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DuPont: New Modifier Enhances Performance of PE-based Recycle Waste Streams

09.06.2006 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers has launched DuPont™ Fusabond® E EC-603D (www.fusabond.dupont.com), a unique compatibilizer for users of polyethylene- (PE-) based recycle streams. This proprietary copolymer improves both product performance and production efficiencies, while reducing costs for...

Rhodia Polyamide: Worldwide price rises for Polyamide 66 Intermediates and Stabamid® Polymer Range

23.05.2006 - In response to current market forces, Rhodia Polyamide (www.rhodia.com) announces price increases effective June 1st, 2006 of 150 € / MT in Europe, 150 US$ / MT in Asia and Latin America and 10 cents per pound (lb) in North America for its Polyamide 66 Intermediates and STABAMID® range of polymers....

Rhodia Polyamide: New Polymerization Unit in South Korea

11.05.2006 - Rhodia (www.rhodia.com) has announced the construction of a polymerization unit on its integrated production platform in Onsan (South Korea). With an annual capacity of 48,000 tonnes, the unit will start polyamide production at the end of 2007. The new unit, representing an investment of almost euro...

DuPont announces price increases

10.05.2006 - The European headquarters of DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) announced that in Europe, Middle East and Africa prices for all its Engineering Polymers will increase effective May 15, 2006. The prices of polyamide 6 and 66 as well as those of PBT and PET will increase by € 0.20 per kg....

Dow to raise prices for all STYROFOAM EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE FOAM products across Europe

09.05.2006 - Dow Chemical (www.dow.com) will raise prices for all STYROFOAM* EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE products across Europe due to continued increases in raw materials. The current pricing of STYROFOAM products does not allow for sufficient margins due to continued increases in raw materials. Based on this situation,...

SABIC Europe to increase May polyolefins prices in Europe

05.05.2006 - SABIC Europe (www.sabic-europe.com) announced today that it will increase prices in Europe by €100 per metric ton for its HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE products and by €50 per metric ton for its PP, effective 1st May 2006. “Following the recent surge in oil prices to over $70 a barrel, a stepped rise in our...

PolyOne Builds on Range for Biodegradable Polymers

04.05.2006 - PolyOne (www.polyone.com) has recently developed a range of masterbatch products for use with biodegradable resins. Building on their initial product range PolyOne now offers both color and additive masterbatch for use with starch blend biopolymers, PLA, copolyesters and other biodegradable resins....

Rhodia Polyamide: Price Rise for TECHNYL® Polyamide Compounds announced

02.05.2006 - Rhodia Polyamide (www.rhodia.com) announces a price increase of 200 € / MT for its TECHNYL® Polyamide compounds in Europe effective May 15th, 2006. This necessary price adjustment falls in line with the pricing policy led by Rhodia to compensate for the recurring rise in raw materials, energy and transport...

Dow Europe: Additional Price Increases for Polyethylene and Polystyrene Resins

28.04.2006 - Rising raw material and energy costs for polyethylene and polystyrene production are placing pressure on polyethylene and polystyrene resins producers. Based on these conditions, Dow Europe GmbH is announcing further price increase across the European region for all polyethylene and polystyrene resins....

DSM: price increase on unsaturated polyester resins and gelcoats products

28.04.2006 - DSM Composite Resins (www.dsmcompositeresins.com), Europe’s largest UP resin producer, will increase prices on all its unsaturated polyester resin and gelcoat products for shipments on or after the 1st of May 2006. All unsaturated polyester resin and gelcoats products except vinyl ester resins will...

NOVA Innovene: Polystyrene Price Increase for May

28.04.2006 - NOVA Innovene announced a price increase of 70 Euro per metric tonne for all Polystyrene (PS) products effective May 1st, 2006. The price increase is necessary to recover increasing feedstock costs which are being pushed up by record crude oil prices.

BASF and Toray start up PBT plant in Kuantan, Malaysia

24.04.2006 - Toray BASF PBT Resin Sdn. Bhd., a 50-50 joint venture between BASF Aktiengesellschaft (www.basf.com), Germany, and Toray Industries Inc., Japan (www.toray.co.jp), has successfully started commercial production on schedule at its newly built world-scale polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) plant at BASF’s...

SABIC Europe: price increase for PP Automotive grades

29.03.2006 - The PP Automotive business unit of SABIC Europe (www.sabic-europe.com) announced today that it will increase the structural element of polypropylene pricing for all PP Automotive grades in Europe by 50 €/ metric ton as per 1st April 2006. This structural increase will be applied on top of the price...

Borealis to close HDPE plant in Norway

14.03.2006 - In a meeting today, the Board of Borealis AS (www.borealisgroup.com) agreed to close the Borealis high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in Bamble, Norway. The Board recommends that the Supervisory Board of Borealis AS concludes to close the 110,000 tonnes per year plant in 2006. “Our aim is to now...

Rhodia Polyamide: Price increase for PA announced

13.03.2006 - Rhodia Polyamide (www.rhodia.com) announces a worldwide 120 Euro/per ton price increase for its STABAMID® Polyamide resins and salt and TECHNYL® Polyamide PA6 and PA 6,6 compounds effective immediately. On top of high global demand, raw material, energy and transportation costs continue to increase...

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