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Evonik: Divestment of carbon black business

02.08.2011 - Evonik Industries successfully completed the divestment of its carbon black activities on July 29, 2011. The new owners are the investors Rhône Capital and Triton Partners. Including the assumption of certain obligations, the transaction is valued at over €900 million. The carbon black business generated...

LANXESS to increase prices for its Baypren (CR) products

01.08.2011 - DThe 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 200 Euro/mt (or US$ 300/mt). Subject to the terms of any applicable contracts and regulations, price increases...

Nova-Institut: Fourth German WPC Congress to Break Records

01.08.2011 - Growth trend of Wood Plastic Composites (WPC) continues at a double-digit rate. Market players’ power of innovation has been proven to be a reliable door-opener to new applications and markets. But what moves this industry What are existing barriers and how can they be overcome The Fourth German WPC...

Krones: Healthy rise in earnings during the first half of 2011

29.07.2011 - During the first half of 2011, Krones AG, producer for beverage filling and packaging technology, achieved significant increases in all important ratios compared with the preceding year. The company has been profiting from the cyclical upturn and the extensive initiatives, like more efficient production...

Kreyenborg: Further expanding - new office in Malaysia

27.07.2011 - Due to the positive development in this area in recent years, it was simply a logical decision to establish a new representative office. The new office, which will be company-owned, will focus on sales and after sales service in the Asean region in order to serve the customers better and faster. The...

Bilcare Solutions: Price increase for rigid plastic films

26.07.2011 - Bilcare Solutions, the Films business of the Bilcare Research Group, which is specialised in the manufacturing of highly developed and refined rigid plastic films, announces a price increase of at least 5% for the third quarter of 2011. "Within the past months the prices for raw materials and additives,...

LANXESS: Partnership with Chinese tire company Triangle strengthened

26.07.2011 - German specialty chemicals company LANXESS and one of China’s largest tire companies Triangle Group have further strengthened their long-term partnership. Both companies have signed an agreement under which LANXESS will supply Triangle with premium halobutyl rubbers from 2012 to 2014. Financial details...

Radici Plastics: Recognition as a top supplier by Robert Bosch GmbH

25.07.2011 - One of the Bosch Supplier Awards in the Materials and Components category has been presented to RadiciGroup Plastics, the only Italian company to be recognized as a top supplier for 2009-2010 by Robert Bosch GmbH. The giant German multinational is a leader in the supply of technology and services to...

Engel: Training on Injection Moulding – Measuring the Success

20.07.2011 - Engel has come up two new offers that address this requirement and, at the same time, shed light on the effectiveness of training services. A uniformly high standard of training programmes around the world is guaranteed by a quality assurance system. Year after year, some 3,000 employees from plastics...

LPKF: 10 Years of Laser Plastic Welding

18.07.2011 - An outstanding example of close co-operation between science and busi-ness: the Laser Welding Division of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG (LPKF) celebrates its 10th anniversary in July. In 2001, LPKF and former staff of the Bavarian laser centre established LaserQuipment AG, which subse-quently merged in...

Pallmann appoints Sales Manager in China

15.07.2011 - Pallmann, a world-leading German company in size reduction technology, has announced the appointment of Jie Tang as its Sales Manager in China. As of June 1, Jie Tang is in charge of all Pallmann’s sales for the product areas Plastic, Process and Recycling in the Chinese market. Pallmann now has ten...

Petcore + EuPR: PET collection figures for 2010 published - European PET bottle collection increases by more than 6%

12.07.2011 - Petcore and EuPR announced at the end of last week that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.45 million tonnes in 2010, an increase of 6.5% on 2009. The overall collection rate in 2010 remained at 48.3% of all PET bottles on the market. Blowmoulding outlets grew with more than 25% of...

Borealis announces new leadership in its Film & Fibre and Moulding Business

11.07.2011 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces the appointment of Rainer Höfling, as Vice President Business Unit Moulding as of July 1, 2011 following Thierry Chevrier who has been appointed Vice President for the Business Unit Film & Fibre, effective July 1,...

DuPont: Toyota Adopts Renewably Sourced DuPont™ Sorona® EP Polymer For New Hybrid ’Prius á’ Vehicle

11.07.2011 - As DuPont announced Toyota’s new hybrid vehicle, “Prius á” (Prius alpha), features automotive interior parts made of DuPont™ Sorona® EP polymer, a high-performance, renewably sourced thermoplastic resin, contributing to the advanced interior design while also reducing the environmental footprint. Toyota...

Sika acquires contract manufacturer in Switzerland

08.07.2011 - Sika AG, headquartered in Baar, is acquiring Biro Edwin Bischof AG, the Romanshorn-based plastic products manufacturer with strong skills in multi-component injection moulding. Biro Edwin Bischof AG produces components for the European automotive industry on behalf of Sika, including sound absorbing...

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