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DuPont Plans to Increase Supply of Tedlar® Films for Fast-Growing Photovoltaic Solar Market

11.09.2008 - As a leading supplier of materials to the photovoltaic solar industry, DuPont (www.dupont.com) announced its intent to expand production capacity for its high-performance DuPont™ Tedlar® films. Scope and site selection work is under way, targeting start-up in late 2009, pending final project approval....

Borealis and MCC agree to improve PP compound supply for the automotive industry

10.09.2008 - Borealis AG (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading supplier of innovative value creating plastics solutions, and its U.S. subsidiary, Borealis Compounds LLC, have entered into manufacturing and supply agreements with affiliates of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) to improve the supply of polypropylene...

HT Troplast / profine: Dieter Mayer - New CFO of profine Group

09.09.2008 - The Supervisory Board of HT Troplast GmbH (profine Group, www.profine-group.com) has appointed Dieter Mayer (50, Photo) as Managing Director taking effect September 4, 2008. In this position, he will be the Chief Financial Officer of profine Group. "We are very pleased that Mr. Mayer will join the...

Herbert Willerth appointed Borealis Deputy CEO

09.09.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has announced that Herbert Willerth will assume the newly created role of Deputy Chief Executive, effective from September 1, 2008. In this position, Willerth will have a special focus on Europe and...

S+S: Pipe magnet protects extruders, injection-moulding and blow-moulding machines

09.09.2008 - At the Fakuma 2008 trade fair S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH (www.se-so-tec.com) presents the fundamentally re-engineered EXTRACTOR pipe magnet. The well-proven functional and performance features have remained unchanged. Improvements were made with respect to overall height, nominal widths,...

plasticker.com: Online marketplace for the plastics industry

09.09.2008 - The plasticker industry portal (www.plasticker.com) is presenting itself at the Fakuma 2008 trade show on the common stand of the ministry for trade, medium and small sized enterprises and energy of the state of North Rhine Westphalia (Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Energie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen,...

TechnoCompound: Comprehensive portfolio of engineering compounds

08.09.2008 - At this year´s Fakuma 2008 TechnoCompound GmbH (www.technocompound.com) will be presenting three newly developed products: • With TechnoMid PA6 or PA66 VN, TechnoCompound offers the world´s first radiation crosslinkable polyamide for injection moulding applications. Parts moulded in this newly developed...

Coperion Waeschle: Simultaneous tempering and conveying of powdered materials

05.09.2008 - BULK-X-CHANGE® bulk materials heat exchanger can now be integrated into pneumatic conveying The BULK-X-CHANGE® bulk materials heat exchanger from Coperion Waeschle GmbH & Co. KG (www.coperion.com) is now available for immediate integration into pneumatic conveying systems. The direct installation...

DuPont: Low abrasion DuPont™ Vespel® thrust washers for maintenance-free SUV transfer case

04.09.2008 - Thrust washers made of DuPont™ Vespel® SP-21 (www.dupont.de) polyimide are durable, maintenance-free components of the new Integrated Transfer Cases developed by Magna Powertrain of Lannach, Austria. Used in premium SUVs from Land Rover and Daimler, these ITC’s are located upstream of the differential...

SAS Automation: New RFID Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling

04.09.2008 - SAS Automation (www.sas-automation.com) introduces new Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling (EOAT) with RFID tags to automatically ensure the correct tooling is operating with the corresponding operation and equipment. RFID is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data...

LANXESS increases prices for synthetic rubber

03.09.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to increase its prices for synthetic rubber grades effective September 1, 2008. According to an announcement by the Technical Rubber Products business unit, the worldwide price increases per metric ton will comprise up to USD 300 for Buna EP...

Simona: Manufacturer with strong results for first half of 2008

02.09.2008 - During the first six months of 2008, the Simona Group (www.simona.de) managed to expand both revenue and earnings against the backdrop of relatively stable economic conditions. Sales revenue generated during this period stood at 157.1 million Euro, which corresponds to year-on-year growth of 4.1 per...

FKuR: New Biopolymers at Fakuma 2008

02.09.2008 - Latest FKuR (www.fkur.com) biomaterial innovations will be shown at Fakuma 2008. Bio-Flex® VA 5100 CL is the worldwide first transparent biopolymer for blown film extrusion and can be processed on conventional blown film lines without adjustments to screws, dies and downstream equipment. Well known...

Rieter-Automatik is now Automatik Plastics Machinery

01.09.2008 - Effective today, Rieter Automatik GmbH is operating under a new name: Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH. This marks the completion of the company´s acquisition by CGS Management AG. Earlier this year, CSC Management AG of Pfäffikon, Switzerland, acquired Grossostheim-based Rieter-Automatik from Switzerland´s...

BASF increases prices for polyetheramines

01.09.2008 - Effective immediately, or as existing contracts permit, BASF (ww.basf.com) will increase prices for polyetheramines in Asia, Europe and South America by 220 USD/mt or 150 EUR/mt respectively for the entire portfolio. BASF has previously announced a similar price increase for polyetheramines in the NAFTA...

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