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LANXESS: Jürgen Gunther new management board chairman of DKG

17.07.2009 - Juergen Gunther (52), an employee of specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.de), has been chosen as the new Management Board Chairman of Deutsche Kautschuk Gesellschaft (DKG – the German Rubber Society, www.dkg-rubber.de). Gunther, who was already a member of the Management Board, was elected...

Dow: Price Increase for Synthetic Rubber announced

15.07.2009 - Effective July 27, 2009 Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions for all its synthetic rubber grades by 200 Euros per metric ton for Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) and 240 Euros per metric ton for Polybutadiene Synthetic...

BASF: New Luran S (ASA) grades for food contact

15.07.2009 - BASF (www.basf.com) is offering three new products in Europe in its line of styrenic specialties approved specifically for food contact applications. These are the ASA grades Luran® S 777 K FC, Luran S 757 G FC and Luran S 797 S FC (ASA: acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic ester copolymer). As with the engineering...

Ferromatik Milacron: Hong Kong-based Hayco placed large order

14.07.2009 - Injection molding machine manufacturer Ferromatik Milacron (www.ferromatik.com) received an order for 14 machines this month from Hayco, a customer based in Hong Kong. The first half of the order, comprising seven machines will be delivered this year to the company´s factory in Shenzhen, China where...

BASF: Expansion of Nanjing chemical site approved

13.07.2009 - The Chinese central government has approved the Joint Feasibility Study Report submitted by BASF (www.basf.de) and SINOPEC for the expansion of their joint venture, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BYC), in Nanjing (Foto), China, as of July 1, 2009. BASF and Sinopec will jointly invest approximately $1.4 billion...

Evonik: Price Increase for Carbon Black Pigments

10.07.2009 - The Inorganic Materials Business Unit of Evonik Industries (www.evonik.com) is increasing prices for carbon black pigments by up to 9 percent depending on the product. The price increase will be effective for all deliveries on or after August 1, 2009. Evonik is the world´s second largest producer of...

Gneuss: Rotary Melt Filtration Systems Meet the Toughest Requirements of Polymerisation applications

08.07.2009 - In order to manufacture polymers economically, the production process must operate without disturbances and the final product must be of a consistently high quality. For this reason, the melt filter (usually located downstream of the discharge pump of the reactor) plays a key role. The Gneuss Rotary...

DuPont: Renovated tropical greenhouse at the Botanical Garden in Berlin

06.07.2009 - Laminated safety glass with “UV- transmissible” DuPont™ SentryGlas® interlayers supports natural plant growth Following the renovation of the Grand Pavilion (das Große Tropenhaus, first built in 1906) at Berlin’s Botanical Garden, daylight enters through hundreds of small, heat-insulating yet highly...

Teijin transfers 50% ownership in NatureWorks back to Cargill

03.07.2009 - Teijin Limited (www.teijin.co.jp) announced recently that it had transferred its 50% ownership in NatureWorks LLC back to Cargill and terminated the joint-venture contract with Cargill regarding NatureWorks as of June 30. NatureWorks, established in 1997 and operated as a Teijin-Cargill 50:50 joint...

Coperion: Executive Board changes

03.07.2009 - With immediate effect, the German company Coperion GmbH (www.coperion.com), headquartered at Stuttgart, has streamlined its Executive Board. Wolfgang Pöschl, Member of the Executive Board of Coperion GmbH and Head of the Competence Center Compounding & Extrusion, has left the company after many years...

Biesterfeld Plastic and INEOS NOVA extend their partnership for Empera® Polystyrene to The United Kingdom and Ireland

02.07.2009 - Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH (www.biesterfeld-plastic.com), pan-European distribution partner of INEOS NOVA for Empera® PS extend with immediate effect their cooperation to include The United Kingdom and Ireland. Existing, non-exclusive distribution agreements between INEOS NOVA and other parties in...

BASF: One million tons of ABS from the plant in Antwerp

02.07.2009 - The Kettler company is cladding its new cross trainer Satura P 7653 (Photo) with Terluran® GP-35, a standard ABS from BASF’s (www.basf.com) product range of plastics, which Kettler itself then colors in light grey and black. This Terluran type is manufactured at the ABS plant in Antwerp, Belgium, which...

Altuglas International announces plans for centralising and consolidating PMMA Sheet business in Europe

02.07.2009 - Altuglas International (www.altuglasint.com) presented its Central Works Council with plans to restructure PMMA Sheet business in Europe. This would entail centralising extruded sheet production in accordance with the requirements of major commercial partners, and improving the efficiency of cast-sheet...

Gerresheimer sells Technical Plastics business

02.07.2009 - Gerresheimer AG (www.gerresheimer.com), a leading manufacturer of glass and plastic products for the pharma & life science industry, has sold its Technical Plastics operations, which are not part of the MDAX company’s core business, to the FBH Group, Bad Soden, Germany. “Through the sale of the Technical...

Klöckner Pentaplast: Expansion of PET and blown film capacities

01.07.2009 - The Klöckner Pentaplast Group (www.kpfilms.com) announced that it will add to its European production capacity for polyester films. Primarily used for food and consumer packaging applications, the new capacity will be located at the company’s Crumlin, UK, manufacturing facility. The start up of the...

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