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LANXESS to acquire DSM Elastomers

14.12.2010 - LANXESS and Dutch company Royal DSM N.V. have reached an agreement in principle involving the sale of DSM Elastomers to LANXESS for EUR 310 million on a cash and debt-free basis. DSM Elastomers produces the synthetic rubber ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) under the brand name Keltan. The...

Delphi presents award to Arburg Brazil for excellent co-operation

14.12.2010 - On 9 November 2010, the IXth Delphi Convention was held in São Paulo. The leading global supplier of mobile electronics and transport systems for the automotive sector bestowed the award on the Brazilian Arburg subsidiary for its role as an outstanding supplier in South America. “We are extremely...

DSM announces price increase for its complete Unsaturated Polyester/Vinyl ester resin portfolio

14.12.2010 - DSM Composite Resins, a global leader in Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPR), is increasing the price of its complete portfolio of resins produced and sold as from January 10th 2011. Due to increased raw materials cost and higher feed stock prices, the price of DSM Composite Resins’s Unsaturated Polyester...

Brückner: New BOPP film production line for Poland

10.12.2010 - Following the K show in Düsseldorf Flexpol Sp. z.o.o., Polish plastics film producer, and Brückner Maschinenbau agreed to finalize the contract for a 6.6 m wide BOPP film production line, announced Brückner. This investment will help Flexpol to capture the challenging specialty film market. Equipped...

Mold-Masters: Hot Runner Specialist appoints William Barker as CEO

10.12.2010 - Mold-Masters®, a global leader in hot runner technology, recently announced that William (Bill) Barker has joined the company, effective December 6, 2010, as Chief Executive Officer of the Mold-Masters Group of Companies. Mr. Barker brings over 20 years of experience as a CEO/General Manager of high...

Tosaf: New, highly efficient antifog masterbatches for food packaging films

09.12.2010 - Tosaf presents newly developed, highly efficient antifog masterbatches for transparent polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) food packaging films, announced the company. AF5979PE and AF4953LL prevent formation of water droplets on complex multilayer PE films. These masterbatches do not impact film...

VDMA: Russia an Important Market for Plastics and Rubber Machinery

09.12.2010 - German Exports to Russia during the current period (January to October 2010) only reached a value of 76.6 Mio. EUR, which is a decline in shipments of 20.7 % compared to the same period in 2009. Russia stays on third place in the list of the most important destinations for German plastics and rubber...

DSM Engineering Plastics: Global price increase for Akulon PA compounds

08.12.2010 - DSM has announced its intention to increase prices for its Akulon® PA6 and PA66 compounds. This increase, which will be effective immediately, is to offset continued escalations in the costs of key raw materials. While DSM Engineering Plastics continues to pursue and implement cost savings initiatives...

M-Base will present CAMPUS® to the Russian Market

07.12.2010 - At Interplastica 2011, CAMPUS, the most successful international plastics database, will be presented to the Russian market. CAMPUS is driven by a group of international resin suppliers and access to qualified end users is free. CAMPUS contains exclusively comparable data, measured according to ISO...

EuPC: Material shortages still hitting plastics converters

07.12.2010 - ´Plastics processors in Europe are still suffering despite improvements in overall business conditions´, said Alexandre Dangis, speaking about the mounting raw material cost increases sustained by Europe´s plastics processors. The head of the industry´s Brussels organisation, European Plastics Converters...

Bodo Möller Chemie: Partnership with BASF extended to Poland

07.12.2010 - Since 1972 Bodo Möller Chemie was distributing additives and pigments to the lacquer and plastic industries for Ciba-Geigy and later on for Ciba-Spezialitätenchemie. After the integration of Ciba to BASF, this partnership has now been extended. From 1st December on, Bodo Möller Chemie Polska will sell...

Evonik: Price Increase for Carbon Black Rubber grades

07.12.2010 - Evonik Carbon Black GmbH, subsidiary of Evonik Industries, Essen, is increasing prices for Carbon Black Rubber grades CORAX®, DUREX®, ECORAX® & PUREX® by 100,-€/ton in Europe and neighboring countries. The price increase will be effective for all deliveries on or after January 1, 2011. Evonik Carbon...

Instron: New Universal Pendulum Impact Tester for Instrumented and Non-instrumented Testing

07.12.2010 - CEAST 9050 is Instron’s newly developed Universal Pendulum Impact Tester for non-instrumented and semiautomatic instrumented testing at impact energies ranging from 0.5 J to 50 J. The system´s solid monolithic cast-iron frame supports all attachments required for testing. The frame design dampens vibrations,...

Clariant: New Head of Group Communications & Investor Relations

06.12.2010 - Clariant has decided to consolidate the functions “Group Communications” and “Investor Relations” into one single department “Group Communications & Investor Relations”. Ulrich Steiner, currently Head of Investor Relations, has been appointed Head of Group Communications & Investor Relations as of January...

Clariant: Polymer Additives Business increases prices

03.12.2010 - Clariant´s Business Line Polymer Additives today announced global price increases of between 5 and 15% for its grades for plastics. The price adjustments are necessary to compensate for significant increases in raw material and transportation costs, alongside continuing high energy costs. “We...

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