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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...

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...

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