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Erema: Greenstar WES with new BTB recycling plant for HDPE milk bottles

03.06.2008 - The middle of April this year saw the world´s first Vacurema Advanced system go into operation in the northeast of England. The system was designed by EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H. (www.erema.at), the Austrian-based recycling plant manufacturer, for the recycling of HDPE...

PlasticsEurope: Jacques van Rijckevorsel elected new President

02.06.2008 - Jacques van Rijckevorsel (Photo), Member of the Executive Committee of Solvay SA, is the new PlasticsEurope (www.plasticseurope.org) President. Mr. van Rijckevorsel was elected at the PlasticsEurope General Assembly in Ferrara, Italy, and replaces John Taylor as the head of the association. Günter Hilken...

Borealis increases polyethylene and polypropylene prices

02.06.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces that it will increase all polyethylene prices by EUR 80/tonne and all polypropylene prices by EUR 50/tonne as of June 1, 2008. “This increase is necessary to restore margins and to secure...

BASF to raise prices for Polystyrene in Europe

30.05.2008 - As of June 1, 2008, BASF (www.plasticsportal.eu) will raise its gross market price (GMP) for Polystyrene by €100 per metric ton. “Owing to the sharp increase in the cost of raw materials for Polystyrene in recent months, we find ourselves forced to make this unusually high price adjustment, to €1,525...

DuPont: Fluoropolymers for electrical insulation

30.05.2008 - Innovations in fluoropolymers include new products and technologies for low-loss DuPont™ (www.dupont.com) Teflon® PTFE and FEP wire constructions. A new foam grade, Teflon® FEP TE 9810, produces smaller, better dispersed and more homogenous voids compared to previous Teflon® foam grades for enhanced...

ICM: 8th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC2009 - Call for papers

30.05.2008 - After the big success of the 7th International Electronics Recycling Congress last January, the Swiss organizer ICM AG (www.icm.ch ) will hold its 8th International Electronics Recycling Congress in beautiful Salzburg in Austria. The IERC2009 will take place from 21 - 23 January 2009 in the Salzburg...

INEOS NOVA Announce Price Increase for Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)

29.05.2008 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that they are increasing the price for expandable polystyrene (EPS) by 100 Euro per tonne, effective June 1, 2008. This increase is necessary because of continuing large increases in feedstock costs and because margins in EPS have slipped to unsustainably...

New Book: ‘Energy Management in Plastics Processing’

29.05.2008 - Practical energy-saving advice for all plastics processors Plastics Information Direct, the technical publishing division of Applied Market Information Ltd. (www.amiplastics.com), has published a brand new book which could help all plastics processors to manage and reduce their energy consumption....

BASF: For China, high heels made of Terblend N

29.05.2008 - Cold temperatures, steel gratings, miles and miles of sidewalks – high heels made of Terblend® N, BASF’s (www.basf.com, www.plasticsportal.eu), ABS/PA blend, are now available on the Chinese market and ensure that spike heels (Photo) that are up to 10 centimeters tall can withstand all of these extreme...

DuPont: Decorated PBT heightens the consumer appeal of electric components

29.05.2008 - A new, safety-oriented system for the quick and simple installation of light switches and plug sockets, from Sibecx of France (Cergy-Pontoise, www.sibecx.com), features decorative front plates made of DuPont™ Crastin® PBT. The polyester resin was chosen for its functional properties as well as its...

TechnoCompound plans further expansion of LFT and engineering polymers production

28.05.2008 - Annual capacity more than doubled since 2005 Compounding specialist TechnoCompound, Bad Sobernheim/Germany, plans to further expand its production of long fibre reinforced thermoplastics (LFTs) and engineering polymers in the course of the next few years. This was the announcement made to journalists...

Borealis scientist appointed to Giulio Natta Award’s Scientific Committee

28.05.2008 - Thanks to the outstanding reputation of Borealis’ polyolefins research and development programme (www.borealisgroup.com), the Giulio Natta Award’s Scientific Committee has appointed Gunilla Herrgård, Chief Scientist for polyolefins research and development, as an official member. The Giulio Natta...

LANXESS increases prices for pigments worldwide

27.05.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to increase its prices for iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments worldwide with immediate effect. The prices for the Bayferrox and Colortherm lines will be increased by up to EUR 150 per metric ton, and for chrome oxide pigments by up to EUR...

Erema: Turnover climbs beyond 100 million euro mark

26.05.2008 - Erema (www.erema.at), the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, ended its 2007/2008 fiscal year on 31 March this year, once again with record turnover figures. The figure for consolidated turnover achieved by the Erema Group, comprising Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen...

Plastpol: 12th International Fair of Plastics Processing in Poland

26.05.2008 - International Fair of Plastics Processing PLASTPOL (www.plastpol.com) will be held on 27th-30th May in Kielce, Poland. It is the largest exhibition dedicated to plastics processing industry in Poland and in Eastern Europe. The exhibition in Kielce will feature among other things novel processing...

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