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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...

LME: London Metal Exchange to end on plastics trading in 2011

22.10.2010 - The London Metal Exchange announced that it will call an end to its six-year effort to develop plastics futures contracts. Thus, the contracts for PE-LLD and PP launched in May 2005 will be delisted at the end of April next year; the last prompt date for all existing contracts will be Friday 29th April...

BASF plans new blending facility for antioxidants in Bahrain

20.10.2010 - BASF has announced plans to build a production facility for customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in Bahrain. The new CSB plant will come in addition to the existing tolling agreement for CSB with Astra Polymer in the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia, which is mainly supplying local customers. "With...

Evonik: First car windshield made of PMMA

08.10.2010 - A car windshield made of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) developed by Evonik Industries is now making its debut in racing. The company sells its PMMA products under the PLEXIGLAS® trademark. Following a trial phase in a racing car, the material is designed for series production later on. “The requirements...

Tosaf: New additive masterbatches for packaging and agricultural applications

08.10.2010 - At K 2010 Tosaf will be presenting an extended portfolio of functional masterbatches for a broad range of applications. They include particularly efficient antifog-masterbatches for highly transparent polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) food packaging films as well as IR masterbatches for the extrusion...

BARLOG plastics: Light and loose screws to demonstrate metal substitution

06.10.2010 - With the ironic slogan "Got a screw loose" the metal substitute specialist BARLOG plastics shows a production of plastic screw at the K 2010. BARLOG plastics focuses on integrated functions, cost optimisation and lightweight design. The company is not only looking out for complete assembly solution...

BASF: New special ABS Terluran for electroplating

29.09.2010 - Upon the occasion of K 2010 BASF will be introducing a new member of its ABS product line (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer) that was specifically developed with an eye towards the requirements made in electroplating. This material goes by the name Terluran® BX 13074 and is intended particularly...

LANXESS: Price increase for Baypren products

29.09.2010 - The Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS will increase its prices for CR (chloroprene rubber) effective fourth quarter 2010. Dependent on regions, the price adjustment per metric ton comprises up to EUR 525 / USD 700 for CR. The continued high level of feedstock...

DuPont at K 2010: Responsible Innovation Now

28.09.2010 - The DuPont exhibit at K 2010 reflects the company’s optimistic and future-oriented view of its business and the opportunities for high-performance polymers and elastomers that are emerging from recent global economic challenges. Under its sustainability banner of “Responsible Innovation Now”, DuPont...

BASF: ABS/PA Terblend N with improved flow in speaker grilles

24.09.2010 - The especially easy-flowing ABS/PA brand Terblend® N NM 21 EF marketed widely by BASF in 2010 has found its first high-volume application in automobile interiors. Peguform, an automotive supplier for interior and exterior components headquartered in Bötzingen, is using the material to manufacture speaker...

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