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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...

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...

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