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DSM Composite Resins announces price increase

11.05.2009 - DSM Composite Resins (www.dsmcompositeresins.com) announced a price increase of 3-5% on its entire product range. This price increase is global and will come into effect by 15 May 2009, or at the earliest time possible, depending on existing individual contracts. The price increase is a result of feedstock...

LyondellBasell to Cease Polymers Production at Chocolate

08.05.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) yesterday announced that it will cease the production of high density polyethylene (HDPE) at its Chocolate Bayou plant near Alvin, Texas by July 31, 2009. "In the current market environment, with declining demand for polyethylene in the United States...

Evonik: Microcrystalline high-performance polyamide for the Optical Industry

08.05.2009 - Germany-based Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) has expanded its TROGAMID® CX range to include the new TROGAMID® myCX, which it has put on the market-and right on time for the MIDO, too, the optics, optometry, and ophthalmology trade show held in Milan each year. TROGAMID® myCX stands for a new...

Georg Kaufmann Formenbau: Direct back-moulding of metal foils

07.05.2009 - Innovative mould and process technology: lower costs, higher productivity Injection moulds for a new back-moulding application – the direct back-moulding of metal foils – are now available from the company that develops and builds them: Georg Kaufmann Formenbau AG (www.gktool.ch). This innovative...

Sarlink: Major capacity expansion for Thermoplastic Vulcanisate

07.05.2009 - Sarlink (www.sarlink.com) has officially opened a new production facility in Genk Belgium. The new plant will double Sarlink’s global capacity and provide the company with a timely expansion as Thermoplastic Vulcanisate (TPV) material solutions are becoming more popular than ever, thanks to the material’s...

Kreyenborg: Increase of throughput with melt pumps

07.05.2009 - Melt pumps form the core of modern extrusion lines. Their tasks include to build-up and ensure the necessary pressure at the respective tool. Thus also the operational demands of the extruder may be decreased in that way, that an efficiency increase of the complete line is achieved. An effect which...

DSM increases prices of Akulon® PA6 Polymers

06.05.2009 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) has announced a price increase for its Akulon® polyamide 6 polymers. Effective May 1st, 2009, or as contracts permit, all shipments in Europe will be increased by EUR 70 per metric ton. Richard Pieters, Global Business Manager at DSM Engineering Plastics says:...

Bayer MaterialScience expands its distribution network for polycarbonates in Eastern Europe through the addition of ALBIS

06.05.2009 - Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayermaterialscience.com) is stepping up its activities in Eastern Europe by expanding its cooperation with the ALBIS Group (Hamburg, www.albis.com). Bayer MaterialScience has added ALBIS to its existing partners in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania...

Norner Innovation: MDO line for development centre

06.05.2009 - The norwegian Norner Innovation AS (www.norner.no) has entered an agreement with Hosokawa Alpine (www.alpinehosokawa.com) AG to install a so called MDO line (Mono Directional Orientation) for development of plastic films for flexible packaging and industrial applications in its development centre. The...

BASF: Styrenic plastic specialty Terblend N for the ski-hatch opening

06.05.2009 - For the first time, the plastic Terblend® N NG-02 is being used for a ski-hatch (Photo) opening in the new Opel Insignia. In spite of its glass fiber content, this ABS/PA blend made by BASF (www.basf.com, www.terblend-n.com) can be used for visible parts without having to be coated. In comparison to...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation builds a PA 6 plant in Vietnam

05.05.2009 - Already in June 2008, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC) from Taiwan and Uhde Inventa-Fischer (www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) signed a contract for a polyamide 6 plant. The plant will be built in Vietnam, to the south of Ho Chi Minh City. The annual capacity of 47,000 metric tons will be used...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer builds plant for Grodno Khimvolokno in Belarus

05.05.2009 - Uhde Inventa-Fischer (www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Grodno Khimvolokno signed a contract in October 2008 for the delivery of a polyamide-6 plant. The plant will have an annual capacity of 91,000 metric tons; it will produce polyamide-6 chips for tire cord, BCF and engineering plastics. The plant...

Wittmann Battenfeld establishes sales and service subsidiary in Romania

05.05.2009 - The Austrian Wittmann Group (www.wittmann-battenfeld.com) continues to expand within the EU: As from 1 May 2009, a sales and service subsidiary is opened in Bucharest, Romania. ‘Wittmann Battenfeld Srl’ serves to strengthen the role of the Wittmann Group in the growing Romanian market. The Wittmann...

BASF: A drastic decline in sales in the Plastics segment

04.05.2009 - In an extremely difficult environment, BASF’s (www.basf.com) business declined in the first quarter of 2009. At €12.2 billion, sales were 23% lower than in the first quarter of 2008, primarily due to persistently weak demand. Income from operations (EBIT) before special items fell by 58% to €985 million...

BASF increases prices for PolyTHF worldwide

04.05.2009 - With immediate effect or as contracts allow, BASF (www.basf.com) is increasing the sales prices for PolyTHF ® (P olytetrahydrofuran ) worldwide. • Europe: + EUR 75/mt • North America: + USD 6ct/lbs • Asia: + USD 200/mt The price adjustment for PolyTHF is related to unsatisfactory margins and...

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