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BASF: First antimicrobial BASF plastic for bacteria-free surfaces

13.10.2008 - BASF (www.basf.com, www.luran-s.com) is now offering a plastic that has the property of killing microbes. This material belongs to the specialties found in the styrene plastic product line. It goes by the name Luran® S BX 13042 and is currently the only ASA (acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer)...

DuPont Engineering Polymers announces price increases

10.10.2008 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) announces price increases for its thermoplastic resins in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), to be effective on November 1, 2008 or as contracts allow. • The price of DuPont™ Delrin® acetal resin will increase by 0.10 Euro/kg. • The price of DuPont™...

Putsch: New applications and new products

09.10.2008 - Successful mass-production applications of ELAN XP as well as two completely new products will be presented by Putsch Kunststoffe GmbH at this year´s Fakuma 2008 on the exhibition stand of its distribution partner, Ashland (Stand 3217 in Hall A3). The development of new compounds with properties obtained...

DSM increases prices of its engineering plastics in EMEA

07.10.2008 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) has announced a price increase for a number of its materials in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) regions. Effective 1 January 2009, or as contracts permit, the following increases will be implemented for all shipments. The specific increases are as follows:...

LANXESS: Pelletizing plant for EPDM rubber goes on line in Marl

02.10.2008 - Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) launched operation of a pelletizing plant for EPDM rubber in late September at its Marl location. For the first time, the company can now additionally manufacture this rubber grade in the form of pellets, two to three millimeters in size, in its...

DuPont: New Renewably Sourced DuPont™ Biomax® Thermal Extends Use of PLA to Higher Temperature Packaging Applications

26.09.2008 - DuPont Packaging (www.dupont.com) announced the expansion of its DuPont™ Biomax® packaging offerings to include renewably sourced Biomax® Thermal 300, a proprietary heat-stabilizing modifier that allows polylactic acid (PLA) thermoformed packaging to withstand elevated temperatures during transport,...

LANXESS increases prices for engineering plastics and for rubber chemicals

24.09.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to raise its prices effective October 1, 2008 as a result of the increased cost of transport, energy and raw materials. The Semi-Crystalline Products business unit is adjusting its prices for engineering plastics in Europe, the Middle East...

DuPont Declares Force Majeure for Ethylene Copolymers Business Due to Hurricane Damage

24.09.2008 - Hurricane Ike caused storm surge damage at DuPont’s (www.dupont.com) Sabine facility in Orange, Texas. As a result, the company declared “force majeure” for its ethylene copolymers business. Based on the company’s preliminary assessment of damages, it is not clear when restart will occur at Sabine....

Bayer MaterialScience LLC declares force majeure in the USA

22.09.2008 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC, the North American subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience AG (www.bayermaterialscience.de), has declared force majeure for a large part of its production in Baytown, Texas, United States. This affects the Polyurethanes (PUR), Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties (CAS), and Polycarbonates...

BASF cuts back polystyrene production in Europe

22.09.2008 - As of October 1, 2008, BASF (www.basf.com) will be cutting back its production of polystyrene in Europe by 25 percent. The reason for this step is the diminished demand for the standard plastic polystyrene, a development that can be ascribed to the current economic downturn. “The market for polystyrene...

DSM doubles Stanyl® capacity with opening of new plant in Geleen (NL)

19.09.2008 - Royal DSM N.V. (www.dsmep.com, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in The Netherlands, today announces that the second polymerization plant for Stanyl® polyamide 46 on the Chemelot site in Geleen (Netherlands) has opened. The new plant doubles DSM’s worldwide production...

LANXESS to expand caprolactam production in Antwerp

18.09.2008 - Investment of EUR 35 million leads to significant capacity increase from 2010 onwards The specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to expand its site in Antwerp with capital expenditures amounting to some EUR 35 million. The plan is to raise the capacity of the caprolactam production...

Recognising breakthrough products using DuPont fluoropolymers: DuPont marks 70 years of Teflon® with call for entries to 2008 Plunkett Awards for sustainability and innovation

18.09.2008 - DuPont (www.dupont.com) has issued a call for entries for the 2008/2009 DuPont Plunkett Awards, which this year mark the 70th anniversary of the discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later branded as DuPont™ Teflon®, with the addition of environmental sustainability as a new selection criterion....

DuPont: Innovative concentrated photovoltaic module has housing made of strong, robust PET

16.09.2008 - The housing for a new and innovatively-designed concentrated photovoltaic module, developed by Concentración Solar La Mancha S.L., of Manzanares (Ciudad Real), Spain, is moulded from DuPont™ (www.dupont.com) Rynite® polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The material was selected due to its exceptionally...

New Borstar® technology takes Borealis’ polypropylene to next level in purity, processability and performance

15.09.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, is expanding the capacity of its leading edge, customer-oriented polypropylene (PP) packaging materials with the inauguration of its new Borstar® plant in Burghausen, Germany. The 330,000 t per year...

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