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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...

Bayer MaterialScience stepping up activities in Russia in cooperation with ALBIS

25.01.2011 - Bayer MaterialScience is stepping up its activities in Russia by expanding its cooperation with the ALBIS Group, Hamburg. In the Russian Federation the Leverkusen-based company has now added the international distributor ALBIS to its existing partners for the distribution of the high-performance plastics...

Dow Europe Announces Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

25.01.2011 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. Effective February 1, 2011, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density...

DSM and KuibyshevAzot announce strategic cooperation in Russia

21.01.2011 - Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, and KuibyshevAzot OJSC (KA) today announced a strategic cooperation. As a result of this strategic cooperation, DSM Engineering Plastics will enter into two joint ventures with KA. In both joint...

Songwon announces global price increases for its range of Plastic Additives

21.01.2011 - Songwon Industrial, a leading developer and manufacturer of polymer additives, will increase global prices of its Songnox® antioxidants, Songlight® and Songsorb® UV stabilizers, Songstab™ acid scavengers as well as of its range of aminic antioxidants between 8 and 15% effective on orders received on...

Tosaf: New infrared masterbatches help optimize plant growth in cooler regions

20.01.2011 - New IR masterbatches by Tosaf (www.tosaf.com) allow production of greenhouse films that are optimized for cooler regions such as Northern Europe. On the one hand, these films retain their high transparency and thus their ability to transmit sunlight almost directly to the plants. On the other, they...

Maack Business Services announces PEPP, SPF plastics conference dates for 2011

20.01.2011 - Conference organizer Maack Business Services’ global technology and business forum for the polyethylene and polypropylene sectors, PEPP, will once again be at the Swissotel in Zurich this year, on September 21 and 22. MBS is planning sessions covering latest developments in materials and polymerisation...

BASF's first high temperature-resistant XPS

18.01.2011 - BASF has now extended its range of extruded polystyrene rigid foam panels (XPS) with an innovative product. The new insulation material is called Styrodur® HT (HT = high temperature). Its key feature is a heat distortion temperature of up to 105° Celsius (application limit temperature). This makes the...

Evonik: Price Increase Carbon Black Pigment Grades & Pigment Black Preparations

12.01.2011 - Evonik Carbon Black GmbH, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries, Essen, is increasing prices for Carbon Black Pigment grades and Pigment Black Preparations by up to 10 % for deliveries to locations in Europe, Asia and RoW. The price increase will be effective for all deliveries on or after February...

EuPC: Italian ban on plastic bags

10.01.2011 - On January 1st 2011 Italian legislation banning the use of "non-biodegradable" plastic bags, entered into force. This ban has entered into force based on a communication of the Ministry for Environment. The Minister, Ms. Stefania Prestigiacomo, confirmed entry into force of the ban on 01/01/2011 and,...

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