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Borealis: Pioneering polypropylene solutions for automotive engineering

16.03.2011 - Pioneering developments in high performance polypropylenes (PP) under the bonnet and on the vehicle exterior take centre stage on Borealis and Borouge will present at conference “Plastics in Automotive Engineering”. Exhibited will the glass-reinforced PP air intake manifold (AIM) now fitted to all 1.4...

Oxea: Price Increases for Amines, Polyoles and Carboxylic Acids

16.03.2011 - Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on the products below effective April 1, 2011, or as contracts allow.

Bayer MaterialScience to invest Euro 100 million in Germany

14.03.2011 - MDI plant Brunsbüttel: rise of production capacity to 420,000 metric tons a year Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest roughly €100 million in the expansion of the high-tech production plant for MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) at the Bayer Brunsbüttel Industrial Park in Germany. The project is...

LANXESS to expand global production network for high-tech plastics

10.03.2011 - LANXESS is expanding its global production network for high-tech plastics. The specialty chemical company broke ground today on a new compounding facility in the United States. Additionally, LANXESS and U.S. chemical company DuPont will double the capacity of their joint compounding facility in Hamm-Uentrop,...

S+S: VTC group in Munich acquires a 70 percent interest

10.03.2011 - The ownership of S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH in Schönberg has changed. With effect from from 1 January 2011 the Munich based VTC Group has acquired a 70 percent interest in the business. The objective of the acquisition for the previous shareholders is to ensure the successful growth...

Bayer MaterialScience develops innovative method for incorporating fillers into reactive polyurethane blends

09.03.2011 - With the Solid Injection by Air Stream (SIA) method from Bayer MaterialScience, the solids are transported in a gas stream and only injected into the mixing chamber during the blending phase. This method opens up entirely new possibilities for the use of composite materials, regardless of whether they...

Coperion: Large order for 100 million Euros by Borouge

08.03.2011 - Coperion GmbH landed the biggest single contract in the company´s history with a volume of 100 million Euros in the fourth quarter of 2010. The company was contracted by Borouge, a Joint Venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Borealis, to build the entire materials handling systems for...

BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives in Europe

07.03.2011 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the following products: 1,4 Butanediol (BDO): +200 EUR/mt Tetrahydrofuran (THF): +250 EUR/mt Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHFR): +300 EUR/mt N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP): +200...

DuPont: High performance polymers for use in medical devices

07.03.2011 - Specific grades of DuPont engineering polymers that meet demanding requirements for use in medical equipment form the focal point of the company’s exhibit on stand 4538 at Medtec Europe 2011 in Stuttgart (22 - 24 March 2011). The availability of these specialty health care grades broadens the choice...

Coperion: RotorCheck protects both rotary valve and product

07.03.2011 - Coperion GmbH presented its patented RotorCheck system at K 2010. As a demonstration model on Coperion’s exhibition stand B33 in Hall 14 showed, the RotorCheck system is based on a monitoring device that detects any metallic contact between the rotor and the housing. This contact may result either from...

Baerlocher announces price increases on its Baeropan range of PVC stabilisers

04.03.2011 - Baerlocher announced that effective from March 1st 2011, it will increase prices on its Baeropan range of products. These increases being necessary to recover significant increases in key raw materials. "Global demand for our feedstocks, from traded commodities, as well as fat and oil based derivatives,...

ILLIG: Hygienic Packaging of Dairy Products Coupled with Brilliant Decoration

03.03.2011 - At this year´s Interpack, Düsseldorf, May 12 – 18, ILLIG will present innovative and economical technology concepts for food packs manufactured by thermoforming in Hall 11, Stand C54. The newly designed FSL 48 form, fill and seal line will be presented there for the first time. It is suitable to meet...

Coperion: Separators now accommodate plastics processors’ needs

01.03.2011 - At International Plastics Fair in Duesseldorf (K 2010) Coperion GmbH presented its extended range of separators and elutriators for the cleaning and dedusting of bulk materials. As one of the exhibits, the newly developed HFS Horizontal Fluidbed Separator was shown. These efficient, space-saving separators...

BASF increases prices of antioxidants and process stabilizers for plastic applications

28.02.2011 - Effective today, or as contracts allow, BASF increases prices globally of antioxidants and process stabilizers for plastic applications by 5-10%, depending on the product. These increases are in addition to the increases announced in December, says the the company. The price increase is necessary...

LANXESS to increase prices for its Baypren (CR) products

28.02.2011 - The Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS announces a price increase for its Baypren branded Chloroprene business – depending on region – for up to € 300/mt (or US$ 400/mt). Reason being the continued high level of feedstock and energy prices as well...

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