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BASF: Milk bottles made of Polystyrene

25.02.2008 - Right in time for the K 2007, BASF (www.basf.com) joined forces with ALPLA, one of the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic beverage bottles, to come up with a bottle for milk and yoghurt beverages using impact resistant Polystyrene (PS-I). This demonstrates that Polystyrene is an inexpensive alternative...

DuPont: Two DuPont™ Zytel® HTN PPA Products Help Tire Pressure Monitoring System Stand Up to

25.02.2008 - SmarTire Systems Inc. tapped DuPont Automotive and high performance characteristics of DuPont™ Zytel® HTN PPA and Zytel® HTN PPA SuperStructural resins for a lightweight and durable casing for SmarTire’s new externally-mounted Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) used as part of the SmartWave® system...

LyondellBasell to stop HMS polypropylene production in Varennes, Quebec in April 2008

19.02.2008 - LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) announced recently that it will stop producing High Melt Strength (HMS) polypropylene at its Varennes, Quebec site in April 2008. The HMS unit is expected to continue normal operations until then. Yves Bonte, Senior Vice President of Polypropylene...

aluplast + BASF: Getting rid of another thermal bridge

18.02.2008 - The German window system manufacturer aluplast (www.aluplast.de) is launching a window system that is highly thermally insulating as well as cost-effective, thanks to a version of Ultradur® High Speed (PBT) which BASF (www.basf.de/ultradur) developed especially for this company. This glassfiber-reinforced...

Chemtura raises prices on polypropylene-based coupling agents and impact modifiers

18.02.2008 - Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM, www.chemtura.com) is announcing a worldwide off list price increase of $0.44/kg for polypropylene based Polymer Modifiers (POLYBOND® 1001/1002/3000/3002/3150/3200), and Royaltuf® 485 and 498, effective March 1, 2008, or where contracts allow. Continued cost escalation...

Loyal Group: EPS producer invests in Poland

06.02.2008 - The world’s largest EPS producer Loyal Group (www.loyal.com.tw) will invest EURO 20m in a new plant in Poland. This new project in the town of Police will have an initial capacity of 100,000 t/y, will employ about 100 people and is scheduled to start in 2010. The plant will draw styrene monomer supplied...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: New polyamide 6 plant for Kuibyshev Azot, Russia

06.02.2008 - In December 2007, Uhde Inventa-Fischer (www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) was awarded a third major contract by Kuibyshev Azot to construct a further polyamide 6 plant. The total capacity of this plant is about 54,000 tpa. The cooperation between Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Kuibyshev Azot dates back to...

DSM Engineering Plastics: New Breaktrough Polymer PA4T

01.02.2008 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) has announced the development of PA4T, a new polymer which extends the portfolio for high performance engineering thermoplastics. DSM Engineering Plastics is the inventor and global market leader in high performance polyamides with Stanyl®, a polyamide 46. ...

GW Plastics: Expansion into Liquid Silicones

01.02.2008 - Global precision molder and contract manufacturer GW Plastics (www.gwplastics.com) has announced its expansion into the Liquid Silicone (LSR) market with the creation of GW Silicones. GW Silicones will be located at GW Plastics’ Royalton, Vermont, technology and tooling campus and will provide extensive...

Reichhold: Investment in India

01.02.2008 - Reichhold (www.reichhold.com), the world´s largest supplier of unsaturated polyester resins, has announced its intention to invest in a Greenfield facility in India. The company has started construction at a site located at Ranjangoan, in Pune District of Maharashtra state. The new facility is scheduled...

European Commission Gives Clearance for INEOS acquisition of Hydro Polymers

31.01.2008 - INEOS Capital (www.ineos.com) confirms that it has yesterday received unconditional clearance from the European Commission for the purchase of the Hydro Polymers businesses in Norway, Sweden and the UK from Norsk Hydro ASA. The acquisition was agreed with Norsk Hydro last year and includes the remaining...

BASF reorganizes its masterbatch business

31.01.2008 - • Five BASF Color Solutions companies in Europe • Strategic focus on clearly defined market segments • Network of locations optimizes customer service BASF (www.basf.com) is reorganizing its masterbatch business in Europe. In the future, BASF’s specialists for coloring a wide...

Metal Detectors ‘See’ Parts Molded From New DuPont™ Delrin® Grade

17.01.2008 - New DuPont™ Delrin® 400MTD (www.dupont.com, www.plastics.dupont.com) acetal resin aims to open up more applications in food processing conveyors. Made with a proprietary metal filler, it can be detected by most metal-sensing equipment in the unlikely event of a part’s entry into the process stream....

Evonik: Price Increases for Pigment Blacks and for Matting Agents

17.01.2008 - Evonik Industries´ Inorganic Materials Business Unit (www.evonik.com) announces a price increase for pigment blacks, effective for deliveries in Europe from February 1, 2008. Manufacturing costs of pigment blacks have been increasing continuously for some time, and feedstock costs are now at an...

INEOS NOVA Announce Price Increases for Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)

09.01.2008 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that they are increasing the price for expandable polystyrene (EPS) resins by €70/MT with immediate effect for January, and by a further €50/MT effective February 1st 2008. "Margins are at unsustainably low levels as a result of price decreases during...

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