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MAUSER adjusts Prices for HDPE components in Europe to compensate for cost increases

27.06.2011 - To manage the on-going increase for HDPE, MAUSER is obliged to ask all customers of HDPE components (Plastic packaging, and plastic parts of MAUSER IBCs) to accept a price increase of € 50/ton for HDPE. The new prices should be effective as of June 15th, 2011, or as contracts allow. All existing...

LANXESS: Subsidiary Perlon-Monofil to raise prices for synthetic monofilaments

21.06.2011 - Owing to continued steep rises in energy and raw material costs, from July 1, 2011, Perlon-Monofil GmbH is to raise its prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments by at least €0.40 per kilogram depending on the field of application and grade, announced the company. Perlon-Monofil GmbH is one of...

Wittmann Battenfeld: Danish agency has a new owner

17.06.2011 - Jesper Skaarup is the new owner and Managing Director of the WITTMANN agency in Denmark. The official takeover of the agency took place on May 6 of this year. WITTMANN BATTENFELD ApS in Fredensborg, Denmark was taken over by a new owner on May 6 of this year. Jesper Skaarup acquired the agency from...

Wittmann Battenfeld: Medals for MicroPower

17.06.2011 - WITTMANN BATTENFELD has received an award in the category „machines and equipment for plastics processing“ at the Plastpol, the International Fair for Plastics Processing, which took place from May 24 to 27 in Kielce, Poland. WITTMANN BATTENFELD’s overriding theme at this year’s Plastpol was the...

BKG: Specialist for underwater pelletizing systems grows again

15.06.2011 - BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH, a member of the KREYENBORG Group, Muenster, Germany, is pleased to announce that expansion of our Muenster facilities is being carried out. A completely new level has been added to our headquarter offices. The building has been increased from 2 floors...

BASF to expand its compounding capacity for the engineering plastics Ultramid and Ultradur in Europe

15.06.2011 - BASF is increasing its compounding capacities for the engineering plastics Ultramid ® (polyamide ) and Ultradur ® (PBT: polybutylene terephthalate) at its Schwarzheide site by 10,000 metric tons per year. This is a first step within the scope of the capacity expansions that are planned in view of the...

Erema: Record orders in the 2010/2011 fiscal year

14.06.2011 - EREMA, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, ended its 2010/2011 fiscal year on 31 March this year once again with record figures: consolidated sales achieved by the EREMA Group – comprising EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H., Ansfelden with its subsidiaries...

interpack 2014: Dates fixed for interpack 2014

10.06.2011 - The next interpack will take place three years from now, from 8 to 14 May 2014, at the Düsseldorf trade fair centre. Companies wishing to participate as exhibitors can register from autumn 2012 onwards. The official deadline for registration will be in spring 2013, the exact date to be announced in...

Styron Europe GmbH seeks HIPS/GPPS price differential of 150 Euro per metric ton

09.06.2011 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe target a price differential of 150 Euro per metric ton to offset the price difference of raw materials for HIPS versus GPPS. HIPS (high impact polystyrene) resins differentiate from GPPS (general purpose polystyrene) resins by addition of polybutadiene...

Styron: Price Increases for ABS, PP Compounds and Ignition Resistant Polystyrene in North America

08.06.2011 - Effective June 1, 2011, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron LLC and Styron ULC has increased the selling price of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Polypropylene (PP) Compounds and Ignition Resistant Polystyrene in North America as follows: • MAGNUM™ ABS Resins: $0.10 USD/lb. • INSPIRE™...

Coperion: Treffert starts operation of three new ZSK twin screw extruders

07.06.2011 - Only a few days ago, Treffert GmbH & Co. KG, Bingen/Germany, received three new ZSK MEGAcompounders with 26 mm screw diameter from Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, and has already commissioned them. With these latest additions to its production set-up, Treffert now operates...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: New PET production plant for SKC Co., Ltd.

06.06.2011 - SKC Co., Ltd. and Uhde Inventa-Fischer have signed a contract for the supply of a plant for the production of high-quality PET for the manufacture of films in Jincheon, Republic of Korea. The plant will have two lines with production capacities of 144,000 and 54,000 tonnes of resin a year. The commissioning...

LANXESS: prices increase for HNBR rubber and chloroprene rubber

06.06.2011 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has adjusted its prices for its HNBR rubber Therban effective June 1, 2011. Depending on the region, the prices are rising by up to EUR 1,300 per metric ton (USD 2,000 per metric ton). At the same time, the price for Baypren chloroprene rubber is increasing by...

BASF increases prices for additives and pigments for plastic applications

01.06.2011 - BASF increases prices globally for antioxidants and process stabilizers for plastic applications up to 15 percent, in selected cases up to 25 percent and for selected products across the portfolio of additives and pigments for plastic applications up to 25 percent. New prices are effective for deliveries...

DuPont Performance Polymers announces price increases

01.06.2011 - DuPont Performance Polymers announces price increases effective June 15th or as contracts allow in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The demand for plastics and rubber materials is rising. This creates tightness in materials availability and costs of key ingredients are rapidly increasing, says the...

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