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BASF: Price increase for butanediol and its derivatives in Europe

30.11.2010 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the following products: • 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) +120 EUR/mt • Tetrahydrofuran (THF) +120 EUR/mt • Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF®) for non-fiber applications +120 EUR/mt • N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone...

BASF and INEOS to establish a new leading global styrenics company called Styrolution

30.11.2010 - BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and INEOS Industries Holdings Limited (Lyndhurst, UK) have announced their intention to combine their global business activities in styrene monomers (SM), polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), styrene-butadiene block copolymers (SBC) and other styrene-based...

INEOS Films becomes Bilcare Research as of 1st December 2010

30.11.2010 - INEOS Films Group announced yesterday the completion of its legal name change. With effect of 1st December 2010 INEOS Films will become Bilcare Research. “The existing portfolios of Bilcare Films and Foils and INEOS Films will be merged into the new group, which will become a full range solution...

EPRO: TEFAL wins „Best Recycled Product” for 2010 with Enjoy Kitchen Tools

30.11.2010 - EPRO (European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations) has awarded Enjoy Kitchen Tools, manufactured by TEFAL - SAS, France as this years winner. Following the success of the first Best Recycled Product Competition in 2009, earlier this year, EPRO invited the plastics industry...

BASF increases prices for certain polyalcohols in Europe

29.11.2010 - BASF is increasing the prices of the polyalcohols neopentylglycol (NPG), trimethylolpropane (TMP), 1,6-hexanediol (HDO), epsilon-caprolactone (CLO), with immediate effect or as existing contracts permit in Europe. • Neopentylglycol (NPG): +100 EUR/mt • Trimethylolpropane (TMP): +100 EUR/mt • 1,6-Hexanediol...

Arburg: Senior partner Karl Hehl dies

29.11.2010 - On the evening of 24 November 2010, Karl Hehl, senior partner at Arburg GmbH + Co KG, died unexpectedly at the age of 87. Until recently he played an active role as an advisory partner, making a significant contribution to the family-run company. He used his ingenuity and foresight to make Arburg a...

FORD to use TPU from Merquinsa

29.11.2010 - Merquinsa, specialized in TPU, announced that Ford Motor Company, Inc. has chosen to collaborate with Merquinsa and its Pearlthane® ECO thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) for an automotive industry first in its use of bio-based thermoplastic polyurethanes. The Lincoln MKZ tambour console tambour door...

DSM Engineering Plastics + K.D. Feddersen: Distribution Agrrement to strengthen presence in Danish Marketplace

24.11.2010 - DSM Engineering Plastics and K.D. Feddersen have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales of DSM Engineering Plastics resins in Denmark. The move is designed to strengthen the position of DSM Engineering Plastics in the Danish market, where the company...

Netzsch-Gerätebau: Thermal Properties of Polymer Materials at a Glance

24.11.2010 - In the manufacturing and processing of thermoplastics, elastomers, rubbers and thermosetting materials, knowledge of their thermal properties is very important. Various thermal analysis methods are employed by manufacturers, processors and users in areas such as materials development, incoming goods...

Bayer MaterialScience announces price increase for thermoplastic polyurethane resins in Asia Pacific

24.11.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience has announced a price increase of USD 0.35 per kilogram on TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) resins effective December 1, 2010. The increase will affect all TPU products in the Asia Pacific region, including Desmopan®, Texin®, U-Flex® and Utechllan®, as the company explained....

LANXESS: Price adjustment for engineering plastics

24.11.2010 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is to increase its prices for Pocan in Europe, the Middle East and Africa effective December 1, 2010. The Semi-Crystalline Products business unit announced that the price increase will be at least EUR 0.20 per kg for Pocan Compounds (Polybutylenterephthalate Compounds)....

DSM announces price increase for Neoxil® range of Sizing & Binders

23.11.2010 - DSM Composite Resins, a global leader in Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPR), is increasing the price of its complete range of Neoxil® Sizings & Binders by 15% with effect of January 1, 2011. “The continuous rise of raw material costs, energy and transportation costs in the last two years in combination...

Bayer MaterialScience develops raw materials for wound dressings

23.11.2010 - Baymedix™ FR is a new range of raw materials for functional medical wound dressings developed by Bayer MaterialScience that not only help wounds to heal but also make innovative designs possible. The dressings are based on polyurethane foams with a specific combination of properties and can be combined...

Dow: Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

22.11.2010 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern, and African regions. Effective December 1, 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density...

Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG presents GK LIPfibre mould technology

19.11.2010 - Lightweight design, the future technology: Enormous response from automotive and aviation industries At the K 2010, Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG, Busslingen/Switzerland, made the public début of its newly developed moulding technology GK LIPfibre (Georg Kaufmann Lightweight Integrated Process fibre)....

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