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Coperion: Focus on extrusion lines for the pharmaceutical industry

06.05.2010 - “Pharmaceutical Hot Melt Extrusion” Congress At its in-house congress on “Pharmaceutical Hot Melt Extrusion”, held on April 15, 2010, Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, provided around 100 guests from the pharmaceutical industry with a compact overview of this special, rapidly growing application....

DSM Composite Resins announces price increase of its complete portfolio

05.05.2010 - DSM Composite Resins, a global leader in Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPR), is increasing the price of its complete portfolio of resins produced and sold with immediate effect. Michael Effing, President of DSM Composite Resins, states that the increase is "due to tight supply situation, force majeure...

Pallmann: Economical Reintroduction of Film waste into the Production Cycle

05.05.2010 - Film waste arises in the most different types and shapes. The waste ranges from thick PVC, - PE- and polyester film up to PP- and thin polyester film, stretched on both sides. Piles, packages, bales and edge trimmings, roles and sheets, continuous and discontinuous, clean or soiled. The processing steps...

LANXESS: 100,000 tons of high-tech plastics in Wuxi

04.05.2010 - On April 24 this year LANXESS Semi-Crystalline Products business unit reached a milestone when production of high-tech plastics at the company’s compounding facility in Wuxi, China passed the 100,000-ton mark, announced LANXESS. The facility, which has been in operation since January 2006, compounds...

LyondellBasell Emerges from Chapter 11 Protection

03.05.2010 - LyondellBasell at last Friday announced that the company has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company´s Plan of Reorganization was confirmed last week by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York with the approval of an overwhelming majority of the voting...

Borealis successfully launched inaugural bond

03.05.2010 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, has successfully launched its inaugural bond in Austria. The initially planned amount of EUR 100 million was increased to EUR 200 million as the market reacted very positively to the offer. Borealis will use the additional funds...

BASF: Strong start to 2010

03.05.2010 - BASF’s business continued to develop favorably in the first quarter of 2010. In conjunction with the recovery of the economy and some restocking of inventories by customers, demand has risen strongly in almost all divisions. At the same time, some chemical products were in short supply. Thanks to these...

Evonik: Extended shutdown at Methacrylates Verbund in Worms

03.05.2010 - During the scheduled plant revision unforeseen technical problems in the sulphuric acid plant occurred that will force Evonik Röhm GmbH to extend the shutdown by probably four weeks. As the sulphuric acid plant is an important part of Evonik´s Methacrylates Verbund this will clearly impact the availability...

Klöckner Pentaplast: Plans to invest in new European capacity announced

30.04.2010 - The management of the Klöckner Pentaplast Group announced recently that the company plans to further enhance its production capabilities and product quality in the European market with a €40 Mio ($54 Mio) investment in new state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment. This business decision allows kp to...

DuPont: Price increase for Elvax® and Elvaloy® AC resins

30.04.2010 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is announcing a price increase for Europe, Middle East and Africa of 0.15 Euro/kg for its DuPont™ Elvax® (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers) and DuPont™ Elvaloy® AC (ethylene acrylate copolymers) resins, effective May 1st, 2010 or as contracts permit. This increase...

Trevira developing well

30.04.2010 - For Trevira GmbH the first quarter of the business year 2010 has been very positive. “We are pleased with the present developments, which are exceeding our forecasts“, comments CEO Uwe Wöhner on the figures. Confidence in the company shown by customers and business partners rests on a very solid base....

Mann+Hummel ProTec: Precisely dosed drying

29.04.2010 - HellermannTyton using integrated SOMOS® technology HellermannTyton is using efficient and cost-effective SOMOS® technology from MANN+HUMMEL ProTec to dry some 100 materials for 68 injection moulding machines in line with its needs. The online flow measurement of two central drying hoppers is a special...

SAS Automation: New adjustable bag gripper for material handling

29.04.2010 - The US-based producer of modular component-based robotic end-of-arm tooling and gripper systems, SAS Automation, recently introduced a new adjustable bag gripper for a variety of bag handling applications. A custom bag gripper tool is often used to palletize woven cloth, plastic or paper bags containing...

Evonik expands methacrylic acid capacities in China

28.04.2010 - Evonik Industries, one of the world´s leading providers of methacrylate chemicals, has expanded its production at the new site in Shanghai, China, to 25,000 metric tons as part of overhauling its methacrylic acid production. The expanded facility will become operational in May and will provide additional...

Erema: VACUREMA recycling systems with new extension of FDA approval for rPET

27.04.2010 - From now on food and ready-prepared meal packaging and containers can be made of up to 100% recycled PET (rPET) produced on VACUREMA recycling systems, even if temperatures rise above 120°C (250°F) during the heating process. This has been made possible by the new approval of EREMA´s VACUREMA systems...

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