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Bayer MaterialScience develops raw materials for wound dressings

23.11.2010 - Baymedix™ FR is a new range of raw materials for functional medical wound dressings developed by Bayer MaterialScience that not only help wounds to heal but also make innovative designs possible. The dressings are based on polyurethane foams with a specific combination of properties and can be combined...

Dow: Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

22.11.2010 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern, and African regions. Effective December 1, 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density...

DSM - DYO Manufacturing Collaboration for Unsaturated Polyesters in Turkey takes off

19.11.2010 - DSM announced recently to have acquired via its subsidiary - Euroresins Turkey, the Unsaturated Polyester (UP) resins business of Dyo Boya Fabrikalari Sanayi ve Tic. A.S. (DYO). As of October 5th 2010, (DYO) has officially transferred its UP resin business to Euroresins Kompozit Ürünler Tic. Ltd....

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for aliphatic isocyanates

12.11.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising its selling prices for aliphatic isocyanates in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region by 8 percent, effective 1 December, 2010. This price increase affects the monomeric diisocyanates HDI (hexamethylene diisocyanate), IPDI (isophorone diisocyanate) and...

LANXESS: New flame-retardant polyamide 66 for consumer electronics

11.11.2010 - Free of halogens and red phosphorus The polyamide 66 Durethan DP AKV 30 FN00 from specialty chemicals group LANXESS is proving extremely successful as a material for flame-retardant components in consumer electronics in Asian markets. One reason is that many equipment manufacturers in the industry...

Evonik: Price increases for functional polymers for pharmaceutical applications

10.11.2010 - The Pharma Polymers business line, part of Evonik Röhm GmbH, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries AG, Essen, will implement price increases for its methyl methacrylate-based polymers for pharmaceutical applications by up to 12% for their global EUDRAGIT® business, effective January 1, 2011. According...

LANXESS buys businesses from Flexsys

10.11.2010 - LANXESS has agreed to acquire two businesses from Flexsys, a division of U.S.-based Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) to strengthen the portfolio of its Rubber Chemicals business unit. LANXESS will acquire the primary accelerator business as well as the anti-reversion agent Perkalink 900. Employees...

Ineos Films to increase prices

05.11.2010 - Significantly compromised supply chains in addition to high cost of base raw materials lead to exceptionally high pressure on margins. As the current scenario is expected to continue for an extended period of time, Ineos Films are forced to increase prices with immediate effect. About INEOS Films...

FKuR + Synbra: New generation PLA compounds

29.10.2010 - FKuR and Synbra realise the opportunities of the new PLA generation: GMO free and heat resistant. After first concluding highly promising development work FKuR has started systematic tests with Synbra´s second generation PLA produced from non-genetically modified carbohydrates. The PLA polymerization...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for thermoplastic polyurethanes

26.10.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising the selling prices for the product groups Desmopan®, Texin®, Desmoderm® und Desmomelt® in the Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America (EMEA/LATAM) region by EUR 0.25/kg effective November 1, 2010. Raw material, energy and logistics costs for these product groups...

Lanxess: Price increase for Durethan high-tech plastics and synthetic monofilaments

26.10.2010 - From November 1, 2010, Perlon-Monofil GmbH is to raise its prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments by 7-10 percent depending on the filament diameter and field of application. The reason for this price rise is the significant increase in raw material and energy costs. Perlon-Monofil GmbH is...

Radici Plastics: New green engineering plastics lines

26.10.2010 - At the upcoming K 2010 trade fair, RadiciGroup Plastics will launch its new Radilon® S and Radilon® A product portfolios: PA6 and PA66 glass fibre filled engineering plastics containing a percentage of recycled recompounded polymer and designed for critical applications. Also to be showcased is the...

Dow Europe: Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

26.10.2010 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern, and African regions. Effective November 1, 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density...

EuPC: Challenge ‘suspicious’ force majeures

25.10.2010 - EuPC has urged distressed plastics convertors to challenge their raw material suppliers in court if they are faced with suspicious declarations of Force Majeure. EuPC´s Managing Director, Alexandre Dangis said, "The frequency of Force Majeures we have recently experienced is unprecedented in our working...

Trevira: Manufacturer of polyester fibres records again good result in third quarter

25.10.2010 - There is again good news from Trevira GmbH. Developments for the manufacturer of polyester fibres are continuing to go better than planned, with quarterly results well above business forecasts, for the third time in a row. The end of September saw turnover volumes some 8 % above target. Given the good...

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