Latest News

Gabriel-Chemie: Group continues to grow

25.11.2009 - Following the investments in machinery and additional staff at the headquarters in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, and the production sites in Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Gabriel-Chemie is now expanding its sites in Poland and Italy. Gabriel-Chemie has had a sales office near Warsaw in Poland...

Dow Europe GmbH announces price increase for polyethylene resins

20.11.2009 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions, in an effort to recover its margins. Effective December 1, 2009, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades of its low-density...

Ultrapolymers: Extended Purell Portfolio allows tailor-made solutions for pharmacy and healthcare products

19.11.2009 - Ultrapolymers continues to extend its portfolio of LyondellBasell’s Purell PE, PP and metocene PP grades, which are tailored to pharmacy and healthcare applications. This step underlines the plastics distributor’s commitment to its role as an experienced and reliable provider of top quality raw materials...

DuPont: New Zytel® HTN Grades Combat Corrosion of Electrical Wire

02.11.2009 - New “Electrical/Electronics Friendly (EF)” grades of DuPont™ Zytel® HTN PPA resins offer sharply lower potential for corrosion of delicate metal parts that are in intimate contact with parts molded from them. The new resins are formulated to avoid ingredients that can cause corrosion of fine copper...

EMS-GRIVORY: Fast flowing, high impact strength polyamide 6 for thin-walled applications

30.10.2009 - For thin-walled power tools this plastic material scores points with both its toughness and with economic aspects such as the shorter cycle time. But the new range of high impact strength Grilon FC products can score points in other areas as well. EMS-GRIVORY presents a range of new high impact strength...

LyondellBasell: Launch of New High-performance Lupolen Resin for Use in Blown Film

29.10.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries announced the commercial launch of a new polyethylene (PE) resin for potential use in a wide range of customer blown film applications. The new Lupolen GX 4081 grade features a superior balance of mechanical properties, and a unique combination of stiffness and toughness that...

INEOS wins PP and HDPE technology licence contracts in China

28.10.2009 - INEOS Technologies announced that it has licensed its ‘Innovene PP Process’ for the manufacture of homopolymers, random and impact copolymers and its ‘Innovene S Process’ for the manufacture of HDPE and MDPE to the Yulin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. of Yanchang Petroleum Group Co., in Shaanxi, China....

LANXESS: High-current circuit-breakers made of polyamide 6

26.10.2009 - Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG demonstrates that customized polyamide 6 and 66 grades are also able to meet the stringent demands made on electrical safety components by the example of a series-produced high-current circuit-breaker manufactured from Durethan DP BM 65 X FM30, a material based on...

DuPont Engineering Polymers announces price increases

22.10.2009 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) announced global price increases for its standard grades of DuPont™ Zytel® nylon, DuPont™ Minlon® mineral reinforced nylon and DuPont™ Zytel® HTN high-performance polyamide. Prices in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will increase 0.25 Euro/kg effective...

ACTEGA: New solvent-free adhesives based on renewable raw materials

02.10.2009 - ACTEGA Rhenania (www.actega.com) has developed a novel series of solvent-free polyurethane adhesives for laminates to be used in packaging. During the past couple of years solvent-free polyurethane adhesives have gained a steadily increasing importance for laminate production in the packaging industry....

BASF to increase price for BDO and BDO-derivatives in Europe

01.10.2009 - Effective October 1, 2009, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE (www.basf.com) will increase its European selling prices for the following products: • 1,4 Butanediol (BDO): +150 EUR/mt • Tetrahydrofuran (THF): +100 EUR/mt • Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF®): +100 EUR/mt...

Dow Europe announces price increase for MAGNUM™ ABS grades

30.09.2009 - Effective October 1, 2009, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) will increase its prices for all MAGNUM™ ABS grades by 90 Euro per metric tonne across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions.

Vinnolit increases Prices for PVC Specialities

28.09.2009 - As a consequence of the general market and business development, costs and margins for PVC specialities have substantially deteriorated since the beginning of the year. In this period, the ethylene price hiked by almost 70% and the price of the chlorine by-product caustic soda plummeted by more than...

Evonik: New single-component resin system for aircraft manufacturing

28.09.2009 - Evonik Industries (www.evonik.com) will introduce a newly developed polyaryl ether amide resin system at this year’s technical conference of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) in Wichita, Kansas. The resin, sold under the brand name CALIDUR®, is a single-component...

Bayer MaterialScience develops customized polycarbonate grades for LED applications

25.09.2009 - With the growing trend towards the use of LEDs (light-emitting diodes) for innovative lamp and lighting concepts, Bayer MaterialScience has developed new grades of its transparent Makrolon® polycarbonate specifically for the production of these modern light sources. One important application for...

Please find more information in German.

You wish to have news about your company and your products published here?
Please send your information and press reports to info@plasticker.de or give us a call!