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Ashland introduces POLARIS® resins to Europe

17.04.2007 - POLARIS brand resins for cast marble, solid surface and engineered stone are being introduced to the European marketplace customers by Ashland Composite Polymers, a business group of Ashland Performance Materials, a division of Ashland Inc. (www.ashland.com) POLARIS resins are consistent and versatile,...

Sale of LATI USA, Inc. plant accommodation

10.04.2007 - LATI USA, Inc has completed its North American market reorganization through the sale of the facility, located in 257 Deming Way - Summerville, South Carolina, USA. The facility was sold to the Company Force Protection Technologies, Inc. LATI USA, Inc. will carry on the commercial activity across...

Basell expands distribution roles for Albis and Ultrapolymers

05.04.2007 - Basell Sales & Marketing Company B.V (www.basell.com) recently announced that it has signed agreements with two prominent distributors of plastic materials - Albis Plastic GmbH and Ultrapolymers Group N.V. – to expand their roles in the distribution of Basell polyethylene and polypropylene. “Our...

Dow Europe GmbH Announces Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

22.03.2007 - Effective April 1, 2007, or as contract terms allow, Dow (www.dow.com) will increase prices in Europe by 60 Euros per metric ton for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE) resins and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) resins, DOWLEX™ polyethylene resins, ATTANE™ ultra low density polyethylene...

Ticona teams up with Resin Express for sales to central and eastern Europe

02.03.2007 - New distribution concept Polymer producer Ticona (www.ticona.com) will be cooperating with Resin Express (www.resinexpress.com) as its sales partner in central and eastern Europe from January 2007. As an international distributor of plastics, rubbers and chemical raw materials for many years, Resin...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for Apec ®, Makrolon®, Bayblend® and Makroblend® polycarbonates

02.03.2007 - Bayer MaterialScience AG (www.bayerbms.de) has increased sales prices for its Apec® and Makrolon® brands of polycarbonate by EUR 0.25 per kilogram, and for its Bayblend® and Makroblend® brands by EUR 0.20 per kilogram as of March 1, 2007. This applies to all deliveries in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle...

Teijin: Price increase for polycarbonate resin Panlite®

28.02.2007 - Effective March 12th, 2007 Teijin Kasei Europe B.V. (www.teijin.nl) will increase the prices for the polycarbonate resin Panlite® product range for sales within Europe by 0.25 Euro/kg.

Dow Europe announces price increase for Polycarbonate Products

28.02.2007 - Given the continued increase of raw materials and energy costs and the sustained pressure on margins, Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European and the Middle-Eastern region for all its Polycarbonate products. Effective March 1st 2007, or as contract terms allow,...

EPDC: PP pipeline from Amsterdam/Antwerp to the Ruhr Area cancelled

22.02.2007 - EPDC BV (www.epdc.eu) will not pursue plans to build a propylene pipeline connecting the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp with the German Ruhr area. Rising project investment costs have made the proposition uneconomical. Project costs have been impacted by escalating steel line pipe prices, a tight pipeline...

SABIC: Saudi Kayan awards two Contracts for the Construction of Phenolics and Polycarbonates Plants

16.02.2007 - SABIC affiliate, SAUDI KAYAN, has signed two letters of award with the first contract being awarded to TECNICAS REUNIDAS GROUP to construct a Phenolics Plant, to produce 240 kta of Bis-Phenol A. The second contract was awarded to DAELIM Industrial Co, Ltd. to construct a Polycarbonate (PC) plant to...

BASF to raise production capacity for Ultraform® in Ludwigshafen

09.02.2007 - BASF (www.basf.com) is expanding the production capacity for its engineering plastic Ultraform® at the Ludwigshafen site. The expansion from roughly 41,000 to 55,000 metric tons per year will be completed in the first quarter of 2008. “Thanks to this increase in capacity, we can grow along with our...

LANXESS plasticizers for toy and food contact applications with FDA-Approval

08.02.2007 - Chemicals group LANXESS (www.lanxess.com) has received the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its plasticizer Mesamoll® II. This approval covers its use in products that come into contact with aqueous based foodstuffs. The universal plasticizer alkylsulfonic phenyl ester is...

SABIC: Saudi Kayan signs contracts for new PP and LDPE plants

02.02.2007 - Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC, www.sabic.com, www.sabic-europe.com) affiliate, the Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SAUDI KAYAN) signed Letters of Award with two companies on January 24, 2007 for the construction of new Polypropylene (PP) and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) plants at its...

Dow Announces Price Increases of its Epoxy Blends in Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent

01.02.2007 - Effective 1 February 2007, or as contract terms allow, Dow Epoxy (www.dow.com) will increase the price for its D.E.R.™ 300 series epoxy blends (based on Bisphenol F) by 150 Euro / MT in Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. Customers interested in learning more about the price...

SABIC Europe: Strengthening of polymers sales organization

31.01.2007 - In addition to its existing strong local sales office network, SABIC Europe (www.sabic.com, www.sabic-europe.com) has established a dedicated organization to act as a single interface with international and selected large polymers customers. Based in SABIC Europe’s Head Office in Sittard, The Netherlands,...

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