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Celanese announces emulsions price increase in EMEA

21.03.2012 - Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company and a global leader in emulsion polymers, recently announced it will raise the price of all vinyl acetate based emulsions (vinyl acetate ethylene, vinyl acetate homopolymer and vinyl acetate copolymer emulsions) sold...

Lanxess: Rhein Chemie acquires U.S. bladder producer TCB

20.03.2012 - Lanxess is strengthening its position as a premium supplier to the tire industry. The specialty chemicals company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rhein Chemie has acquired USA-based Tire Curing Bladders LLC (TCB) - a leading manufacturer of bladders for the tire industry. Financial details were not disclosed....

BASF to increase prices for propionic acid in Europe

19.03.2012 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its European selling prices for propionic acid by 120 €/mt. BASF is a leading supplier of propionic acid. The major application of the organic acid is feed grain preservation. It is also widely used in the production of pharmaceuticals,...

EuPC: Plastics converters under raw materials cost pressure

16.03.2012 - Plastics converting companies have come under renewed pressure through increasing raw materials prices, says EuPC, the industry´s Brussels based body. ´There has been a sharp upswing in prices across the board for most polymers, commodity and engineering, and this is both seriously compromising processors...

BASF expands capacity for cyclohexane oxidation

15.03.2012 - BASF will increase its capacity for cyclohexane oxidation at its Antwerp Verbund site by about 50,000 tons per year. The total investment amounts to about €10 million. Cyclohexane oxidation products are important intermediates for caprolactam and adipic acid, starting materials for polyamide 6 (PA 6)...

Mauser: Price adjustment for HDPE and PP components in Europe

15.03.2012 - Effective as of March 1st, 2012 or as contracts allow, the Mauser Group increased its prices for plastic packaging and IBCs by € 150 / ton for recovering recent raw material price increases for HDPE and PP material. All contractual obligations will be honoured. Mauser Group is a worldwide leading...

DSM: Price increase for PA6 and PA66 compounds

14.03.2012 - To offset escalating material costs, DSM Engineering Plastics is to increase prices on a global basis for its Akulon PA6 and PA66 compounds. Effective 1 April 2012, DSM will increase prices by € 200/t in Europe and Asia Pacific Regions. Effective March 19 DSM will increase prices by $0.10/lb in North...

Lanxess increases prices for engineering plastics

14.03.2012 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG is to increase its prices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Durethan base resin, film and extrusion grades by Euro 0.13 per kilogram effective March 15, 2012. This price adjustment is due to significantly higher raw material and energy costs. The relevant...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Successful commissioning of polyamide 6 plant at Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation

13.03.2012 - In autumn 2011 the plant engineering company Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC) of Taiwan successfully commissioned a plant for the production of high-performance polyamide 6 for textile applications. The new plant is located to the south of Ho Chi Min City in Vietnam....

Kuraray: Expand of TROSIFOL film production in Troisdorf

12.03.2012 - Kuraray is planning to increase production capacity for TROSIFOL PVB film at its site in Troisdorf, near Cologne in Germany. The company announced to invest nearly EUR 20 million in an additional production line, which will increase capacity enormously when it comes on stream at year-end 2013. Kuraray...

Styron: Price increases for polycarbonate and PC compounds & blends in Europe

12.03.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all CALIBRE™ polycarbonate and EMERGE™ polycarbonate compound & blends products. Effective April 1, or as existing contract terms allow, the price for these products will rise by 250 Euro. This price increase...

Styron: Price increases for polystyrene and copolymers in Europe

07.03.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all polystyrene and copolymers grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: STYRON™ general purpose polystyrene...

Styron LLC: Price increase for ABS in the Americas

06.03.2012 - Effective April 1, 2012, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron LLC will increase the selling price of the following product in the Americas as follows: • MAGNUM™ ABS Resins: $.06 USD/lb. This responds to the escalation in key raw materials used in the manufacturing process of ABS and is...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Successful commissioning of a polyamide 6.6 plant at Huafon Group in Ruian, P.R. China

02.03.2012 - The engineering company Uhde Inventa-Fischer has successfully commissioned a plant for the production of polyamide 6.6 for its Chinese customer Huafon Group. The production plant has an annual capacity of 40,000 tonnes and is located at Huafon`s company headquarters in the city of Ruian in Zhejiang...

BASF to increase prices for extrusion and fiber polyamides in Europe

01.03.2012 - BASF will increase prices of its Ultramid® extrusion and fiber polyamides in Europe by € 150 per metric ton with immediate effect. The price adjustment is necessary due to the strong increase in raw material costs. BASF continues its efforts to offset rising costs in a difficult environment. However,...

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