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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...

Dow Europe Announces Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

24.09.2009 - Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) 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 October 1, 2009, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades...

BASF raises prices for certain polyalcohols

22.09.2009 - BASF (www.basf.com) is raising the prices for its polyalcohols neopentylglycol (NPG), trimethylolpropane (TMP) and hydroxypivalic acid neopentylglycolester (HPN) worldwide with immediate effect or as allowed by contract: • Europe, Africa, Middle East: +EUR 0.14/kg • The Americas: +USD...

Evonik: PEEK Polymers Website Relaunched

17.09.2009 - In the first relaunch of the webpages for its VESTAKEEP® high temperature polymer Germany-based Evonik Industries (www.evonik.com) has greatly expanded the website. "We attach great importance to a partnership with our customers that also affords them a glance into some of our technical information,"...

Gabriel-Chemie: New Compounds and Additives

17.09.2009 - Being specialised in the colouring and refining of plastics GABRIEL-CHEMIE Group in Gumpoldskirchen/Austria (www.gabriel-chemie.com) presents a bunch of new additives and masterbatches at the Fakuma 2009. Heavy weight and metallic look Some products have to have a certain weight in order to perceive...

PolyTherm: Specialist for TPU and TPE

14.09.2009 - The PolyTherm company (www.polytherm-kg.de) in Preussisch Oldendorf is an innovative company which was established in this sector 15 years ago and is specialised in the manufacture, treatment and machining of high-quality plastics such as polyurethane (TPU) and elastomers (TPE). The company produces...

Gabriel-Chemie: Capacity expansion at European sites

14.09.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie Group (www.gabriel-chemie.com) expands the capacities for the production of colour and additive masterbatches at the European sites. Production capacity at the main works in Gumpoldskirchen/Austria has been increased by 2,000 tons p.a. with six new extruders. This is also associated...

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