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PolyOne Expands Solutions for Wood Plastic Composites

09.03.2010 - PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, recently announced that it is completing the development of a patent-pending fiber treatment technology that will enhance the performance of traditional wood plastic composites (WPCs). This new...

LANXESS: New Jhagadia site up and running

08.03.2010 - The specialty chemicals company LANXESS has completed the first phase of construction of its new site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state, India. The production of the rubber chemicals plant was started up, as planned, after being relocated from Thane, Maharashtra state. The plant features the latest technology...

Evonik acquires Membrane Extraction Technology for its high-performance polymers business

03.03.2010 - Evonik Industries AG announced its acquisition of London based Membrane Extraction Technology (MET) Ltd. The transaction has been completed by March 1. The acquisition is an integral part of Evonik´s strategy to invest in attractive developing markets driven by the mega trend "Resource Efficiency"....

Bayer MaterialScience planning new world-scale TDI plant at Dormagen site

02.03.2010 - Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest roughly EUR 150 million in a new high-tech production plant for TDI (toluene diisocyanate) at Chempark Dormagen. TDI is a precursor for the production of polyurethane flexible foam. The new plant will have a capacity of 300,000 tons per year and will replace the...

Kuhne: Flat Film Division presents new direct PET extrusion line

02.03.2010 - "PET is the perfect thermoforming material as it is transparent, easily printable, has excellent mechanical properties and a keen price/performance ratio," says Stephan Halstrick, CEO of Kuhne GmbH with headquarters in Sankt Augustin/Germany. He is convinced that PET is the material of the future, which...

Kuhne: Specialist for extrusion lines presents positive balance sheet despite sales losses in 2009

02.03.2010 - German extrusion line specialist Kuhne GmbH of Sankt Augustin has a positive outlook on the future. Despite being affected by the substantial sales deficits experienced by the entire plastic machinery manufacturing segment, the company fared well in 2009 and took advantage of the situation by focusing...

Petcore: New website and first issue of „PET Profile“ published

02.03.2010 - Our original website had served us well for the past 5 years but Petcore wished to take advantage of the latest developments in website technology to give our members and the public the latest information on PET1 and PET recycling in a user-friendly format. Petcore members can now have access to...

DSM and MCC sign contracts to exchange polycarbonate and polyamide businesses

01.03.2010 - DSM Engineering Plastics, a business group of the Netherlands-based Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company Royal DSM N.V., at the end of last week announced that it has signed the contracts with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) enabling DSM to acquire MCC’s Novamid® polyamide business in...

BASF to increase prices for PVC-Modifiers

01.03.2010 - Effective March 1st, 2010, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices in Europe including CIS countries for Vinuran® impact modifiers by €120 per metric ton and for Vinuran ® processing aids by €80 per metric ton. The price adjustment is necessary due to strongly increased raw material cost. ...

Simona restructures its Management Board

01.03.2010 - SIMONA AG will be restructuring its Management Board for economic reasons. The company’s Supervisory Board has decided not to extend the contract with Jochen Feldmann, which is scheduled to end on 31 December 2010. Feldmann was the Management Board member responsible for Controlling, Accounting, Purchasing,...

BASF increases prices for butanediol and –derivatives in Europe

01.03.2010 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its European selling prices for the following products. BDO and its derivatives are used for producing engineering plastics, polyurethanes, solvents and elastic spandex fibers. PolyTHF is a registered trade mark of BASF...

Trocellen: Foam composites for light weight sandwich structures

01.03.2010 - Innovative foam composites such as light weight sandwich structures or foam with thermo formable adhesive layer as well as competence as a development partner with air duct prototyping facilities and process support Trocellen will present its visitors during the VDI conference in Mannheim. In order...

LyondellBasell Preparing to Stop PP Production in Terni

26.02.2010 - LyondellBasell Industries yesterday announced a project to cease the production of polypropylene (PP) at Terni, Italy. The company has started the employee consultation process regarding a project to permanently shut down the unit. “Demand for polypropylene continues to be affected by global economic...

Evonik: Price Increase for VISIOMER® Methacrylate Monomers

25.02.2010 - Evonik Industries, one of the world’s leading suppliers of methacrylate chemicals, will raise the prices of its VISIOMER® Methacrylate Monomers. The new pricing structure applies to customers worldwide with exception of NAFTA. NAFTA pricing will be communicated separately by Evonik Cyro LLC, a 100 percent...

Borealis: With new Materials Moving to Mannheim

25.02.2010 - Pioneering low weight innovations for BMW and a cutting-edge material step change by VW will be among the production efficiency and environmentally-friendly focused developments presented by Borealis International Plastics in Automotive Engineering Congress. Glass reinforced polypropylene compounds...

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