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DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers adjusts ECP and PVA/PVOH prices

23.09.2005 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP, www.dupont.com) is increasing its prices for both its ethylene copolymer (ECP) product line and all grades of DuPont™ Elvanol® polyvinyl alcohol (PVA/PVOH). The increases for its ECP product line will range from 0.13 €/kg - 0.22 €/kg, effective between 15th...

Ticona increases prices for polymers

23.09.2005 - Further rise in raw materials, energy and freight costs Effective from October 17, 2005, Ticona (www.ticona.com), the technical polymers business of Celanese Corporation, is increasing the prices of polyacetal, polyester products (PET, PBT, blends, and elastomers), and long-glass-fiber-reinforced...

Rhodia Polyamide becomes first European producer of Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) staple fibres

21.09.2005 - Rhodia Polyamide announces the launch of new Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) staple fibres based on Ticona’s Fortron® PPS polymer. This partnership allows Rhodia Polyamide to become the first European producer to offer PPS staple fibres. Specially designed for applications needing high temperature stability,...

J&A Plastics: Standard ware plus customer-specific modifications are the trend

06.09.2005 - The trend is clearly towards customer-specific modification of a standard composition, developed in Germany and produced abroad. In response to the demands of globally active plastics processors, the niche and specialist provider, J&A Plastics (www.j-a.de), has extended the product range of its quality...

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...

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