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BASF: New Luran S (ASA) grades for food contact

15.07.2009 - BASF (www.basf.com) is offering three new products in Europe in its line of styrenic specialties approved specifically for food contact applications. These are the ASA grades Luran® S 777 K FC, Luran S 757 G FC and Luran S 797 S FC (ASA: acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer). As with the engineering...

Evonik: Price Increase for Carbon Black Pigments

10.07.2009 - The Inorganic Materials Business Unit of Evonik Industries (www.evonik.com) is increasing prices for carbon black pigments by up to 9 percent depending on the product. The price increase will be effective for all deliveries on or after August 1, 2009. Evonik is the world´s second largest producer of...

Biesterfeld Plastic and INEOS NOVA extend their partnership for Empera® Polystyrene to The United Kingdom and Ireland

02.07.2009 - Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH (www.biesterfeld-plastic.com), pan-European distribution partner of INEOS NOVA for Empera® PS extend with immediate effect their cooperation to include The United Kingdom and Ireland. Existing, non-exclusive distribution agreements between INEOS NOVA and other parties in...

Altuglas International announces plans for centralising and consolidating PMMA Sheet business in Europe

02.07.2009 - Altuglas International (www.altuglasint.com) presented its Central Works Council with plans to restructure PMMA Sheet business in Europe. This would entail centralising extruded sheet production in accordance with the requirements of major commercial partners, and improving the efficiency of cast-sheet...

BASF increases its prices for butanediol and its derivatives in Europe

01.07.2009 - Effective July 1, 2009, or as contracts allow, BASF (www.basf.com) is increasing the sales prices for butanediol and butanediol derivatives by EUR50 per metric ton in Europe. This measure applies in particular to 1,4 butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran (THF), gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and N-methylpyrrolidone...

Evonik: New, Bio-Based Polyamide on Market

30.06.2009 - Germany-based Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) has added a group of bio-based polyamides to its VESTAMID® family. The polymers, sold under the VESTAMID® Terra brand name, are based on monomers produced partly or entirely from fatty acids. The most important source is currently castor oil, obtained...

LyondellBasell to increase PP prices in Europe

29.06.2009 - Effective July 1, LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) will increase prices by €125 per tonne on its polypropylene grades sold in Europe. “Escalating feedstock and energy costs have necessitated this increase,” said Yves Bonte, Senior Vice President of LyondellBasell’s Polypropylene Business.

LANXESS increases prices for basic chemicals

26.06.2009 - The Basic Chemicals business unit of specialty chemicals company LANXESS (www.lanxess.com) is increasing its prices worldwide for its entire product portfolio by a minimum of seven per cent with immediate effect. The primary factors behind this measure are higher raw material and energy expenses. Torsten...

LyondellBasell to increase PE prices in Europe

25.06.2009 - Effective July 1, LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) will increase prices in Europe by €120 per tonne on all of its polyethylene grades. "Escalating feedstock costs have made this price increase necessary," said Tassilo Bader, senior vice president for LyondellBasell’s olefins and...

Dow: Price Increase for Polycarbonate, Polycarbonate Compounds and Polycarbonate Blends

15.06.2009 - Effective June 24, 2009, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) will increase prices for its Polycarbonate, Polycarbonate Compounds and Polycarbonate Blends by 200 Euro per metric ton across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions. Dow’s energy and raw material...

KRAIBURG TPE compounds provide a solid footing for the „Gorillapod“ made by Joby

02.06.2009 - Flexible photography from almost any perspective. This is Joby’s promise to digital camera users. The supple "Gorillapod" (Photo) tripod turns that promise into reality. Joby, a US company, works with manufacturers in China and utilizes compounds formulated by KRAIBURG TPE (www.kraiburg-tpe.com). The...

Dow Europe GmbH Announces Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins and Styrenic Copolymers Products

29.05.2009 - Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions for polyethylene (PE) resins, based on the continued raw material cost developments that the company is experiencing and the need to restore its margins. Effective June 1,...

Borealis increases polyethylene and polypropylene prices

28.05.2009 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces that it will increase all polyethylene and polypropylene prices by EUR 60/tonne as of June 1, 2009. "This increase is necessary to preserve sustainable margins and to ensure our innovation...

INEOS Olefins and Polymers to increase prices of its HDPE pipe grades in June

20.05.2009 - INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe (www.ineos.com) has announced plans to increase prices for HDPE pipe grades by EUR 70 per tonne, in addition to movements in monthly ethylene pricing. New prices for PE80, PE100 and PEX grades are to come into effect on June 1st. Prices of HDPE pipe grades have...

DSM Composite Resins announces price increase

11.05.2009 - DSM Composite Resins (www.dsmcompositeresins.com) announced a price increase of 3-5% on its entire product range. This price increase is global and will come into effect by 15 May 2009, or at the earliest time possible, depending on existing individual contracts. The price increase is a result of feedstock...

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