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Borealis: Gerd Löbbert joins Executive Board

10.12.2009 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions has announced the appointment of Gerd Löbbert (Photo) as Executive Vice President for Base Chemicals, effective January 1, 2010. He will report to Chief Executive Mark Garrett and be based at the Borealis Head Office in Vienna,...

PolyMirae starts up operation of LyondellBasell’s Metocene PP technology

10.12.2009 - PolyMirae (PMC), a joint venture between Daelim and LyondellBasell Industries, has successfully started the operation of LyondellBasell’s Metocene polypropylene technology. The company has installed this metallocene catalyst-based PP technology to one of its Spheripol lines in Yeochun, Korea. The...

EPRO: Car seat for children wins “Best product containing recycled plastics”- competition for 2009

10.12.2009 - EPRO (European association of plastics recycling and recovery organisations) has awarded car seats for children, manufactured by the French company, TEAM-Tex, as “Best product containing recycled plastics for 2009. Earlier this year EPRO sent an invitation to the plastics industry calling for examples...

Semperit: Joint Venture contract signed for a conveyor belt plant in China

08.12.2009 - The Sempertrans division of Semperit AG Holding, which is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, counts among the leading suppliers of conveyor belts internationally. In order to open up the largest market in the world for these products – China – the company has completed a joint venture with the Chinese...

Arburg: Personnel change officially announced at Arburg Denmark

08.12.2009 - The new Danish subsidiary manager, Lars Nygaard, was formally presented to 120 invited guests during an Open House event in Greve on 19 November 2009. At the same time, Arburg officially bid farewell to his predecessor, Eddie Oswald, who departs into a well-earned retirement. As a special highlight,...

Adval Tech to close production plant in Merenschwand

08.12.2009 - The Board of Directors of the Adval Tech Group sees no alternative but to close down the AWM manufacturing facility in Merenschwand in the course of 2010. A program of assistance is being drawn up for the 50 employees affected by the closure of this plant. Switzerland has proved to be a very difficult...

Klöckner Pentaplast: Honored with „CBF Business of the Year Award”

08.12.2009 - Klöckner Pentaplast Ltd. (Crumlin, Wales, UK) was honored as the recipient of the 2009 Caerphilly Business Forum Award at a presentation on November 13th in Caerphilly. The CBF established this award to recognize local businesses that demonstrate outstanding and consistent achievement in the last twelve...

A. Schulman and Solvay Solexis signed a European Distribution Partnership

07.12.2009 - A. Schulman, global manufacturer and distributor of engineering compounds, thermoplastic elastomers, masterbatches and standard thermoplastics and Solvay Solexis Melt Processable Fluoropolymers signed an agreement, effective November 1st, 2009, for the European distribution of the Fluoropolymers SOLEF®...

ICM: 10th International Automobile Recycling Congress in Basel

07.12.2009 - After the big success of the 9th International Automobile Recycling Congress in Munich, the Swiss organizer ICM AG will move its 10th International Automobile Recycling Congress to Basel in Switzerland. The IARC 2010 will take place from 3 - 5 March 2010 in the Basel Congress Center. Over 250 delegates...

Trevira: Preparations for transfer of business are proceeding smoothly

04.12.2009 - Preparations for the planned transfer of business into a new company, with the insolvency administrator as stakeholder, are proceeding smoothly. Notwithstanding the stoppage in the sales process with the previously desginated investors, it will be possible to meet the scheduled deadline with the effective...

Petcore: Can Bio-based Plastics ever Substitute Conventional Plastics?

04.12.2009 - The associations European Bio-plastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) have recently published a jointly-commissioned study on bio-based plastics. It forecasts their capacity developments and technical substitution potential. The authors, from Utrecht University estimated...

Ferromatik Milacron: Economic Conditions Force New Cost-Cutting Measures

03.12.2009 - The board of directors at Ferromatik Milacron yesterday spoke with employees about the ongoing impact of the international economic crisis on the company, and the need for new cost-cutting measures. Details of these measures are still to be determined. Over the past twelve months new orders at Ferromatik...

Bayer MaterialScience: New film system with watermarks for polycarbonate cards

03.12.2009 - Watermarks incorporated into bank notes, stamps and other valuable paper documents have for many years proven to be an effective deterrent to counterfeiters. Now Bayer MaterialScience has developed a film system based on Makrofol® ID DP1230 that also allows colored watermarks to be incorporated into...

LyondellBasell to Shut Down One PP Production Line at Wesseling Plant in Germany

02.12.2009 - LyondellBasell announced yesterday that it will shut down one polypropylene (PP) line in Wesseling, Germany, by the end of 2009. As a result, PP capacity at the site will be reduced by 110KT. “We have concluded that our current polypropylene operating rate at Wesseling is no longer economically...

Rhodia: New ecological and organically sourced polyamide

01.12.2009 - Rhodia is introducing a new environmentally friendly polyamide – the organically sourced 6.10 range – as a complement to its polyamide range. Produced primarily from renewable materials, it offers high-performance and economically attractive solutions that contribute to a reduced environmental footprint....

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