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BASF takes a further step in the divestment of its styrenic activities

19.08.2008 - Styrenics business to be reorganized in new BASF Group companies BASF (www.basf.com) is continuing the divestment process of its global styrenic business and plans to reorganize the business into new subsidiaries as appropriate. The new companies are expected to be established in January 2009. Styrenic...

LANXESS to move Group headquarters to Cologne

15.08.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) plans to move its headquarters from Leverkusen to Cologne. Relocation is to be completed by 2011. LANXESS will now begin discussions with the city of Cologne to identify possible sites.“LANXESS is today a well-positioned and globally successful...

BASF: New PA66 and PBT grades for contact with food products

12.08.2008 - Since beginning of August 2008, which is when the European Union’s GMP regulations for materials that come into contact with food products have gone into effect, BASF (www.basf.com) will be offering several new grades in its range of Engineering Plastics in Europe specifically for food contact. These...

Bayer MaterialScience raised price for MDI

11.08.2008 - Effective August 1, 2008, Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayermaterialscience.de) raised its sales prices for polymeric and monomeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and MDI derivatives in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The price for MDI will increase by EUR 0.10 per kilogram. The...

Evonik: Price Increase for PMMA Molding Compounds and Sheet Products

07.08.2008 - Effective September 1, 2008, the Acrylic Polymers Business Line of Evonik Industries (www.evonik.com) will raise the prices of its PMMA molding compounds and sheet products marketed under the PLEXIGLAS® and DEGLAS® brand names. The increase, if permissible under existing agreements, will amount to €0.20...

DuPont: New Singapore plant expands global manufacturing network for Vespel® parts

31.07.2008 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) recently announced that production for its high growth DuPont™ Vespel® parts and shapes has begun at its newest facility in Singapore. Other production facilities for Vespel® parts and shapes are located in Utsunomiya, Japan; Mechelen, Belgium; and Newark,...

DuPont: Housing made of polyphthalamide (PPA) facilitates the precise management of car air suspension systems

30.07.2008 - DuPont™ Zytel® HTN (www.dupont.com) was the material of choice for Woco Industrietechnik GmbH during the development of a pneumatic switchover unit which is exposed to high internal pressures. It is used in air suspension systems from Continental Automotive Systems. The polyphthalamide (PPA) with 35...

EMS-GRIVORY: Price increase for polyamide materials

29.07.2008 - EMS-GRIVORY (www.emsgrivory.com) will increase with effect from 1 August their prices in Europe by 7%. The products concerned are Grilamid PA12, Grilamid TR, Grivory GV/HT and Grilon PA6/66. These price increases result chiefly from the significant rises in the cost of energy, transport and raw materials...

DuPont: DuPont Introduces Biomax® TPS Renewably Sourced™ Sheet and Resins

25.07.2008 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (www.dupont.com) recently announced the introduction of Biomax® TPS, a renewably sourced thermoplastic starch for packaging applications. The offering consists of sheet stock that contains 85-90 percent renewably sourced content for thermoformed trays and articles,...

BASF invests in a new plant for the production of oxi-dized waxes at its Ludwigshafen site

23.07.2008 - In the fourth quarter of 2008, BASF (www.basf.com) will begin construction of a second oxidizing plant for the production of synthetic waxes at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, site. From 2010 the plant will produce several thousand metric tons of oxidized waxes using a process developed by BASF. This is...

BASF to raise prices for the plastic Styrolux in Europe

22.07.2008 - With immediate effect BASF (www.basf.com) will be raising its prices in Europe for Styrolux® (SBC polymer) by 150 Euro per metric ton. This measure is in addition to the increase that was announced in June 2008, because the cost of raw materials, energy and transportation has further risen. The...

DuPont Introduces Biomax® PTT Renewably Sourced™ Injection Molding Resin

18.07.2008 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (www.dupont.com) announced the introduction of Biomax® PTT (PolyTrimethylTerephthalate), which contains up to 35 percent renewably sourced content for packaging applications. Biomax® PTT 1100 is especially suitable for use in injection-molded containers, cosmetic...

BASF plasticizer Hexamoll® DINCH comes out ahead in eco-efficiency analysis

18.07.2008 - Top five commercially available non-phthalate plasticizers compared The BASF (www.basf.com) product Hexamoll® DINCH has the highest eco-efficiency in a comparison of the top five non-phthalate plasticizers on the market today. So say the results of a BASF eco-efficiency analysis, verified by the impartial...

FKuR: Biopolymers specialist strengthens its management team

11.07.2008 - On the 1st of July 2008 Dr.-Ing. Christian Bonten (Photo) will join the management team at FKuR Kunststoff GmbH (www.fkur.com). Dr. Bonten, a plastics engineer, will assume the role of authorized representative responsible for Technology and Marketing and will reinforce the management board of Dr.-Ing....

CTS announces price increases on téfabloc TPE range

10.07.2008 - The recent unprecedented, continuous, and general rises in raw materials, energy, packaging and transportation costs lead up CTS Cousin Tessier (www.cts-compound.com) and TCT-Polska to implement an average price increase of 200 €/ton on their Téfabloc® range of thermoplastic elastomers. This increase...

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