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Henry Bath: Reduction in rents for LME Plastics Warehouse Storage

15.01.2010 - Henry Bath, the London Metal Exchange ("LME") licensed warehouse operator, has announced a large reduction in its maximum published rents for the storage of plastics held on LME Warrant, effective 5 January 2010. Storage rents for Polypropylene (PP) and Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LL) are being...

BASF to raise prices for the plastic Styrolux in Europe

11.01.2010 - With immediate effect BASF will be raising its prices for Styrolux® (SB copolymer) in Europe by 150 Euro per metric ton. This measure is due to the rise in the cost of raw materials, energy and transportation. The main application fields for the plastic Styrolux are transparent food packaging, blister...

Dow Europe: Price Increase for PS, ABS, SAN and EPS Grades

08.01.2010 - Effective January 5, 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH increases its prices by 170 Euro per metric ton for all general purpose and high impact STYRON™ polystyrene resins, STYRON™ A-TECH™ advanced technology polystyrene resins, MAGNUM™ ABS grades, TYRIL™ SAN grades and SCONAPOR™ EPS grades...

LyondellBasell to Increase Prices on its PE and PP Products in Europe

04.01.2010 - Effective January 1, LyondellBasell Industries has increased prices on all of its polyethylene and on all of its polypropylene grades by €100 per tonne in Europe. "Escalating feedstock costs have necessitated this price increase," said Anton de Vries, LyondellBasell’s president of Europe, Asia and...

Dow Europe: Price Increase for PC, PC Compounds and PC Blends

16.12.2009 - Effective December 28, 2009, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for its Polycarbonate, Polycarbonate Compounds and Polycarbonate Blends by 150 Euro per metric ton across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions. The price adjustments are generated by...

INEOS ChlorVinyls Announces Price Increase For All Grades Of Suspension PVC In Europe

14.12.2009 - INEOS ChlorVinyls has announced at the beginning of December 2009 a price increase for all its grades of Suspension PVC of €75 per tonne over the next two months. A €25 per tonne increase will be added to current list prices with immediate effect for December and an additional increase of €50 per...

DuPont: New, low-emission grades meet leading automotive OEMs’ requirements

11.12.2009 - DuPont has introduced new low-emission grades of DuPont™ Delrin®, which provide extremely low volatile release without a reduction in mechanical performance versus the standard high performance grades, including excellent creep and fatigue resistance. As a result, the high performance acetal homopolymers,...

Rhodia: New ecological and organically sourced polyamide

01.12.2009 - Rhodia is introducing a new environmentally friendly polyamide – the organically sourced 6.10 range – as a complement to its polyamide range. Produced primarily from renewable materials, it offers high-performance and economically attractive solutions that contribute to a reduced environmental footprint....

Milliken’s new clarifying agent Millad® NX8000 opens up a world of opportunity for highly transparent injection-blow moulded PP containers

27.11.2009 - The market for very clear thick-walled bottles and jars that has remained largely untapped by polypropylene is now opening up as the result of a cooperative project between Milliken Chemical, market leader for clarifying agents for polypropylene, and precision blow mould maker ADOP France. The project...

MBS: Polyolefins congress highlights key industry issues

26.11.2009 - Key business and technology issues facing the polyethylene and polypropylene supply chains got a good airing at the PEPP 2009 global congress on polyolefins organized by Maack Business Services in Zurich in October. This annual meeting regularly attracts representatives from virtually all the world’s...

Songwon strengthens its presence in the Middle East and Africa

25.11.2009 - Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd., a global leader in polymer additives, is pleased to announce the opening of its headquarters for the Middle East and Africa in Bahrain. The opening of the Songwon Industrial Company Limited – Representative Office follows the recent establishment of Songwon’s local warehouse...

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...

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