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Borealis increases price of its polypropylene based products for automotive and appliance applications in Europe

05.07.2007 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) announces that it will increase the price of its polypropylene based products used in automotive and appliances applications in Europe by 60 €/per tonne as of July 1, 2007.

Basell to acquire Huntsman for $25.25 per share

28.06.2007 - Basell (www.basell.com), the global leader in polyolefins’ technology, production and marketing, and Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN), one of the world’s largest manufacturers and marketers of differentiated chemicals and pigments, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement pursuant...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for Lustran, Novodur and Triax

11.06.2007 - LANXESS (www.lanxess.com) has increased the prices of its Lustran (ABS), Novodur (ABS) and Triax (ABS/PA) products by EUR 150 per metric ton. According to Wolfgang Döring, head of Marketing & Sales Europe and Latin America in the Lustran Polymers business unit, this adjustment, which comes into effect...

Degussa: RAG Subsidiary Expands Production of High-Performance Rigid Foam to North America

31.05.2007 - Degussa (www.degussa.com) is planning to build a production plant for the rigid polymethacrylimide foam ROHACELL® at its largest US site in Mobile, Alabama. The new plant by the world´s leading specialty chemicals company comprises an investment volume of about US$10 million and is scheduled to commence...

DuPont: Cost-effective Packaging Materials for Performance and Shelf-Appeal

23.05.2007 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (www.dupont.com) was presenting a range of cost-effective material solutions at the IFFA 2007 (5th-10th May 2007 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany), with a focus on both performance and shelf-appeal of packaged meat products. Following the recent introduction of super-tough...

SABIC to acquire GE Plastics for $11.6 billion

22.05.2007 - GE and SABIC (www.sabic.com) today announced that they had reached agreement for SABIC to acquire GE Plastics for a purchase price of $11.6 billion. Announcement of the acquisition was made by Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE and Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman and CEO of SABIC. "As a global...

SABIC: Highest ever SR 6.3 billion profits in first quarter of 2007

20.04.2007 - Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC, www.sabic.com, www.sabic-europe.com) reported first quarter 2007 profits of SR 6.3 billion, an increase of 50% compared to SR 4.2 billion in the same period in 2006. Consolidated operating profits amount to SR 9.6 billion compared to SR 6.6 billion, an increase...

Arkema enhances its Evatane® product range

19.04.2007 - Following research and development work, Arkema plans to launch a new Evatane® grade combining high Vinyl Acetate content - 40% - and a low Melt Flow Index (MFI below 3). "These two parameters are difficult to combine. This new grade, blended with other products, will help produce a cable with sound...

TechnoCompound: Long fibre PP compound for automobile door trim modules

18.04.2007 - A door trim module in long glass fibre-reinforced polypropylene (PP) for the new MINI was shown by TechnoCompound (www.technocompound.com) at the international VDI conference ‘Plastics in Automotive Engineering’, which took place in Mannheim on 21st and 22nd March 2007. For this application, the German...

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...

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