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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...

DuPont Plans to Increase Supply of Tedlar® Films for Fast-Growing Photovoltaic Solar Market

11.09.2008 - As a leading supplier of materials to the photovoltaic solar industry, DuPont (www.dupont.com) announced its intent to expand production capacity for its high-performance DuPont™ Tedlar® films. Scope and site selection work is under way, targeting start-up in late 2009, pending final project approval....

TechnoCompound: Comprehensive portfolio of engineering compounds

08.09.2008 - At this year´s Fakuma 2008 TechnoCompound GmbH (www.technocompound.com) will be presenting three newly developed products: • With TechnoMid PA6 or PA66 VN, TechnoCompound offers the world´s first radiation crosslinkable polyamide for injection moulding applications. Parts moulded in this newly developed...

DuPont: Low abrasion DuPont™ Vespel® thrust washers for maintenance-free SUV transfer case

04.09.2008 - Thrust washers made of DuPont™ Vespel® SP-21 (www.dupont.de) polyimide are durable, maintenance-free components of the new Integrated Transfer Cases developed by Magna Powertrain of Lannach, Austria. Used in premium SUVs from Land Rover and Daimler, these ITC’s are located upstream of the differential...

LANXESS increases prices for synthetic rubber

03.09.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to increase its prices for synthetic rubber grades effective September 1, 2008. According to an announcement by the Technical Rubber Products business unit, the worldwide price increases per metric ton will comprise up to USD 300 for Buna EP...

FKuR: New Biopolymers at Fakuma 2008

02.09.2008 - Latest FKuR (www.fkur.com) biomaterial innovations will be shown at Fakuma 2008. Bio-Flex® VA 5100 CL is the worldwide first transparent biopolymer for blown film extrusion and can be processed on conventional blown film lines without adjustments to screws, dies and downstream equipment. Well known...

BASF increases prices for polyetheramines

01.09.2008 - Effective immediately, or as existing contracts permit, BASF (ww.basf.com) will increase prices for polyetheramines in Asia, Europe and South America by 220 USD/mt or 150 EUR/mt respectively for the entire portfolio. BASF has previously announced a similar price increase for polyetheramines in the NAFTA...

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