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LANXESS: On expansion course in India - Groundbreaking for high-tech plastics facilities

13.01.2011 - LANXESS is continuing the expansion of its Indian production site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state. The specialty chemicals group broke ground for new compounding facilities with an initial capacity of 20,000 metric tons per year. These facilities will start producing the high-tech plastics Durethan (polyamide)...

RIGK: Despite considerable increase in transportation costs: Fees for RIGK customers decrease or remain constant

13.01.2011 - The customers of RIGK GmbH/Germany can look forward to constant or even decreasing fees for 2011, depending on the plastic packaging to be returned and recovered. Accordingly, fees for 2011 have been reduced by 10 Euros per tonne for PE and PP plastic sheet sacks, as classified by categories 1 to 6...

Evonik: Price Increase Carbon Black Pigment Grades & Pigment Black Preparations

12.01.2011 - Evonik Carbon Black GmbH, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries, Essen, is increasing prices for Carbon Black Pigment grades and Pigment Black Preparations by up to 10 % for deliveries to locations in Europe, Asia and RoW. The price increase will be effective for all deliveries on or after February...

Bodo Möller Chemie: Extension of the partnership with Spolchemie

12.01.2011 - Since 2005, Bodo Möller Chemie has been distributing Spolchemie epoxy resins in Germany. From now on, Bodo Möller Chemie will also distribute Spolchemie alkyd resins recently taken over by Spolchemie from DIC Performance Resins Vienna under a contractual joint venture. Thus Bodo Möller Chemie will...

Morssinkhof Rymoplast bought back Egeria shares

11.01.2011 - Morssinkhof Rymoplast announced that the Morssinkhof family has bought back the shares owned by the Dutch private equity firm Egeria. Morssinkhof Rymoplast is a leading European mechanical recycler of plastics with a history of more than 50 years. In recent years, the company has substantially grown...

Sumitomo Demag: Now with Asaf Industries Ltd in Israel

10.01.2011 - Since the merger between the injection moulding machine activities of Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) and those of the Demag Plastics Group in the spring of 2008 the Japanese-German machine builder domiciled in Schwaig has continually expanded its sales and service activities and aims to build up a...

EuPC: Italian ban on plastic bags

10.01.2011 - On January 1st 2011 Italian legislation banning the use of "non-biodegradable" plastic bags, entered into force. This ban has entered into force based on a communication of the Ministry for Environment. The Minister, Ms. Stefania Prestigiacomo, confirmed entry into force of the ban on 01/01/2011 and,...

Styron Europe: Price Increases for Polystyrene, ABS and SAN

23.12.2010 - Effective January 1, 2011, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe will increase the prices for all STYRON™ and STYRON A-TECH™ polystyrene grades, for all MAGNUM™ ABS resins and for all TYRIL™ SAN grades by 130 Euro per metric ton. These price increases...

BASF: Price increase for additives and pigments for plastic applications

22.12.2010 - Effective today, or as contracts allow, BASF increases prices globally for additives and pigments for plastic applications by a minimum of 7-25% depending on product class. Price increases will mainly apply to the following product classes: - Antioxidants and process stabilizers - Light stabilizers...

LANXESS to increase prices for its Baypren (CR) products

22.12.2010 - 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 € 400/mt (or US$ 500/mt). Reason being the continued high level of feedstock and energy prices as well...

Rhodia to accelarate its groth in India with the acquisition of PI Industries’ engineering plastics business

22.12.2010 - Rhodia announces the signing of a binding agreement to acquire PI Polymer, the engineering plastics business of the Indian company PI Industries Ltd. This transaction supports the Group’s ambition to attain more than 15% of market shares in the Indian polyamide compound market by 2015. “This acquisition...

ENGEL meets with great success in India

21.12.2010 - ENGEL INDIA records exceptionally high level of orders in the financial year 2009/2010, says the company. "Investments in high-quality machines are constantly increasing in India," reports Jitendra Devlia, Manager of ENGEL Machinery INDIA Pvt. Ltd. After the financial and economic crisis, India´s...

Evonik: Laurolactam capacity expansion successful

21.12.2010 - Essen, Germany-based Evonik Industries has succeeded in implementing the expansion of its laurolactam capacity in Marl, as had been announced for the fourth quarter in May 2010. Laurolactam is the starting material for polyamide 12, which the Group markets as a construction material and as a powder:...

EPRO: Statistics 2009 - Plastic packaging recycling surpass 30 percent

21.12.2010 - EU27+2 recycled 4.6m tonnes (2008: 4.5m), 30.3% (29%) of all its plastic packaging in 2009, easily surpassing the EU´s minimum target of 22.5%, says the annual report Plastics - The Facts 2010. This report has been produced in partnership between PlasticsEurope, EuPC, EuPR and EPRO. Energy recovery...

Songwon Group announces a positive performance for Q3 2010

20.12.2010 - Songwon Group, a leading global supplier of additives and other chemicals to the plastic industry, announces sales revenues close to 140 Billion KRW and a net profit of KRW 7.23 Billion for the third Quarter of 2010. Compared to the second Quarter of 2010, sales were slightly up, with a positive price...

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