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Petcore: European PET bottle collection increases by more than 8%

20.07.2010 - Petcore announced that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.4 million tonnes in 2009, an increase of more than 8% on 2008. The overall collection rate in 2009 rose by nearly 2.5%, from 46% to 48.4%, of all PET bottles on the market. The 2009 share of fibres as an end use for recycled PET...

Vinyl 2010: European PVC industry on course to keep its promises

20.07.2010 - Vinyl 2010’s ninth Progress Report was presented during its annual General Assembly held in London. In the final year of the Voluntary Commitment, made by the PVC industry back in 2000, the report highlights the progress made in 2009 towards achieving its targets. Despite the difficult global economic...

Arkema: Price increases for high performance polyamides

16.07.2010 - Effective August 1st, 2010, or as existing contracts permit, Arkema is increasing by 8 to 12% the prices of its Rilsan® high performance polyamides granules. The amount of the increase will vary across grades and product lines and across regions. These price increases have been brought on by an...

Resinex to distribute Exxonmobil chemical PP grades for certain medical applications

15.07.2010 - RESINEX has been appointed to handle the pan-European distribution of ExxonMobil™ polypropylene (PP) grades for use in certain medical applications, effective July 1, 2010. This includes the homopolymer grades, ExxonMobil™ PP1013H1 and PP1014H1, which are specifically designed for the pharmaceutical...

Purac starts project to produce lactic acid from papermaking waste streams

15.07.2010 - Purac has signed a contract to participate in a consortium that will develop a process to produce feedstock from cellulosic waste derived from the pulp and paper industry. This feedstock is expected to be usable for production of lactic acid. The other partners in the program are Crown Van Gelder N.V.,...

Bayer MaterialScience joins Holst Centre flexible electronics research

14.07.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG, one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics, and Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by research organizations IMEC (Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands), have now announced their partnership in the field of flexible electronics. By...

Frost & Sullivan: Eastern Europe and Niche Applications Stimulate the European Polymer Blends Market

14.07.2010 - Hard hit by the global economic slowdown in 2009, the European polymer blends and alloys market is on the upswing again, thanks mainly to high growth potential in Eastern Europe, particularly for electronics applications. Electronic housing and computer-related applications will be the main development...

Kreyenborg: Polyester-Extrusion and Recycling Forum in Newcastle

13.07.2010 - 29. September 2010, Newcastle, England The Kreyenborg Group announced that they will be hosting a Polyester Extrusion and Recycling Forum event at the Novotel Hotel, Newcastle Airport on Wednesday 29th September 2010. "The United Kingdom has one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving polyester...

Evonik establishes independent carbon black company

13.07.2010 - Evonik Industries is reorganizing its carbon black activities. On July 1, Evonik Carbon Black GmbH was founded as a legally independent management company under the umbrella of Evonik Industries. Chairman of the Board (CEO) is Jack Clem and Rainer Wobbe will take over the position of the Chief Financial...

DSM and Resinex sign distribution agreement for eastern european market

13.07.2010 - DSM Engineering Plastics and RESINEX have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales of DSM Engineering Plastics resins in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia. The move, which is effective from 1 July 2010, is designed to strengthen...

Krones’ founding father Hermann Kronseder has died aged 85

12.07.2010 - Dr.-Ing. E. h. Hermann Kronseder died in his own home near Regensburg on 9 July 2010. He was 85 years old. The founding father of Krones AG was frequently, almost up to the very end, to be found at the group’s headquarters in Neutraubling. Hermann Kronseder came from a family of craftsmen in the...

M-Base: CAMPUS now avaibale in Portuguese language

12.07.2010 - CAMPUS is a neutral plastics information system managed and driven by the resin producers. CAMPUS datasheets include all relevant data for the selection of plastics, including valuable multipoint graphs, chemical resistance information, long term properties and many more. In order to serve the international...

Rapid exits restructuring process, holds positive future outlook

07.07.2010 - Rapid Granulator AB announced that it has successfully completed the restructuring process which the company began in October 2009. This restructuring process which only affected Rapid’s Swedish operation provided for protection against old debts under Swedish law while allowing it to continue normal...

Dow Europe: Price Increases for PRIMACOR™ Copolymers

06.07.2010 - Effective July 15th, 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all its PRIMACOR™ copolymers by 100 Euro per metric ton across the European, Middle Eastern and African region. PRIMACOR™ copolymers are high–performance thermoplastic adhesives that add flexibility and...

ICM: 10th Int. Electronics Recycling Congress - Call for papers

06.07.2010 - The 10th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2011 will take place from January 19 - 21, 2011 in Salzburg, Austria. Over 450 experts from industry, authorities and academia will discuss and present the newest information and challenges of the WEEE recycling business. The preliminary...

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