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LANXESS steps up commitment to biobased raw materials

15.02.2011 - LANXESS is strengthening its commitment to produce premium synthetic rubber from biobased raw materials. As part of this commitment, LANXESS has increased its minority shareholding in Gevo, Inc. that focuses on renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels. USD 17 million invested in Gevo’s IPO LANXESS’...

Bayer MaterialScience is developing innovative film technologies for the wireless industry

15.02.2011 - Bayer MaterialScience has developed and applied for a patent on a technology that enables the efficient production of highly integrated electronic components with complex geometries. It is based on polycarbonate films and the use of printed polymer electronics, and it is suited for the direct integration...

DSM Engineering Plastics announces price increases on Arnitel and Arnite

10.02.2011 - As a result of continued escalations in the costs of key raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase prices on a global basis for its ARNITEL® and ARNITE® products. Effective 1 Feb 2011, DSM will increase prices for these products by at least 15% on a global basis. While DSM Engineering...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for engineering plastics

08.02.2011 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is to increase its prices for Durethan Compounds (Polyamide Compounds, PA) and Pocan Compounds (Polybutylenterephthalate Compounds, PBT) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by at least EUR 0.30 per kilogram effective February 14, 2011. This price adjustment...

Altuglas International: Price increases for acrylic sheet

08.02.2011 - Altuglas International, subsidiary of Arkema Group, recently announced an increase of 6% for PMMA cast & extruded sheet in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The implementation will be as of March 2011. The price revision is the result of continuous raw materials price hikes.

LANXESS to expand bladder production in Argentina

07.02.2011 - LANXESS continues to expand its activities in the growing Latin America region. The specialty chemicals company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rhein Chemie will invest a single-digit million USD amount in its newly-acquired production site in Burzaco, Argentina. Rhein Chemie plans to expand bladder production...

DSM Engineering Plastics to sell Yparex® Business to Resin B.V.

04.02.2011 - DSM Engineering Plastics announces it has reached an agreement for the sale of its Yparex® adhesives business to RESIN (Products & Technology) B.V., a Netherlands-based compounding company. The sale is expected to close in Q1 2011, subject to regulatory and other customary approvals and notifications....

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polystyrene, ABS and SAN

04.02.2011 - Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe will increase the prices for all STYRON™ and STYRON A-TECH™ polystyrene grades, for all MAGNUM™ ABS resins and for all TYRIL™ SAN grades by 110 Euro per metric ton. These price increases...

DSM Engineering Plastics announces prices increases for Akulon and Novamid PA

03.02.2011 - DSM Engineerging Plastics Europe has announced it will increase prices for its Akulon and Novamid PA6 and PA66 portfolios, due to unprecedented and continued escalations in key raw materials costs (such as benzene, caprolactam, glass fiber, flame retardants and others). Since the beginning of 2011,...

LANXESS produces five millionth metric ton of caprolactam

02.02.2011 - With the beginning of February 2011, the specialty chemicals group LANXESS has produced the five millionth metric ton of its plastics precursor caprolactam at its facility in Antwerp, Belgium. This is the equivalent of roughly 250,000 tankers full. The world-scale facility in the port of Antwerp commenced...

Bayer MaterialScience inaugurates Color Competence and Design Center in India

02.02.2011 - Bayer MaterialScience has now inaugurated its Color Competence and Design Center in Greater Noida, near New Delhi. This new center provides products and solutions for polycarbonate compounds, ranging from color matching and small-scale production, to the broad range of technical services to support...

BASF: Operations at expanded Ecoflex plant started

01.02.2011 - BASF has started operations at its expanded plant for the production of the biodegradable plastic Ecoflex®. Expansion of the existing plant in Ludwigshafen will increase production capacity for Ecoflex from 14,000 to 74,000 metric tons per year. At the same time, BASF will ramp up compounding capacity...

BASF: New engineering plastics for the medical sector

31.01.2011 - BASF is adding three new products from two classes of material to its medical-technology plastics portfolio identified by the suffix “PRO”. In the POM product line (POM: polyoxymethylene; polyacetal), these are the two new grades Ultraform® N2320 003 PRO and Ultraform® H4320 PRO. They are joined by...

BASF increases prices for Polyurethane products in Europe

28.01.2011 - With immediate effect, or as contract terms allow, BASF will be increasing its prices for MDI, TDI and Polyols in Europe on average by 250 Euro per metric ton. Prices for Polyurethane Systems will be increased accordingly.

DSM Engineering Plastics introduces Akulon RC

28.01.2011 - DSM Engineering Plastics has announced the commercialization of Akulon® RC, a portfolio of Recycle Content grades of PA6 for use in Automotive under-the-bonnet applications. The first Akulon RC grades under development are a 30% and a 35% glass filled grade with 50% recycle content. These grades...

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