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Crucial New Book Explores use of PVC in Medical Products

28.04.2009 - iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Update on Medical Plasticised PVC. Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is the most versatile of all the commodity polymers. It can satisfy a wide range of product function, safety, performance, and cost criteria. It is therefore ideal for use in medical...

LyondellBasell Adds Holding Company to Chapter 11 Protection

27.04.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries last Friday announced that LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A. has been voluntarily added to Lyondell Chemical Company´s reorganization filing under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to protect the European holding company against claims by certain financial and U.S. trade...

Dow Europe GmbH Announces Price Increases for Polyethylene Resins

27.04.2009 - Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European, Middle Eastern, African and Indian regions for PE resins, based on the continued high raw materials costs that the company is experiencing and the need to restore its margins. Effective May 1, 2009, or as contract terms...

All-Finanz have bought Menzolit Compounds International

23.04.2009 - The contrat to sell the Menzolit-group (www.menzolit.com) to the German investor All-Finanz has been signed in Heidelberg on April 20th, 2009. At the beginning of March 2009, the Swedish company Plastal, to which Menzolit formerly belonged, filed for insolvency. Before Plastal´s insolvency, extensive...

KRAIBURG TPE: TPE Production with high-purity medical paraffinic white oils

22.04.2009 - No matter whether it’s a question of toys, food packaging materials or products for use in medical technology – manufacturers can put their faith in compounds made by KRAIBURG TPE (www.kraiburg-tpe.com). They can depend on top quality and be absolutely sure that the products are safe from a medical...

DuPont: Low-wear, low-energy polymer conveyor chains made of low-friction acetal resin

22.04.2009 - iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co.KG (Hall 25, Stand B26) will launch its new FLEXON® hinged-slat chains and MatTop chains made of DuPont™ Delrin® acetal resin at Motion, Drive & Automation (Hanover, Germany, 20-24 April 2009). The polymer chains are the Munich-based company’s response to market requirements...

Akulon® from DSM Engineering Plastics in automotive feasibility studies

21.04.2009 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) has announced that Akulon PA6 resin has been selected by various OEMs and Tiers for various applications and feasibility studies for oil sumps and oil pans use in under-the-hood. Currently various engine and road tests are ongoing. Final design validation of...

Sole Shareholder of Indian Sempertrans Nirlon

20.04.2009 - In the course of ongoing international expansion Semperit AG Holding (www.semperit.at) takes over the remaining 26% of the shares of Sempertrans Nirlon, India, from its former local jointventure partner. This transaction makes Semperit the sole shareholder of Sempertrans Nirlon. Sempertrans Nirlon manufactures...

LANXESS enters into distribution agreement with Russian rubber manufacturer Halopolymer

20.04.2009 - The German specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) and the Russian rubber manufacturer Halopolymer, OJSC (Moscow, www.halopolymer.com), have entered into a distribution agreement for fluororubbers. Maxim V. Doroshkevich, CEO of Halopolymer, and Guenther Weymans, head of the Technical...

ILLIG: New Generation of automatic pressure forming machines

20.04.2009 - ILLIG (www.illig.de), manufacturer of thermoforming machines, have now completed their 3rd Generation of automatic pressure forming machines with the new RDM 75K (Photo). These machines are suitable for the production of formed parts for a multitude of applications, with the main emphasis on cups of...

Gneuss: Melt Filtration Systems for highly corrosive materials

17.04.2009 - Thanks to their better mechanical and insulating properties, XPS insulation boards are used increasingly in the building industry as a replacement for EPS boards. However in contrast to other foam processes, there is in this case the issue of corrosion caused by the flame retardants, which places specific...

BASF welcomes new Ciba employees worldwide

17.04.2009 - A few days after the closing of the Ciba acquisition, BASF (www.basf.com) is welcoming its new employees worldwide. Welcome events are taking place from yesterday onward at several large Ciba sites in Europe, Asia and North and South America. Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Chairman of BASF’s Board of Directors,...

DuPont: Bulgari selects DuPont™ Surlyn® packaging resin for the casing of its new ‘Serum Précieux’

17.04.2009 - DuPont™ Surlyn® (www.dupont.com) has been adopted for the primary packaging of Bulgari’s recent exclusive skincare line ‘Serum Précieux’. Bulgari chose the clear material for the bottle’s outer-casing as a symbol of purity. Surlyn® allows light to transmit to the content, yet is unbreakable and, despite...

BASF prepares for short-time working at Ludwigshafen site

16.04.2009 - As a result of the continuing weak economic situation, BASF (www.basf.com) is assessing in which production plants short-time working will be necessary as of June 1. This assessment is being made on the basis of a provisional agreement agreed as a precaution between the company’s management and employee...

More than 100 bioplastics in updated market report

16.04.2009 - The German Institute for Recycling publishes a largely extended new release of a technical market report that now comprises more than 100 globally available biopolymers. The brand-new market report, available from mid April 2009, provides precise information on technical parameters and processing...

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