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INEOS Olefins and Polymers to increase prices of its HDPE pipe grades in June

20.05.2009 - INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe (www.ineos.com) has announced plans to increase prices for HDPE pipe grades by EUR 70 per tonne, in addition to movements in monthly ethylene pricing. New prices for PE80, PE100 and PEX grades are to come into effect on June 1st. Prices of HDPE pipe grades have...

Bayer MaterialScience and Nano Terra, Inc. announce collaboration in surface engineering on films

20.05.2009 - Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayermaterialscience.com), a global leader in high-value polymers, announced today an alliance with Nano Terra Inc., a leading surface engineering and nanotechnology co-development company. Nano Terra will apply its unique surface engineering expertise to Bayer’s materials...

Sumitomo-Demag: New all-electric injection moulding machine including direct drive technology

18.05.2009 - The Japanese/German manufacturer of injection moulding machines Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH (www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu), with its European headquarters in Schwaig/Germany, is about to launch its IntElect all-electric injection moulding machine of the new "Smart" configuration level....

Pallmann: Granulator and Complete Systems for the Rubber Preparation

18.05.2009 - For the economical size reduction of rubber bales such as natural- and butyl rubber which is though to grind in only one step, Pallmann (www.pallmann.eu) has developed the Ultra-Granulator™ PS-C with an integrated guillotine. Precutting of the rubber bales is thereby not necessary. Granulator with...

BASF: Short-time work in Ludwigshafen as of June

15.05.2009 - BASF SE (www.basf.com) is introducing short-time work in the coming months for about 1,000 employees in 20 production plants and associated service units at its site in Ludwigshafen. These measures are necessary mainly at production units for pigments, intermediates, petrochemicals and inorganics. Most...

LyondellBasell Names Jim Gallogly as CEO

15.05.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) yesterday announced that its Supervisory Board has named James L. (Jim) Gallogly (Photo) chief executive officer, effective immediately. Gallogly will succeed Volker Trautz who has announced his retirement from the company. The terms of the appointment...

Arburg: Newcomers to the electric Alldrive series

14.05.2009 - Arburg (www.arburg.com) is continuing to enhance and expand its electric Alldrive machine series in a logically consistent manner. At the 2009 Technology Days, visitors were be presented with two new sizes, which are a natural extension to the Allrounder A series at both ends of the size spectrum. This...

New Book: TPE PRIMER - Fundamentals • Injection Moulding

14.05.2009 - Thermoplastic elastomers as a class of materials have been growing at high rates over the period of past several years. Because of their unique property profi le they have not only replaced conventional rubber in many areas but also found a host of totally new applications. There are several books...

Starlinger: Automatic production of modern shopping bags from woven plastic fabric

14.05.2009 - Starlinger (www.starlinger.com) introduces on NPE in Chicago the cb*starKON conversion line– the world’s first line for the automatic production of modern shopping bags from woven plastic fabric. Woven shopping bags are gaining in popularity: no other type of bag meets the increasingly high standards...

BUSS: MX Kneader for High-Fill Compounds

14.05.2009 - The new four-flight BUSS MX Kneader made in Switzerland by Buss AG (www.busscorp.com) has proven highly successful in compounding applications ranging far beyond the original goal of HFFR cable compounds. BUSS has therefore expanded its applications to cover practically all high-fill temperature and...

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag: Shaun Dean new Chief Operations Officer

13.05.2009 - On May 6th, 2009 Mr. Shaun Dean (43, Photo) was appointed as Sumitomo (SHI) Demag´s (www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu) third Management Director. In his position as COO and together with Dr. Tetsuya Okamura and Markus Schiefer Mr. Dean will take over the responsibility for all operational and production processes....

DuPont: Permanent antistatic additive for enduring dust-free, shimmering-white surfaces

12.05.2009 - Merz Consumer Care’s wonderfully scented tetesept® shower cream oils include fragrances such as ‘White Peach and Milk’ or ‘Lotus Blossom and Orchid’ – a freshness reflected by the pearl-white, glossy appearance of their bottles. The thin outer layer of the coextrusion blow-moulded PP bottle contains...

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...

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