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Dow Europe: Further price increases announced

08.06.2010 - Dow Europe GmbH, Dow Polyurethanes and Dow Formulated Systems will raise prices for all Polyols, MDI and for polyurethane systems up to 250 Euro per metric ton in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The increase is effective immediately or as contracts allow. This step is being taken to mitigate unprecedented...

BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives in Europe

04.06.2010 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the following products: • 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) +250 EUR/mt • Tetrahydrofuran (THF) +250 EUR/mt • Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF®) +330 EUR/mt • N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP) +250...

Evonik Industries responds to strong demand for polyamide 12 by expanding laurolactam in Marl

28.05.2010 - Essen, Germany-based Evonik Industries plans to expand laurolactam production capacities significantly at its Marl site. The extra capacities are expected to be available by the fourth quarter of 2010. Laurolactam is the starting material for the polymer polyamide 12. "We´re recording persistently...

Dow Europe: Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

27.05.2010 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions. Effective June 1, 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades of its lowdensity polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density...

Evonik: Price Increase for Methacrylate Monomers

21.05.2010 - Evonik Industries, one of the world’s leading suppliers of methacrylate chemicals, will raise the prices of its VISIOMER® Methacrylate Monomers. The new pricing structure applies to customers worldwide with exception of NAFTA. NAFTA pricing will be communicated separately by Evonik Cyro LLC, a 100 percent...

Evonik Degussa: Price Increase for a Range of Products

18.05.2010 - The Coatings & Additives Business Unit of Evonik Industries announces a price increase for its entire range of the Brands Degalan, Degacryl, Degadur, Degaroute, Degaplast, Degadeck, Degament, Rohagit and Plex effective June 1st, 2010 by 15 % in all regions worldwide. This increase will apply to all...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for polyurethane raw materials

17.05.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising the selling prices for the product groups diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and polyether (PET) worldwide by EUR 0.25/kg effective June 1, 2010. Raw material and energy costs for these product groups have increased considerably. To...

DSM Engineering Plastics annouces Stanyl Price Increase

11.05.2010 - As a result of continued tightness in end product markets as well as raw material markets, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase prices on a global basis for its Stanyl® products. Effective June 1st 2010, DSM will increase prices for these products on a global basis: • Stanyl (PA46 unfilled) 0.20...

BASF raises prices for all Polyetheramines globally

11.05.2010 - Effective immediately or as existing contracts allow, BASF is raising prices for its Polyetheramines portfolio globally by 100 Euros per metric ton or the equivalent amount in local currency. Polyetheramines are intermediate chemicals used in the production of plastics, polyurea coatings, adhesives...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for aliphatic isocyanates

07.05.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising its selling prices for aliphatic isocyanates in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region by between 6 and 8 percent with immediate effect. This price increase affects the monomeric diisocyanates HDI (hexamethylene diisocyanate), IPDI (isophorone diisocyanate)...

DSM Composite Resins announces price increase of its complete portfolio

05.05.2010 - DSM Composite Resins, a global leader in Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPR), is increasing the price of its complete portfolio of resins produced and sold with immediate effect. Michael Effing, President of DSM Composite Resins, states that the increase is "due to tight supply situation, force majeure...

DuPont: Price increase for Elvax® and Elvaloy® AC resins

30.04.2010 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is announcing a price increase for Europe, Middle East and Africa of 0.15 Euro/kg for its DuPont™ Elvax® (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers) and DuPont™ Elvaloy® AC (ethylene acrylate copolymers) resins, effective May 1st, 2010 or as contracts permit. This increase...

DSM Engineering Plastics: Price Increases on Arnitel and Arnite

23.04.2010 - 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 May 2010, DSM will increase prices for these products by at least 10% on a global basis. While DSM Engineering...

Altuglas International: Price increase for acrylic resins

22.04.2010 - Due to increases of raw material costs in February and March, Altuglas International has increased the price its Altuglas® Resins in Europe, Middle East and Africa by 100 €/T for April 2010 shipments. In April, raw material costs have continued to escalate and demand for PMMA resins in Europe has...

BASF: Modular roller ball run made from Neopolen P foam

15.04.2010 - viavario® is the name of the patented roller ball run made from BASF´s Neopolen® P (EPP: expanded polypropylene). Produced by the construction system manufacturer isorast®, Germany the ball run consists of modules which can be joined together to create new tracks. It benefits from the expanded polypropylene´s...

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