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Muffler-Plastic and Kaufmann give practical demonstration of Varysoft® process

11.05.2010 - On a recent Technology Day, the German firm of Muffler-Plastic GmbH, Pfullendorf, gave around 50 visitors from the automotive industry a practical demonstration of the Varysoft® process developed by the Swiss firm of Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG, Busslingen. Varysoft® is a process for the back moulding...

REACH Workable Solution for Plastics Recyclers

10.05.2010 - The European Plastics Converters (EuPC), the European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR), PlasticsEurope and Vinyl 2010 have officially launched the Safety Datasheets for Recyclates project (in short SDS-R). The background is the European chemical legislation REACH that requires an information exchange between...

Evonik Industries to expand PLEXIGLAS® molding compound capacities in Asia substantially

07.05.2010 - In Asia, Evonik Industries will be expanding its production capacities for PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) molding compounds substantially up into the second half of 2011. "We´re registering remarkable growth rates for our PMMA business in Asia," explained Dr. Wolfgang Pöffel, who manages the Molding...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for aliphatic isocyanates

07.05.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising its selling prices for aliphatic isocyanates in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region by between 6 and 8 percent with immediate effect. This price increase affects the monomeric diisocyanates HDI (hexamethylene diisocyanate), IPDI (isophorone diisocyanate)...

Coperion: Focus on extrusion lines for the pharmaceutical industry

06.05.2010 - “Pharmaceutical Hot Melt Extrusion” Congress At its in-house congress on “Pharmaceutical Hot Melt Extrusion”, held on April 15, 2010, Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, provided around 100 guests from the pharmaceutical industry with a compact overview of this special, rapidly growing application....

DSM Composite Resins announces price increase of its complete portfolio

05.05.2010 - DSM Composite Resins, a global leader in Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPR), is increasing the price of its complete portfolio of resins produced and sold with immediate effect. Michael Effing, President of DSM Composite Resins, states that the increase is "due to tight supply situation, force majeure...

Pallmann: Economical Reintroduction of Film waste into the Production Cycle

05.05.2010 - Film waste arises in the most different types and shapes. The waste ranges from thick PVC, - PE- and polyester film up to PP- and thin polyester film, stretched on both sides. Piles, packages, bales and edge trimmings, roles and sheets, continuous and discontinuous, clean or soiled. The processing steps...

LANXESS: 100,000 tons of high-tech plastics in Wuxi

04.05.2010 - On April 24 this year LANXESS Semi-Crystalline Products business unit reached a milestone when production of high-tech plastics at the company’s compounding facility in Wuxi, China passed the 100,000-ton mark, announced LANXESS. The facility, which has been in operation since January 2006, compounds...

LyondellBasell Emerges from Chapter 11 Protection

03.05.2010 - LyondellBasell at last Friday announced that the company has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company´s Plan of Reorganization was confirmed last week by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York with the approval of an overwhelming majority of the voting...

Borealis successfully launched inaugural bond

03.05.2010 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, has successfully launched its inaugural bond in Austria. The initially planned amount of EUR 100 million was increased to EUR 200 million as the market reacted very positively to the offer. Borealis will use the additional funds...

BASF: Strong start to 2010

03.05.2010 - BASF’s business continued to develop favorably in the first quarter of 2010. In conjunction with the recovery of the economy and some restocking of inventories by customers, demand has risen strongly in almost all divisions. At the same time, some chemical products were in short supply. Thanks to these...

Evonik: Extended shutdown at Methacrylates Verbund in Worms

03.05.2010 - During the scheduled plant revision unforeseen technical problems in the sulphuric acid plant occurred that will force Evonik Röhm GmbH to extend the shutdown by probably four weeks. As the sulphuric acid plant is an important part of Evonik´s Methacrylates Verbund this will clearly impact the availability...

Klöckner Pentaplast: Plans to invest in new European capacity announced

30.04.2010 - The management of the Klöckner Pentaplast Group announced recently that the company plans to further enhance its production capabilities and product quality in the European market with a €40 Mio ($54 Mio) investment in new state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment. This business decision allows kp to...

DuPont: Price increase for Elvax® and Elvaloy® AC resins

30.04.2010 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is announcing a price increase for Europe, Middle East and Africa of 0.15 Euro/kg for its DuPont™ Elvax® (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers) and DuPont™ Elvaloy® AC (ethylene acrylate copolymers) resins, effective May 1st, 2010 or as contracts permit. This increase...

Trevira developing well

30.04.2010 - For Trevira GmbH the first quarter of the business year 2010 has been very positive. “We are pleased with the present developments, which are exceeding our forecasts“, comments CEO Uwe Wöhner on the figures. Confidence in the company shown by customers and business partners rests on a very solid base....

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