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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...

BASF increases its prices for butanediol and its derivatives in Europe

01.07.2009 - Effective July 1, 2009, or as contracts allow, BASF (www.basf.com) is increasing the sales prices for butanediol and butanediol derivatives by EUR50 per metric ton in Europe. This measure applies in particular to 1,4 butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran (THF), gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and N-methylpyrrolidone...

LANXESS: Production of new butyl rubber facility in Singapore to start in 2014

01.07.2009 - Postponement made necessary by drop in demand Due to the continuing global economic crisis, specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is postponing the construction of its new butyl rubber facility in Singapore. Production is now scheduled to start in 2014. LANXESS will use the time to...

BUSS: Rigid PVC compounds with up to 100 phr fillers

01.07.2009 - Swiss manufacturer Buss AG (www.busscorp.com) has set yet another benchmark with its 4-flight quantec® Kneader. Among other advances, rigid PVC compounding with up to 100 phr fillers is now possible on this machine. The key engineering and technological innovations are: • Process zone extension...

Evonik: New, Bio-Based Polyamide on Market

30.06.2009 - Germany-based Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) has added a group of bio-based polyamides to its VESTAMID® family. The polymers, sold under the VESTAMID® Terra brand name, are based on monomers produced partly or entirely from fatty acids. The most important source is currently castor oil, obtained...

plast expo 09: Moroccan plastics fair successful

30.06.2009 - plast expo 09 (2 to 5 June 2009, www.plast-expo.com) in Casablanca claims itself to be an efficient Euro-Mediterranean gateway to Africa. Due to exhibitors information this mission was accomplished with 2,058 registered trade visitors from 27 countries and 102 exhibitors from 19 countries. The 102...

LyondellBasell to increase PP prices in Europe

29.06.2009 - Effective July 1, LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) will increase prices by €125 per tonne on its polypropylene grades sold in Europe. “Escalating feedstock and energy costs have necessitated this increase,” said Yves Bonte, Senior Vice President of LyondellBasell’s Polypropylene Business.

Rapid Granulator: Acquisition of Avian Machinery in China

26.06.2009 - Rapid Granulator AB (www.rapidgranulator.se), the Swedish-based manufacturer in plastics granulation and technology, and part of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, based IPEG, announced at the NPE show that it has acquired Avian Machinery, the Shanghai-based manufacturer of granulator and recycling systems....

LANXESS increases prices for basic chemicals

26.06.2009 - The Basic Chemicals business unit of specialty chemicals company LANXESS (www.lanxess.com) is increasing its prices worldwide for its entire product portfolio by a minimum of seven per cent with immediate effect. The primary factors behind this measure are higher raw material and energy expenses. Torsten...

BASF to reduce polystyrene capacity in Europe by about 15 percent

26.06.2009 - Effective June 30, 2009, BASF (www.basf.com) will close one polystyrene plant at the Ludwigshafen site. This will reduce BASF’s annual production capacity for the standard plastic polystyrene in Europe by 80,000 to 540,000 metric tons, what comes up to a capacity reduction of about 15 percent. Personnel...

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