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EuPC: President re-elected at General Assembly in Switzerland

09.06.2010 - Bernhard Borgardt has been unanimously re-elected as President of European Plastics Converters (EuPC) for two-year term beginning June 2010. Bernhard Borgardt has served as EuPC President for the past two years. Prior to his first election, he was chairman of the EuPC Packaging Division, a position...

InfiChem: New Technology for Recycling Polyurethanes

09.06.2010 - Indiana based InfiChem Polymers LLC (ICP) claimes to be first in North America to implement the process that converts polyurethane scrap foam into new green polyols for polyurethanes, trademarked INFIGREEN Polyols. In 2009, ICP completed the construction and validation of its first production facility...

CGS Management: Merger between Automatik Plastic Machinery and Maag Pump Systems

08.06.2010 - CGS Management announced that Automatik Plastic Machinery, the German based manufacturer of pelletiser equipment, acquired by CGS Management in February 2008 from Rieter Group, has completed a CHF 200m merger with Maag Pump Systems, the Swiss based gear pump manufacturer. This is the first stage...

ALTANA acquires ABB Micafil’s polyurethane casting resins business

08.06.2010 - The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA has acquired with immediate effect the polyurethane casting resins business of ABB Micafil, a business unit of ABB Schweiz. The business is operated under the brand names of Micares and Resodip. Polyurethane casting resins are used in electrical and electrical engineering...

Dow Europe: Further price increases announced

08.06.2010 - Dow Europe GmbH, Dow Polyurethanes and Dow Formulated Systems will raise prices for all Polyols, MDI and for polyurethane systems up to 250 Euro per metric ton in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The increase is effective immediately or as contracts allow. This step is being taken to mitigate unprecedented...

BASF: Personnel Changes in the management team

07.06.2010 - The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE announced the following changes in its management team. Jacques Delmoitiez (57), currently President of BASF’s Polyurethanes division located in Brussels, Belgium, will become President of BASF’s regional division Europe, located in Ludwigshafen, Germany...

K.D. Feddersen: Swedish subsidiary wins Swedish Plastic Awards

04.06.2010 - In the categories „Best plastics distributor of the year 2010“ and „Best plastics machinery supplier of the year 2010“ the Swedish subsidiary of the plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG, based in Hamburg set a benchmark. On May 7th 2010 the moment finally arrived – on the occasion of...

BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives in Europe

04.06.2010 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the following products: • 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) +250 EUR/mt • Tetrahydrofuran (THF) +250 EUR/mt • Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF®) +330 EUR/mt • N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP) +250...

Songwon: New range of UV additive systems for plastics

02.06.2010 - Songwon, a leading additives supplier to the polymer industry, announces the development of a new range of unique and innovative UV additive solutions. The new products named SONGLIGHT® 2790 GR and SONGLIGHT 2930 GR are 100% UV active systems consisting of synergistic blends of several additives. The...

FKuR: First biodegradable Piping Bag

01.06.2010 - KEE Plastics, one of the world’s leading producers of piping bags, introduces the world’s first truly biodegradable and compostable piping bag made from FKuR’s bioresins, announced FKuR. KEE Plastics have developed a multi-layer biofilm bag which combines excellent mechanical properties with perfect...

BASF: Kurt Bock appointed new chairman of Board of Executive Directors

01.06.2010 - The Supervisory Board of BASF SE has yesterday appointed Dr. Kurt Bock (51) to succeed Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht as chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF. Dr. Martin Brudermüller (49) will become vice chairman of the Board of Executive Directors. Both appointments will take effect following...

Mann+Hummel ProTec: Technoform carries out trials on profile extrusion tools with flexible material handling

31.05.2010 - Tool expert Technoform Extrusion Tooling imposes a wide range of requirements on material handling for trials on profile extrusion tools: Four extrusion lines are to be fed with varying mixtures of materials to be dried. MANN+HUMMEL ProTec designed and realised a versatile complete material processing...

Evonik Industries responds to strong demand for polyamide 12 by expanding laurolactam in Marl

28.05.2010 - Essen, Germany-based Evonik Industries plans to expand laurolactam production capacities significantly at its Marl site. The extra capacities are expected to be available by the fourth quarter of 2010. Laurolactam is the starting material for the polymer polyamide 12. "We´re recording persistently...

EuPR: PET bottle shortage for European recycling

28.05.2010 - The PET bottles supply for European recycling is too tight. The recycling capacity has been following the increasing trend of PET consumption and collection but the current combination of market forces has reduced the output of the European recycling plants. This situation is caused by several factors...

Gneuss: Czech staple fibre manufacturer commissions new line with Rotary Filtration Systems

27.05.2010 - For just over one year, the largest PET staple fibre manufacturer in Central Europe, Silons.r.o. in Plana nad Luznici in the Czech Republic, has been operating a new line, equipped with Rotary Filtration Systems from Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany With this new, high performance...

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