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

05.06.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe yesterday announced price increases for all CALIBRE™ polycarbonate products and EMERGE™ polycarbonate compound & blends products. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the June contract and spot prices for these products...

BASF raises global prices for isophorone diamine

04.06.2012 - BASF is raising global its prices for isophorone diamine (IPDA) by €150 per metric ton, or by the corresponding amount in local currency, effective immediately or as existing contracts permit. The IPDA specialty amine is valued as a curing agent for epoxy resins and as an isocyanate crosslinking...

Lanxess investing in its French production site for tire rubbers

31.05.2012 - Specialty chemicals group Lanxess is investing in its production site for high-performance rubber in Port Jérôme, France, announced the company. The Group plans to invest some EUR 30 million by 2015 to further enhance productivity and energy efficiency. Lanxess produces the high-performance rubbers...

Evonik: Price increase for PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID® molding compounds

31.05.2012 - Effective immediately, Evonik Industries is increasing the prices for all molding compounds sold under the trademarks PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID®. As far as permissible under existing agreements the increase will amount to 0.15 € per kilogram. The reason for this step is the continued escalation of...

Kraton Polymers: Price increase for European SIS and SIBS polymers and compounds

31.05.2012 - Kraton Polymers LLC (together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, "Kraton"), a global producer of styrenic block copolymers or "SBCs," announced a general price increase in Europe, Africa and the Middle East of Euro 250/MT for all Kraton SIS and SIBS polymers and compounds. Subject to the...

ECOplast: PHB for Car Interiors

18.05.2012 - PHB is the most abundant member of the PHA family. It is a crystalline biopolyester with thermoplastic properties. Biomer has developed a number of PHB formulations for technical applications. However their fogging behavior and volatile emissions prevent their use in the car interior. In the joint...

Celanese announces emulsions price increase

18.05.2012 - 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 emulsions sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by up to € 80/MT effective June 1, 2012, or as contracts allow. This...

Starlinger: Stretch Film Recycling - Live Demonstration in the Course of the AMI Stretch & Shrink Film 2012 Conference

09.05.2012 - On April 26, 2012, headline sponsor Starlinger recycling technology hosted a visit to their Technical Center in Weissenbach, Austria, as part of the programme of AMI’s Stretch & Shrink Film conference. This event, established as a forum for the international stretch and shrink film industry, is classified...

Styron: Price increases for polystyrene and copolymers in Europe

08.05.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced price increases for all polystyrene and copolymer grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the May contract and spot prices for the products listed below, will increase as follows: • STYRON™ general purpose...

A. Schulman: ICO Polymers Specialty Powders production now operating at full capacity in Gorla, Italy

03.05.2012 - In 2010, A. Schulman – a global supplier of engineering compounds, masterbatches and standard polymers purchased ICO Polymers, a global manufacturer of specialty powders. To optimize ICO´s production capabilities in Europe, A. Schulman decided to relocate the production facility in Italy from Verolanuova...

Songwon: Global price increases for the range of plastic additives

30.04.2012 - Songwon Industrial Group, a leading developer and manufacturer of polymer additives, will increase global prices of its Songnox® Antioxidants, Songlight® and Songsorb® UV Stabilizers, Songstab™ Acid Scavengers as well as of its range of aminic antioxidants by 8% effective on orders invoiced on or after...

Husky completes sale of Injectoplast to Alpla

24.04.2012 - Husky Injection Molding Systems yesterday announced it has completed the sale of Injectoplast, the former closure injection molding operation of KTW, to Alpla Holding GmbH (A-6971 Hard, Austria). The sale agreement was announced January 24, 2012 (see also plasticker-News, dated 2012-01-24). Injectoplast...

Illig received „Dairy Technology Award 2012“

24.04.2012 - At this year´s Anuga FoodTec, Cologne, Illig, the thermoforming specialist, received the “Dairy Technology Award 2012“ on March 28. The price donated by “Molkerei-Industrie” and "IDM International Dairy Magazine" magazines as well as “Verein der Ahlemer Ingenieure” acknowledges successful realization...

Styron: Broad customer support for timing change proposal for PS contract pricing settlement in Europe

24.04.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH announced recently that it has secured the endorsement of more than 20 of its key customers to change the timing for settling monthly contract pricing for polystyrene in Europe. As opposed to other products in the Plastics industry or regions of the world which settle prices early...

Bilcare Solutions increases films prices

23.04.2012 - Bilcare Solutions, the films business of the Bilcare Research Group, specialised in the manufacturing of highly developed and refined rigid plastic films, increases films prices with immediate effect. „The continuous pricing dynamics for raw materials are connected with significant cost increases...

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