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LANXESS: New Business Unit Head Semi-Crystalline Products

02.11.2010 - Dr. Michael Zobel has only been the new head of the Semi-Crystalline Products (SCP) business unit at specialty chemicals group LANXESS since mid of October. He succeeds Dr. Hubert Fink, who will take over as head of LANXESS’ Basic Chemicals business unit January 1, 2011. Michael Zobel was born in...

LANXESS invests EUR 9 million to expand EVM production

29.10.2010 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is to expand annual production capacity at its Dormagen site for its ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVM) line sold under the product brands Levapren and Levamelt by 30 percent to 15,000 metric tons. The new capacities are due to be available from the second half...

FKuR + Synbra: New generation PLA compounds

29.10.2010 - FKuR and Synbra realise the opportunities of the new PLA generation: GMO free and heat resistant. After first concluding highly promising development work FKuR has started systematic tests with Synbra´s second generation PLA produced from non-genetically modified carbohydrates. The PLA polymerization...

Nuga: CentriCut® granulators for plastic and rubber

29.10.2010 - At K 2010 NUGA AG Kunststoffschneidmühlen, Balgach, Switzerland, presents its completely reviewed range of products of low-wear CentriCut® granulators for grinding plastics and rubber. They are available as stand-alone or in-line systems. The comprehensive series of plastic-recycling systems starts...

LANXESS Expands Iron Oxide Manufacturing Facility in China

27.10.2010 - Production increase of 10.000 metric tons per year LANXESS started a new production unit for high quality black iron oxide pigments at its site in Jinshan, Shanghai. The produced color shades are the most advanced bluish type black pigments in the industry. With the annual capacity of 10,000 metric...

Clariant: Focus on further Growth in China

27.10.2010 - Das Schweizer Spezialchemieunternehmen Clariant baut seine Präsenz in China mit der Eröffnung einer neuen Unternehmenszentrale in Shanghai, welche auch ein neues technisches Anwendungscenter umfasst, und dem Anlauf einer neuen Pigmentproduktion für Quinacridon-Pigmente in Hangzhou weiter aus. Bereits...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for thermoplastic polyurethanes

26.10.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising the selling prices for the product groups Desmopan®, Texin®, Desmoderm® und Desmomelt® in the Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America (EMEA/LATAM) region by EUR 0.25/kg effective November 1, 2010. Raw material, energy and logistics costs for these product groups...

MTI Mischtechnik: New mixing systems offer huge energy-saving potential

26.10.2010 - With its MTI Eco®-line heating-/cooling mixer combination and the radically new Cool tec cooling mixer, MTI Mischtechnik puts the focus of its K 2010 trade show presentation on two forward-looking machine series. Both systems are designed for minimized energy consumption. As a result, they provide...

Kreyenborg + Seebach: Efficient depth filtration of gels in polymerization

26.10.2010 - In accordance with state of the art technology different screen elements are usually used in all kind of screen changers (slide plates, piston screen changers or rotary discs) which are manufactured by woven wire mesh with different kinds of weaving. These simple wire mesh screens are specifically only...

Wittmann Battenfeld: EcoPower now available from 55 to 240t clamping force

26.10.2010 - The all-electric EcoPower series, presented for the first time at the Fakuma 2009, has now become available as a full-fledged machine series which is continually being expanded upwards. The EcoPower stands out primarily by its high energyefficiency and compact design, but also ultimate precision and...

Lanxess: Price increase for Durethan high-tech plastics and synthetic monofilaments

26.10.2010 - From November 1, 2010, Perlon-Monofil GmbH is to raise its prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments by 7-10 percent depending on the filament diameter and field of application. The reason for this price rise is the significant increase in raw material and energy costs. Perlon-Monofil GmbH is...

Radici Plastics: New green engineering plastics lines

26.10.2010 - At the upcoming K 2010 trade fair, RadiciGroup Plastics will launch its new Radilon® S and Radilon® A product portfolios: PA6 and PA66 glass fibre filled engineering plastics containing a percentage of recycled recompounded polymer and designed for critical applications. Also to be showcased is the...

Dow Europe: Price Increase for Polyethylene Resins

26.10.2010 - Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase for polyethylene (PE) resins across the European, Middle Eastern, and African regions. Effective November 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...

Billion + Motzener: New level in 2 components technique for rubber/thermoplastics

25.10.2010 - At K 2010 Billion shows how a two components gastight sealing membrane can be manufactured in a fully integrated single operation process Billion has developed in cooperation with Motzener Kunststoff- und Gummiverarbeitung GmbH a rubber/thermoplastics application. The Billion Select H150/260-150T...

EuPC: Challenge ‘suspicious’ force majeures

25.10.2010 - EuPC has urged distressed plastics convertors to challenge their raw material suppliers in court if they are faced with suspicious declarations of Force Majeure. EuPC´s Managing Director, Alexandre Dangis said, "The frequency of Force Majeures we have recently experienced is unprecedented in our working...

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