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Lindner Resource: New technologies boost efficiency of plastics shredding

11.02.2010 - Lindner reSource GmbH in Grossbottwar/Germany has further developed its single shaft shredders from the "Vega" series, especially in terms of their application areas, high throughput capacities and optimal energy efficiency for shredding plastics. High availability under tough conditions The company´s...

BASF raises global prices of propionic acid

10.02.2010 - Effective immediately, or as existing contracts permit, BASF is raising its prices for propionic acid as follows: • Europe, Africa, Middle East: +EUR 0.10/kg • The Americas: +USD 0.07/lb • Asia Pacific: +USD 0.15/kg BASF is a leading supplier of propionic acid with production facilities at its...

Gneuss: Blown Film Production with Increased Reclaim Content

10.02.2010 - The raw material costs and the need to keep the production line running continuously are key factors in ensuring the viability of blown film extrusion lines for the manufacture of refuse sacks, carrier bags, food packaging and hygienic films for example. In order to increase the proportion of reclaim...

Gabriel-Chemie: 60 years of company existence and 40 years of masterbatch production

09.02.2010 - Sixty years have passed since Josef Houska founded a commercial enterprise in Vienna together with a partner. In March 2010, the founder of the company celebrates his 85th birthday and can look back on a successful life. An international group of companies evolved from the initial commercial enterprise,...

DSM Composite Resins announces UPR price increase

08.02.2010 - DSM Composite Resins, Europe´s largest producer of Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPR) is to introduce a price increase for its entire range of resins and gelcoat products. The price increase will be in the range of 9-12% depending on the specific products and raw material base, and becomes effective...

ECEBD: New database products for suppliers of the plastics processing industry

08.02.2010 - Budapest-based ECEBD Ltd, a leading Central and Eastern European plastics industry consultant and information provider, is launching two new database products for suppliers of the plastics processing industry. ChemIT Easy and ChemIT Machinery are simplified offshoots of ECEBD´s flagship ChemIT database,...

Gabriel-Chemie Ges.m.b.H. in Austria becomes sole shareholder of Gabriel-Chemie Deutschland GmbH

05.02.2010 - Gabriel-Chemie Ges.m.b.H. in Gumpoldskirchen (Austria) has now, after conclusion of all formalities, officially taken over retroactively as of January 1, 2010 the 50% share of W. Bühler Vermögensverwaltung GmbH in Gabriel-Chemie Deutschland GmbH, and is now the sole shareholder. The Managing Directors...

Ferromatik Milacron: Five Injection Molding Machines for Italy

05.02.2010 - Three months ago Ferromatik Milacron presented its new hybrid high-performance series VITESSE for the first time to the public at the Fakuma in Friedrichshafen. Two new VITESSE 250 with 2,500 kN clamping force are now part of an order for five machines for the new Vitop plant in Alessandria, Italy....

Treofan: Sale of CPP plant in Italy completed

05.02.2010 - Treofan Group, one of the world’s leading makers of high performance BOPP films, has completed the sale of its production site and assets in Lamezia, Italy, to local investors, booking a cash effect of around EUR 2m. “With this sale, we have achieved a clean break from our legacy CPP business in...

Ultrapolymers: Catalloy blends boost performance of films, containers and moulded parts

04.02.2010 - With recently introduced PP blends, made by LyondellBasell’s proprietary Catalloy technology and combining the advantages of polyolefines with those of elastomers, Ultrapolymers Deutschland can now offer its customers new opportunities for the cost-efficient production of films, containers, and moulded...

SKion exceeds threshold of 95 percent of the ALTANA shares and makes squeeze out request

03.02.2010 - The SKion GmbH has informed ALTANA that as of yesterday it is holding 129,342,421 shares, i.e. 95,04 percent of the ALTANA Shares. At the same time, SKion is requesting ALTANA AG to convene a shareholders meeting pursuant to § 327a Section 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). In this Shareholders...

Evonik: Price Increase for Carbon Black Pigments and Pigment Preparations

03.02.2010 - The Inorganic Materials Business Unit of Evonik Industries, Essen, is increasing prices for carbon black pigments and pigment preparations by up to 9 percent depending on the product. The price increase will be effective for all deliveries on or after March 1, 2010. Evonik is the world´s second...

DSM inaugurated new resins plant in Germany

03.02.2010 - Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands announced recently that a new plant for the production of wet polyesters and other specialty resins in Meppen (Germany) has been opened. Total investment costs amounted to EUR 15 million. The...

EuPR: Strategy Paper - „How to increase the mechanical reycling of post-consumer plastics“

02.02.2010 - The European plastics waste generation nearly reached 25 million tonnes in 2008. Even though 51% of this amount has been recovered more effort is needed in order to fully use the potential laying in plastics waste. The recycling of post-consumer plastics waste is a challenging and multifaceted topic,...

Bayer MaterialScience: First series production using DirectSkinning process with aliphatic polyurethane

02.02.2010 - DirectSkinning technology is a new production process that improves cost efficiency in the production of injection molded parts in a single step. It has now been used for the first time with an aliphatic polyurethane material in the series production of vehicle interior parts. As part of a technology...

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