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LyondellBasell: Launch of New High-performance Lupolen Resin for Use in Blown Film

29.10.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries announced the commercial launch of a new polyethylene (PE) resin for potential use in a wide range of customer blown film applications. The new Lupolen GX 4081 grade features a superior balance of mechanical properties, and a unique combination of stiffness and toughness that...

BASF: Personal Changes in the company’s leadership team

29.10.2009 - The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE has announced the following changes in the company’s leadership team: Dr. Alfred Hackenberger, currently President, Competence Center Specialty Chemicals Research, will become President of the South America regional division based in São Paulo, Brazil effective...

Krahn Chemie: Now Represents BYK in Poland

29.10.2009 - Starting in November 2009, Krahn Chemie will be representing BYK in Poland. Both companies have had a successful partnership in Germany since 2004. The new sales and distribution partnership covers the entire application spectrum of the additives developed and manufactured by BYK. In addition to...

Arkema increases production capacity at its Calvert City Kynar® PVDF plant

29.10.2009 - Work to extend Arkema’s Kynar® PVDF resin plant in Calvert City (United States/Kentucky) is nearing completion. This latest debottlenecking of around $20 M will ensure a 15% increase in the plant’s production capacity from early 2010. "This latest extension will provide us with the necessary capacity...

INEOS wins PP and HDPE technology licence contracts in China

28.10.2009 - INEOS Technologies announced that it has licensed its ‘Innovene PP Process’ for the manufacture of homopolymers, random and impact copolymers and its ‘Innovene S Process’ for the manufacture of HDPE and MDPE to the Yulin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. of Yanchang Petroleum Group Co., in Shaanxi, China....

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Textile Polyester Plant for PVTex in Vietnam

28.10.2009 - Uhde Inventa-Fischer has won a contract for a textile-grade polyester plant with their customer Petrovietnam-Vinatex Dinh Vu Petrochemical and Fiber Joint Stock Company, Vietnam (PVTex). The main contractor is a consortium of Hyundai Engineering, Seoul/Korea, LG International Corporation, Seoul/Korea...

LANXESS: Fuel filter housing made of conductive polyamide 6

28.10.2009 - In many cases, polyamide 6 represents a viable, cost-effective alternative to die-cast aluminum in the production of fuel filter housings. One example of this is the fuel filter for the luxury sedan of a German automaker. This component is made by Mann+Hummel, one of the world’s leading manufacturers...

Taiwan Technology: Environmentally friendly material made of plant fibers

27.10.2009 - The patented technology, Xylotech, is a cutting-edge technique to generate a new kind of environmentally friendly material by a wide variety of plant fibers (especially fibers from farm waste). This material has been successfully used in various products like building materials, planking, pallet,...

Tokarz: Recycling of plastic waste with the use of catalytic process

26.10.2009 - T-Technology® is a fully economical and ecological recycling technology, that converts plastic (polyethylene, polypropylene and also plastic of special-purpose) waste into a high-quality component of liquid fuels or, optionally, into an oil fraction of this component. Apart from recovery of polyethylene...

Polytec: Andreas Jagl appointed as new Chief Marketing Officer

26.10.2009 - The Supervisory Board of POLYTEC HOLDING AG appointed Andreas Jagl as the new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). He will start his job beginning of November 2009 and follows Mr. Karl-Heinz Solly, who will retire by the end of the year. With Andreas Jagl, an international experienced top manager will...

LANXESS: High-current circuit-breakers made of polyamide 6

26.10.2009 - Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG demonstrates that customized polyamide 6 and 66 grades are also able to meet the stringent demands made on electrical safety components by the example of a series-produced high-current circuit-breaker manufactured from Durethan DP BM 65 X FM30, a material based on...

Moretto: New partnerships with companies in Russia, the Republic of Belarus and Latvia

26.10.2009 - MORETTO S.p.A., Massanzago, Italy, one of the world´s leading manufacturers of automation equipment for the processing of plastics, has now expanded its activities to include the markets in Russia, the Republic of Belarus and in the Baltic states. This is to be viewed as a widening of objective targets,...

Petcore: European PET bottle collection increases 2008 by more than 11%

23.10.2009 - Petcore announced yesterday that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.26m tonnes in 2008, an increase of more than 11% on 2007. The overall collection rate in 2008 rose by nearly 5%, from over 41% to 46%, of all PET bottles on the market. The overall share of fibres as an end use for...

BASF: Exit from maleic anhydride production in Belgian Feluy intended by end 2009

23.10.2009 - BASF Antwerpen N.V. (www.basf.com) yesterday announced its intention to close its 115,000 annual tons maleic anhydride (MA) production facility by the end of 2009 and to withdraw all BASF activities from its site in Feluy, Belgium. 133 employees impacted BASF employs 133 people at the Feluy site,...

DuPont Engineering Polymers announces price increases

22.10.2009 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) announced global price increases for its standard grades of DuPont™ Zytel® nylon, DuPont™ Minlon® mineral reinforced nylon and DuPont™ Zytel® HTN high-performance polyamide. Prices in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will increase 0.25 Euro/kg effective...

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