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EMS-GRIVORY: Price increases for Grilamid, Grilamid and Grilon types

15.02.2011 - Effective March 1st 2011, EMS-GRIVORY (CH) will increase their prices in Europe by between 0.30-0.40 EUR/kg depending on product family. The products concerned are Grilamid PA12, Grilamid TR, Grivory GV/HT and Grilon A, B and TS. These price increases result chiefly from raw material costs which...

LANXESS steps up commitment to biobased raw materials

15.02.2011 - LANXESS is strengthening its commitment to produce premium synthetic rubber from biobased raw materials. As part of this commitment, LANXESS has increased its minority shareholding in Gevo, Inc. that focuses on renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels. USD 17 million invested in Gevo’s IPO LANXESS’...

Bayer MaterialScience is developing innovative film technologies for the wireless industry

15.02.2011 - Bayer MaterialScience has developed and applied for a patent on a technology that enables the efficient production of highly integrated electronic components with complex geometries. It is based on polycarbonate films and the use of printed polymer electronics, and it is suited for the direct integration...

European Bioplastics: 6th European Bioplastics Conference in November in Berlin

14.02.2011 - 22/23 November 2011, Maritim proArte Hotel, Berlin European Bioplastics, the association of the bioplastics industry in Europe, announces the 6th European Bioplastics Conference to take place on 22/23 November 2011 at the Maritim proArte Hotel in Berlin. Numerous studies assessing the bioplastics...

Zeppelin Anlagenbau: Management Board with new CEO

14.02.2011 - The Business Unit Plant Engineering of the ZEPPELIN Group has reorganized the Management Board. Bernhard Scherer, for 6 months member of the Management Board of Zeppelin Systems, has been appointed chairman from January 1st, 2011. Scherer succeeds Peter Gerstmann who has held a double function being...

Adval Tech and Mould Technologies Holding consider close Cooperation

11.02.2011 - Adval Tech Holding Ltd and Mould Technologies Holding (MTH) are exploring the possibility of strategic cooperation in the field of injection molds. MTH is an industrial group which has been built up since 2008 around Swiss moldmaker SCHÖTTLI AG by its principal investor CGS Management. Both Adval...

Engel: Specialist Symposium in Shanghai for the laptop industry

10.02.2011 - 8.-9. March 2011, Shanghai "Think Thin" – this is the motto of the specialist symposium in Shanghai to which ENGEL is inviting decision makers from the laptop industry and their suppliers. On 8 and 9 March this year, the injection moulding machine manufacturer and automation expert will be demonstrating,...

DSM Engineering Plastics announces price increases on Arnitel and Arnite

10.02.2011 - As a result of continued escalations in the costs of key raw materials, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase prices on a global basis for its ARNITEL® and ARNITE® products. Effective 1 Feb 2011, DSM will increase prices for these products by at least 15% on a global basis. While DSM Engineering...

Reifenhäuser: Bernd Reifenhäuser appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of Reifenhäuser Maschinenfabrik

09.02.2011 - Economist Bernd Reifenhäuser has taken over the chairmanship of the Management Board of Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik as of 01.01.2011. In November 2008, Bernd Reifenhäuser took the position as Managing Director of Reifenhäuser Maschinenfabrik which was managed on a parity by him and...

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag: All-hydraulic injection moulding machine series to include new frame size

09.02.2011 - The hydraulic injection moulding machine made by Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH of Schwaig / Germany has been expanded to include a model with a clamping force of 13,000 kN. In the course of 2011, the Systec machine series will be further expanded to include clamping forces up to 20,000...

DSM appoints Steef Bouwmeester as new Managing Director of Euroresins

09.02.2011 - DSM recently announced the appointment of Steef Bouwmeester as Managing Director Euroresins with immediate effect. Steef Bouwmeester joined DSM in 2001 and has held various key roles in the Composite Resin Business. Previously he was Business Manager Product Portfolio at Euroresins. Steef Bouwmeester...

ENGEL appoints new managing director in Mexico

08.02.2011 - ENGEL Mexico´s new managing director took up his position 1 February 2011. The company is excited to have recruited Peter Auinger, an experienced injection moulding machine expert, for this strategically important market. Peter Auinger has taken up the reins with the aim of positioning ENGEL as a...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for engineering plastics

08.02.2011 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is to increase its prices for Durethan Compounds (Polyamide Compounds, PA) and Pocan Compounds (Polybutylenterephthalate Compounds, PBT) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by at least EUR 0.30 per kilogram effective February 14, 2011. This price adjustment...

FKuR: First Biodegradable Toothpaste Tube

08.02.2011 - Tectubes introduces the world’s first truly biodegradable toothpaste tube made from FKuR’s bioresins. Tectubes injection mould, extrude and print the various parts of the tube. The tube itself stands out due to its excellent mechanical properties. “Using bio resins for such an application was a challenge...

ILLIG: Technical Training for Thermoformers – New Concept for Training Program

08.02.2011 - Since the beginning of this year ILLIG has been offering a completely new set of training courses for qualification of personnel in the thermoforming sector. Practically relevant theory imparted by means of interactive training material is directly broadened by hands-on exercises on respective machines....

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