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BASF sells its polystyrene business in Brazil

16.09.2009 - BASF (www.basf.com) is progressing with steps to restructure its styrenics business and has made another divestiture in its styrene value chain. BASF has signed an agreement to sell its Brazilian polystyrene business, including a production plant, to the petrochemical company Companhia Brasileira de...

LyondellBasell to Close LDPE Unit at Carrington, U.K.

16.09.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that it will close the low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant located at its Carrington, U.K., site by the end of this year. "Taking into account the current market environment and our future projections, we’ve concluded that the plant is...

Automatik Plastics Machinery: Strand pelletizer for the production of micro pellets

16.09.2009 - Automatik Plastics Machinery (www.automatikgroup.com) will provide at FAKUMA 2009 its underwater pelletizing system SPHERO® 30-1 togehter with a strand pelletizer for the production o micro pellets. As further highlight, Automatik will introduce its new EBG belt conveying system - especially for...

Eifler Kunststoff-Technik: Manufacturing of technically complex modules and systems

15.09.2009 - Eifler Kunststoff-Technik GmbH & Co. KG (EKT, www.eifler-kt.de) has specialised more and more in the manufacture of technically complex modules and systems over the past few years. They include the most varied manufacturing processes and refining processes both under the company´s own auspices and with...

Gneuss: Cost savings in the reprocessing of heavily contaminated PP

15.09.2009 - Rissland Kunststoffe GmbH (www.rissland-kunststoffe.de), located in Katzhütte, Germany was able to drastically increase the throughput rate of their extruder when reprocessing PP whilst at the same time increasing the screen pack life from a matter of days to several weeks. This was made possible by...

Moretto: New temperature controllers first at FAKUMA

15.09.2009 - MORETTO S.p.A. (www.moretto.com), based at Massanzago in Italy, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automation equipment for the processing of plastics, has exhaustively looked at the subject of mould cavity temperature control, undertaken research and finally presented the gathered requirements...

PolyTherm: Specialist for TPU and TPE

14.09.2009 - The PolyTherm company (www.polytherm-kg.de) in Preussisch Oldendorf is an innovative company which was established in this sector 15 years ago and is specialised in the manufacture, treatment and machining of high-quality plastics such as polyurethane (TPU) and elastomers (TPE). The company produces...

Gabriel-Chemie: Capacity expansion at European sites

14.09.2009 - Gabriel-Chemie Group (www.gabriel-chemie.com) expands the capacities for the production of colour and additive masterbatches at the European sites. Production capacity at the main works in Gumpoldskirchen/Austria has been increased by 2,000 tons p.a. with six new extruders. This is also associated...

Evonik Röhm: Price Increase for PLEXIGLAS®, PLEXALLOY® and PLEXIMID® Molding Compounds

14.09.2009 - Evonik Röhm GmbH (www.evonik.com) is increasing its prices for the PMMA molding compounds it markets under the trademarks PLEXIGLAS®, PLEXALLOY® and PLEXIMID® effective October 1, 2009. As far as permissible under existing agreements, the price of all products will go up by EUR 0.10 per kilogram. ...

Plast Engineering Knauff: Container System for fully automatically production of 1.5 Liter volume PET bottles

10.09.2009 - PLAST ENGINEERING KNAUFF (www.plastics-equipments.de)was established in 1971 as an enterprise dealing with development and sale of plastics manufacturing machines and complete manufacturing plants. The company has been operating world-wide for over 35 years and has now completed another development...

BASF restructures polyamide 6 production in Europe

09.09.2009 - Focus on Antwerp and Ludwigshafen Verbund sites BASF (www.basf.com) is restructuring its production of polyamide 6 in Europe. In the future, production will be bundled at BASF’s two Verbund sites in Antwerp, Belgium, and Ludwigshafen, Germany. Rudolstadt plant to be closed by the end of 2010 The...

KEP: New websites, brochures and FAKUMA fair presence

09.09.2009 - Korea Engineering Plastics now offers new ways of keeping their customers informed. The central Korean homepage www.kepital.com has been revised lately. Also a new European portal went live recently. At www.kepital.eu visitors will get regional information around KEPITAL in German and English language....

LANXESS: Preiserhöhung für NBR und CR

08.09.2009 - The Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) has increased its prices for NBR (nitrile-butadiene rubber) and CR (chloroprene rubber) globally effective September 1, 2009. Dependent on regions the price adjustment per metric ton comprises...

ENGEL bolsters market presence with new office in former Yugoslavia

07.09.2009 - ENGEL (www.engelglobal.com) is reinforcing its market presence in Serbia and Croatia with a new dealership. In addition to the sales network that already exists in Eastern Europe, ENGEL has now entered into a cooperation with Serbia´s Neofyton to redefine its market presence in the states of former...

Moretto: Solutions of automation for the processing of plastics

07.09.2009 - At FAKUMA (13 to 17 October 2009), Friedrichshafen, Germany, MORETTO S.p.A., Massanzago, Italy, Moretto S.p.A. (www.moretto.com), one of the global leaders in the production of automation for the processing of plastics, will present innovative solutions and cutting-edge technologies. Visitors will be...

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