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Ticona: price increases for thermoplastic resin grades worldwide

05.06.2008 - Ticona (www.ticona.com), the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation (www.celanese.com), recently announced price increases and a transportation surcharge for thermoplastic resin grades effective June 16, 2008, or as contracts allow, in North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa...

Borealis increases polyethylene and polypropylene prices

02.06.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces that it will increase all polyethylene prices by EUR 80/tonne and all polypropylene prices by EUR 50/tonne as of June 1, 2008. “This increase is necessary to restore margins and to secure...

BASF to raise prices for Polystyrene in Europe

30.05.2008 - As of June 1, 2008, BASF (www.plasticsportal.eu) will raise its gross market price (GMP) for Polystyrene by €100 per metric ton. “Owing to the sharp increase in the cost of raw materials for Polystyrene in recent months, we find ourselves forced to make this unusually high price adjustment, to €1,525...

DuPont: Fluoropolymers for electrical insulation

30.05.2008 - Innovations in fluoropolymers include new products and technologies for low-loss DuPont™ (www.dupont.com) Teflon® PTFE and FEP wire constructions. A new foam grade, Teflon® FEP TE 9810, produces smaller, better dispersed and more homogenous voids compared to previous Teflon® foam grades for enhanced...

INEOS NOVA Announce Price Increase for Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)

29.05.2008 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that they are increasing the price for expandable polystyrene (EPS) by 100 Euro per tonne, effective June 1, 2008. This increase is necessary because of continuing large increases in feedstock costs and because margins in EPS have slipped to unsustainably...

TechnoCompound plans further expansion of LFT and engineering polymers production

28.05.2008 - Annual capacity more than doubled since 2005 Compounding specialist TechnoCompound, Bad Sobernheim/Germany, plans to further expand its production of long fibre reinforced thermoplastics (LFTs) and engineering polymers in the course of the next few years. This was the announcement made to journalists...

Borealis scientist appointed to Giulio Natta Award’s Scientific Committee

28.05.2008 - Thanks to the outstanding reputation of Borealis’ polyolefins research and development programme (www.borealisgroup.com), the Giulio Natta Award’s Scientific Committee has appointed Gunilla Herrgård, Chief Scientist for polyolefins research and development, as an official member. The Giulio Natta...

LANXESS increases prices for pigments worldwide

27.05.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to increase its prices for iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments worldwide with immediate effect. The prices for the Bayferrox and Colortherm lines will be increased by up to EUR 150 per metric ton, and for chrome oxide pigments by up to EUR...

Ceresana Research: New Study - Strong Growth in the Polypropylene Market

23.05.2008 - The body of the new Smart “Fortwo“ is, for the first time, being manufactured entirely from Polypropylene (PP), and similarly, the bumpers and dashboard of the new Fiat 500. This most versatile of plastics is constantly being used in an increasing amount of applications. Whether used in ice-trays, drinking...

EMS-GRIVORY: New, durable high-performance polyamide

23.05.2008 - The next generation of polyphthalamide Grivory HT3 is a new product line in the polyphthalamide (PPA) product range of EMS-GRIVORY (www.emsgrivory.com). Its special polymer structure allows a completely new performance spectrum, unique in this material group, to be achieved. Grivory HT3 stands out...

Evonik Expands Laurolactam Capacity in Marl

22.05.2008 - Germany-based Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) will invest a two-digit million Euro figure to expand laurolactam production capacity significantly at its Marl site. The new capacity should be available in the second half of 2009. Plans for a further capacity expansion have already begun. Laurolactam...

DuPont: New bike wheel survives on rugged terrain, thanks to DuPont™ Zytel® nylon

22.05.2008 - The new FRX5 bike wheel has what it takes to withstand the punishment of off-road recreational biking and competition. TAG Wheels, Newport Beach, Calif. (www.tagwheels.com), makes the new wheel in a single piece using DuPont™ Zytel® nylon resin delivering excellent toughness, strength and stiffness....

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Adjusts Nucrel® Prices

21.05.2008 - Effective June 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP, www.dupont.com) announces a price increase of up to 200 Euro per ton on all grades of DuPont™ Nucrel® resins globally. DuPont™ Nucrel® is a market leader providing the packaging market with acid copolymer resins...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Adjusts Elvax® Prices

21.05.2008 - Effective June 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP, www.dupont.com) announces a price increase of 8 Euro cents per kilogram on all grades of DuPont™ Elvax® resins globally.

Borealis breaks ground for expansion of its Innovation Headquarters in Austria

20.05.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, celebrated the groundbreaking for the expansion of its Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria. With an investment of EUR 30 million, Linz is becoming the international hub of Borealis’ research activities....

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