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BASF to raise prices for the plastic Styrolux in Europe

22.07.2008 - With immediate effect BASF (www.basf.com) will be raising its prices in Europe for Styrolux® (SBC polymer) by 150 Euro per metric ton. This measure is in addition to the increase that was announced in June 2008, because the cost of raw materials, energy and transportation has further risen. The...

BKG: Underwater Pelletizing Systems for Wood Polymer Composites

21.07.2008 - Worldwide, the so-called wood polymer composites (WPC) become more and more important. On the one hand, that results from the possibility to thus replace more and more tropical wood. On the other hand, wood fibres resp. saw dust are considerably cheaper than polymer which is thus cheaply stretched....

DuPont Introduces Biomax® PTT Renewably Sourced™ Injection Molding Resin

18.07.2008 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (www.dupont.com) announced the introduction of Biomax® PTT (PolyTrimethylTerephthalate), which contains up to 35 percent renewably sourced content for packaging applications. Biomax® PTT 1100 is especially suitable for use in injection-molded containers, cosmetic...

ISO 15270 will help expand plastics recovery and recycling worldwide

18.07.2008 - A new ISO International Standard (www.iso.org) will assist the emerging worldwide market for plastic recovery and recycling. Because plastic products are traded internationally and many of the plastic resin manufacturing companies and industrial users are multinational companies, the arrival of ISO...

BASF plasticizer Hexamoll® DINCH comes out ahead in eco-efficiency analysis

18.07.2008 - Top five commercially available non-phthalate plasticizers compared The BASF (www.basf.com) product Hexamoll® DINCH has the highest eco-efficiency in a comparison of the top five non-phthalate plasticizers on the market today. So say the results of a BASF eco-efficiency analysis, verified by the impartial...

ECEBD: New Study - 'Sheet Extrusion and Thermoforming in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)'

17.07.2008 - ECEBD (www.ecebd.de), the Hungarian market research and consulting company, has followed with great attention the Thermoforming and vacuum forming markets of the CEE region in the recent times. As a result of the long lasting inspection of the regional markets the company has published a free study....

DuPont: New European Sales & Marketing Manager for DuPont™ Vespel® Parts and Shapes

16.07.2008 - Jost E. Laumeyer (38, Bild) is the new European Sales & Marketing Manager for DuPont™ Vespel® Parts and Shapes with effect from 1 July 2008. He will be located at the company’s Central European Sales & Marketing Centre in Bad Homburg, Germany. Jost succeeds Jeroen van Campen, who accepts a new role...

Zwick Roell: Materials testing solutions for the plastics and rubber industry

16.07.2008 - Zwick Roell (www.zwick.de) has introduces a new 68-page full colour brochure which covers the complete range of testing instruments, machines, software and application solutions for the plastics and rubber industry and corresponding research and testing institutes and training centers. In addition...

Dr. Thiele: 4th China International Recycled Polyester Conference

15.07.2008 - Hangzhou, China, 2.-4.9.2008 China Chemical Fiber Economic Information Network (CCFEI), PCI-Group and Dr. Thiele Polyester Technology (www.polyester-technology.com) are presenting the 4th China International Recycled Polyester Conference in Hangzhou China. This event which is taking place September...

DuPont Engineering Polymers to expand compounding capacity in China

14.07.2008 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) announced an expansion of compounding capacity for its range of DuPont™ Zytel® nylon 6 and 66 resins and DuPont™ Zytel® HTN PPA high performance polyamide resins at the manufacturing site of DuPont in Shenzhen, China. The expansion will add 30,000 metric...

BASF: Investments in PU System Solutions for Growing Markets in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

14.07.2008 - As the leading supplier of polyurethane (PU) system solutions worldwide, BASF (www.basf.com) is further expanding its global network. With the establishment of two System Houses in Poland and Slovakia by the subsidiary Elastogran, BASF will meet the demand of the rapidly growing markets in Central and...

Kreyenborg: Three large screen changers for PET production to USA and Russia

11.07.2008 - Not less than three gigantic melt filters now have left the plant of the Kreyenborg GmbH (www.kreyenborg.com) in Münster/Germany. Each of these systems of the new type series Poly presents the biggest screen changer which has ever been constructed. These giants have been designed for the use in world-scale...

FKuR: Biopolymers specialist strengthens its management team

11.07.2008 - On the 1st of July 2008 Dr.-Ing. Christian Bonten (Photo) will join the management team at FKuR Kunststoff GmbH (www.fkur.com). Dr. Bonten, a plastics engineer, will assume the role of authorized representative responsible for Technology and Marketing and will reinforce the management board of Dr.-Ing....

CTS announces price increases on téfabloc TPE range

10.07.2008 - The recent unprecedented, continuous, and general rises in raw materials, energy, packaging and transportation costs lead up CTS Cousin Tessier (www.cts-compound.com) and TCT-Polska to implement an average price increase of 200 €/ton on their Téfabloc® range of thermoplastic elastomers. This increase...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Raises Prices on Elvanol® PVA/PVOH

09.07.2008 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP, www.dupont.com) recently announced a price increase of up to $0.20/lb in North America and $440/MT in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific for all grades of Elvanol® polyvinyl alcohol, effective July 1 or as contracts permit.

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