clariant, a leading masterbatches player globally, announces global price increases for most of its products. The price adjustments are necessary to compensate for rising oil prices and significant cost increases for all masterbatch-relevant raw materials. "We...

Teijin: Price increases for Polycarbonate and Polycarbonate Blends

23.02.2011 - Effective March 1, 2011, or as contract terms allow, Teijin Kasei Europe B.V. will increase prices for its Polycarbonate and Polycarbonate Blends by 450 Euro per metric ton across the European region.

Clariant’s Pigments Business increases prices

22.02.2011 - Clariant´s Business Unit Pigments, a world leader in organic pigments and dyes, announces price increases across its product portfolio. The adjustments, which take immediate effect, are necessary to recover significant on-going cost inflation in raw materials, labor, energy and transportation, says...

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polycarbonate and Compounds & Blends

18.02.2011 - Effective March 1, 2011, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe will increase the prices for all CALIBRE™ polycarbonate grades and for all EMERGE™ polycarbonate compounds & blends products by 400 Euro per metric ton. These price increases are...

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