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Dow Europe Announces Price Increase for Polyethylene, Polypropylene and Polystyrene Resins

26.08.2005 - Supply for polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene remains tight due to strong demand for Dow resins globally from converters, while high raw material and energy costs continue to pressure Dow margins. Based on this situation, Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase across the European region...

DuPont: Application-specific materials and new technologies

25.08.2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) is hosting a joint exhibit with its distributor Biesterfeld (www.biesterfeld-plastic.com) during Fakuma 2005. Highlights on the stand will include market-specific material advances, overcoming previous limitations for their application, and innovative technologies...

DuPont Filaments to Raise Monofilament Prices

24.08.2005 - DuPont Filaments – Europe, BV (www.dupont.com) today announced that it will implement price increases for their nylon 612, nylon 610 and polyester monofilaments effective Sept. 1. The increases range from 3 to 8 percent for widely used grades; higher percentages may apply to some specialty products....

Dow Europe announces price increase for styrenic copolymers

23.08.2005 - Given the continued upward movement in the prices of raw material and energy costs, coupled with a sustained pressure on margins, Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European region for its Styrenic Copolymers. Dow Europe will increase prices of its MAGNUM™ ABS...

Borealis: New powder grades offer unique opportunities for intricately shaped rotomoulded applications

11.08.2005 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) has launched two new Borecene Compact™ PE grades to meet rotomoulders’ needs for polyethylene (PE) resins that provide enhanced flow properties, as well as improved economics and handling. The new grades, which use Borealis unique patented technology eliminating pellet...

BIOP AG expands its production of Bioplastics

26.07.2005 - Dresden based BIOP Biopolymer Technologies AG (www.biopag.de) expands its production capacities. The chemical company will build a new plant in Schwarzheide (Brandenburg, Germany). "Approximately seven million Euros will be invested and 34 new jobs will be created within the next three years", announced...

Ciba: Recycling additives for plastics re-enter high-value applications

25.07.2005 - Swiss chemical company Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc. (www.cibasc.com) a leading worldwide producer of specialty additives, offers a broad range of agents for all life stages of polymers and plastics. For plastics recycling, Ciba Specialty Chemicals recently developed additive-packages which enable...

Borealis invests EUR 36 million to increase Nordic olefins capacity

07.07.2005 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) announced it will invest EUR 36 million in expanding its olefins unit in Porvoo, Finland for completion during a planned turnaround in 2007. With this investment, ethylene capacity will increase from 330,000 tonnes per year to 380,000 tonnes per year and propylene capacity...

DuPont: Major Resin Expansion to Serve Growth of Vespel® Polyimide Parts

29.06.2005 - Keeping pace with rising demand for DuPont™ Vespel® parts and shapes, the company’s Vespel® business unit is expanding its polyimide resin production facility in Circleville, Ohio. The expansion will provide material required for production of direct-formed Vespel® SP-1 and SP-21 polyimide...

Basell to increase PP and PE prices in Europe

28.06.2005 - Basell announced that it will increase prices by €100 per tonne on all polypropylene and polyethylene grades sold in Europe effective July 1. “With global polyolefin demand picking up again and oil and naphtha prices at extremely high levels, margins need to be restored,” said Werner Breuers, president...

Ticona to build a new world-scale 20 kT GUR® UHMW-PE plant in Asian

27.06.2005 - Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation announced today at the Chinaplas 2005 in Guangzhou, China, that it will strategically invest in a new 20,000 ton facility in the Asia/Pacific region. The new world-scale plant will increase global GUR® ultra high molecular weight polyethylene...

Rhodia Polyamide: Groundbreaking of 40 000 tons PA-Plant in China

31.05.2005 - This new facility reinforces Rhodia Polyamide’s commitment to growth in China and more generally in Asia. It is the second plant built in Asia by the company since 2003, bringing the company’s Asian production up to 80 000 T. Rhodia Polyamide will have there the expertise to produce the full spectrum...

PolyOne introduces a new range of masterbatch for Biodegradable Polymers

26.05.2005 - There is a growing demand for biodegradable products, with both industry and consumers looking for biodegradable alternatives to conventional plastic polymers. Committed to keeping up with the latest developments in the market, PolyOne (www.polyone.com) has developed a range of masterbatch products...

Dow Europe announces price increase for polyethylene resins

22.04.2005 - Given the improved demand for Dow polyethylene resins and the continuous high prices of raw material and energy costs, Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase across the European region for all polyethylene resins. This price increase is in line with the price increase announced for the month...

Great Lakes increases prices of all bromine-based flame retardants

29.03.2005 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (www.greatlakes.com) announced it will increase prices worldwide on Firemaster® 550/552 flame retardants, Tetrabromophthalic anhydride and Tetrabromophthalic anhydride (PHT-4™) derivatives by $0.10/lb. Additionally, the company will increase prices on all other brominated...

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