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BASF starts up a new production facility for intermediates

01.12.2009 - After a two-year construction phase, BASF yesterday (November 30, 2009) started up a new plant complex for the production of the chemical intermediates cyclopentanone (CPon) and cyclododecanone (CDon) at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site. Kurt Beck, the prime minister of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate,...

BASF to increase prices for Polyamide 6 and 6,6 polymer and copolymer in North America

01.12.2009 - BASF will increase the price for Polyamide 6, Polyamide 6,6 and copolymer by $0.10 per pound effective December 1, 2009, or as contract allows. This increase covers nylon polymer for spinning, monofilament, film, wire and cable applications, neat resin for compounding. “This increase is necessary...

Erema: Optimising energy consumption in plastics recycling machines

30.11.2009 - The new ecoSAVE technology will help operators of EREMA plastics recycling systems to reduce their energy costs even further in future. For the customer, ecoSAVE means a reduction in production costs and further optimisation of energy consumption. EREMA, however, also sees ecoSAVE as a commitment...

Trevira sale process stopped by Insolvency Administrator

30.11.2009 - Werner Schneider, Insolvency Administrator of Trevira Group, has stopped with immediate effect the process to sell the fibre manufacturer to the two entrepreneurs Stefan Messer and Karl-Gerhard Seifert. Instead, the business of Trevira Group will be transferred as scheduled to a new company on 1st January...

Gurit sold its 50% stake in GuMa to joint-venture partner Mazzucchelli

27.11.2009 - Gurit Holding AG, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-end composite materials and technologies, has sold its 50% stake in the joint-venture GuMa to Mazzucchelli. Gurit had established GuMa in 2006 together with the Italian transparent thermoplastic expert Mazzucchelli. GuMa mainly produces...

Milliken’s new clarifying agent Millad® NX8000 opens up a world of opportunity for highly transparent injection-blow moulded PP containers

27.11.2009 - The market for very clear thick-walled bottles and jars that has remained largely untapped by polypropylene is now opening up as the result of a cooperative project between Milliken Chemical, market leader for clarifying agents for polypropylene, and precision blow mould maker ADOP France. The project...

Bayer MaterialScience strengthens polycarbonate sheet business in India wit a joint venture

26.11.2009 - Bayer MaterialScience has entered into an agreement with Malibu Plastica (P) Limited, Ahmedabad, India, to set up a joint venture that will supply polycarbonate sheets to the Indian market. Bayer MaterialScience intends to further grow its business in the country and strengthen its global position as...

MBS: Polyolefins congress highlights key industry issues

26.11.2009 - Key business and technology issues facing the polyethylene and polypropylene supply chains got a good airing at the PEPP 2009 global congress on polyolefins organized by Maack Business Services in Zurich in October. This annual meeting regularly attracts representatives from virtually all the world’s...

Songwon strengthens its presence in the Middle East and Africa

25.11.2009 - Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd., a global leader in polymer additives, is pleased to announce the opening of its headquarters for the Middle East and Africa in Bahrain. The opening of the Songwon Industrial Company Limited – Representative Office follows the recent establishment of Songwon’s local warehouse...

Evonik Blazes a €250 Million Trail in Shanghai

25.11.2009 - With one of the largest chemicals projects in its history, Evonik Industries is blazing a trail for new international growth. In Shanghai the Group has now completed work on a large complex for polymers, plastics intermediates, and coating systems and has brought the quarter billion euro facility fully...

Gabriel-Chemie: Group continues to grow

25.11.2009 - Following the investments in machinery and additional staff at the headquarters in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, and the production sites in Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Gabriel-Chemie is now expanding its sites in Poland and Italy. Gabriel-Chemie has had a sales office near Warsaw in Poland...

Gabriel-Chemie: Colour masterbatches on a POM basis

25.11.2009 - The Gabriel-Chemie Group´s new MAXITHEN® POM range consists of colour masterbatches based on POM (polyoxymethylene, also known as polyacetal or polyformaldehyde). This thermoplastic is characterised by its high strength, hardness and rigidity over a wide range of temperatures. It retains its high toughness...

Futerro starts up its bioplastics demo unit (PLA) in Belgium

24.11.2009 - Futerro, a 50/50 joint venture established in September 2007 by Galactic and Total Petrochemicals, announces the start up of its demo unit in Escanaffles, Belgium. The purpose of the unit is to test a state-of-the-art technology for the production of PolyLactic Acid (PLA) bioplastics of renewable vegetable...

Evonik: CoverForm® Competence Center Opens for Hands-On Innovation

24.11.2009 - In cooperation with machine builders KraussMaffei, Evonik Industries has achieved a milestone in plastics processing ‒ the CoverForm® system solution that enables the manufacture of injection-molded plastic components with a functional surface in just one step. The CoverForm® Competence Center...

Borealis inaugurates international Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria

23.11.2009 - On November 20, 2009, Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, will inaugurate its international Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria. This event is the culmination of approximately one and a half years of construction and a total investment volume of EUR 50 million....

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