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Dow to Close LDPE Plant in Freeport, Texas

13.02.2009 - Driven by current economic conditions and overcapacity for Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) in the North American marketplace, The Dow Chemical Company (www.dow.com) yesterday announced the shutdown of its Poly 2 LDPE plant in Freeport, Texas. “The Basic Plastics business carefully evaluated several...

INEOS NOVA: Price increasement for Polystyrene in Europe

12.02.2009 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that the prices for all Polystyrene products in Europe will be increased by 75 EURO per ton effective February 1st - 2009 as the feestocks (Benzene, Ethylene and Styrene) costs are increasing on both contract and spot bases versus early January 2009.

LyondellBasell to temporarily idle LDPE units at Carrington, UK and Fos-sur-Mer, France

12.02.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) has taken steps to temporarily idle its low density polyethylene units at Carrington, United Kingdom, and Fos-sur-Mer, France, into the second quarter of 2009. The Carrington unit has a nameplate capacity of 185 KT per year, and the Fos plant has a...

BASF: New products and applications at the VDI conference “Plastics in Automotive Engineering”

10.02.2009 - This year, BASF is once again showcasing new products and applications in the realm of engineering plastics, styrenics, polyurethanes and foams at the technical conference “Plastics in Automotive Engineering” organized by the Association of German Engineers (VDI) to be held on March 25 and 26, 2009...

DuPont™ Hytrel® thermoplastic elastomer helps resolve “baffling” design challenge

09.02.2009 - A unique approach to integrating a sealing and baffle function in General Motors’ new 6T40 and 6T45 transversely mounted 6-speed automatic transmissions helps condense packaging space and enable better clutch and transmission durability. The two new transmissions deliver power to a wide range of vehicles...

LyondellBasell to increase PE prices in Europe

29.01.2009 - Effective February 1, LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) will increase prices in Europe by €100 per tonne on all of its polyethylene grades. "Short term demand for these products is increasing, along with feedstock costs. Therefore, this price increase is necessary," said Richard...

DuPont: Material-based solutions for medical device manufacturers

19.01.2009 - DuPont (www.dupont.com) materials for the medical and pharmaceutical industries – from high-performance, medical-grade polymers for the production of medical components to DuPont™ Tyvek® brand protective material for sterile packaging applications – will once more be in evidence during Medtec 09 in...

FKuR + Ritter Pen: Biograde® and Bio-Pen granted the award for innovation

14.01.2009 - Biograde®, the injection mouldable biocompound from FKuR Kunststoff GmbH (www.fkur.com), in the form of the new Bio-Pen from the writing utensils manufacturer Ritter-Pen GmbH (www.ritter-pen.de) has been granted the award for innovation "Biomaterial of the year 2008" Biograde® is a transparent, injection...

KRAIBURG TPE: TPE compound to manufacture three-component plastic pillar cappings

12.12.2008 - When selecting the materials used to manufacture its three-component plastic pillar cappings, DURA Automotive Systems specified a compound made by KRAIBURG TPE (www.kraiburg-tpe.com). One of the three resins making up the cappings, this compound, blended by the thermoplastic elastomers specialists in...

BASF: First industrial-scale extrusion blow-molding of Styrolux

10.12.2008 - For the first time in Europe, a machine manufacturer has demonstrated that BASF’s Styrolux® 3G 46 (www.basf.com) can be processed by extrusion blow-molding. The Kautex Maschinenbau company (www.kautex-group.com), a renowned maker of blow-molding systems, has recently produced intricately shaped bottles...

Evonik: Shanghai begins producing PMMA molding compounds

01.12.2008 - One of Evonik Industries´ (www.evonik.com) largest investment projects worldwide, amounting to €250 million, is taking shape. Just one year after the cornerstone was laid, production of molding compounds from polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) for the Chinese and other Asian markets commenced in Shanghai...

BASF: Luran S in protective road barrier reflectors

24.11.2008 - The Polish company Wital has recently started using the styrene-based specialty plastic Luran® S 778T from the BASF (www.basf.de, www.luran-s.com) range for protective road barrier reflectors. In doing so it has been able to replace the steel previously used for the mountings by a steel-gray colored...

BaySystems polyurethane systems house in South China inaugurated

19.11.2008 - Bayer MaterialScience, a leading polyurethane raw materials and polyurethane systems supplier, inaugurated its new polyurethane systems house in Guangzhou, China, recently. The company now owns a global network of 30 systems houses in close proximity to its customers. With customized polyurethanes solutions,...

Bayer MaterialScience lifts force majeure in the USA for most products

18.11.2008 - Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayermaterialscience.de) has lifted force majeure for most of the products manufactured at its facility in Baytown, Texas, United States. Effective last Friday, there are no longer any restrictions on the company’s ability to supply diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and isophorone...

Momentive: New highly transparent LSR types for automotive LED lens systems

12.11.2008 - Momentive Performance Materials (www.momentive.com) presents a new line of highly transparent liquid silicon rubber (LSR) for innovative optical applications. These new materials are characterised by their high transparency (up to 95%), low opaqueness and excellent physical stability. Therefore the...

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