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KRAIBURG TPE: TPE solutions for the Most Stringent Safety Standards

17.08.2009 - KRAIBURG TPE (www.kraiburg-tpe.com) presents innovative TPE solutions that offer true added value for customers in a wide range of industries at the FAKUMA 2009. Such as the new THERMOLAST® M product group, which enables customers in the pharmaceutical and medical markets to both safely and economically...

LANXESS: New polymer additive for plastics and rubber

11.08.2009 - Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) has developed a polymer additive for plastics and rubber that is now available for industrial application. These microgels, which consist of nanoscale organic particles (Photo), can be used to improve the material properties of elastomer and thermoplastic...

Evonik Röhm: Price Rise for PMMA sheet products

10.08.2009 - Effective 15 September 2009, Evonik Röhm GmbH (www.evonik.com) is increasing its prices for the PMMA sheet products it markets under the PLEXIGLAS® and DEGLAS® trademarks. As far as permissible under existing agreements, the prices for all products will be raised by seven percent. The price adjustment...

LyondellBasell to increase PP prices in Europe

29.07.2009 - Effective August 1, LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) will increase prices by €70 per tonne on its polypropylene grades sold in Europe. “Escalating feedstock costs have necessitated this increase,” said Yves Bonte, Senior Vice President of LyondellBasell’s Polypropylene Business.

LANXESS: Increased prices for EPDM

27.07.2009 - The Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to increase its prices for ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM) globally effective August 1, 2009. Dependent on regions and rubber grades the price adjustment per metric ton will comprise...

Evonik: PPA to manufacture filaments

20.07.2009 - At Techtextil 2009 Germany-based Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) just launched VESTAMID® HTplus F1001, the first polyphthalamide (PPA) material that allows the drawing of filaments. It can easily be processed to form different varieties of filaments. Modifications in geometry and color are also...

Dow: Price Increase for Synthetic Rubber announced

15.07.2009 - Effective July 27, 2009 Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions for all its synthetic rubber grades by 200 Euros per metric ton for Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) and 240 Euros per metric ton for Polybutadiene Synthetic...

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...

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