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INEOS NOVA Announces Price Increase For Polystyrene In Europe

04.07.2008 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that prices for all Polystyrene products in Europe will increase by 65 Euro per ton effective from July 1st, 2008. INEOS NOVA needs to restore an acceptable margin on its business as the cost of raw materials and utilities has increased significantly...

DuPont: Housing of DuPont™ Zytel® HTN for map-controlled thermostat withstands complex stresses

04.07.2008 - The housing of the map-controlled thermostat by Behr Thermot-tronik (Kornwestheim, Germany, www.behrthermottronik.de) which is installed in BMW’s N43 series four-cylinder petrol motors, is exposed to a combination of very high mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses. To enable this complex part to...

LyondellBasell to Increase PP Prices in Europe

03.07.2008 - Effective July 1, LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) increased prices by euro 150 per tonne on its polypropylene grades sold in Europe. "Escalating feedstock and energy costs, which have been eroding our margins since the beginning of the year, have necessitated this increase," said...

Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik: Greek profile manufacturer doubles capacity

03.07.2008 - Since its foundation in 1987, Elitherm S.A. in Salonika, Greece, has been trading in complete heating and air conditioning systems as well as in profile systems and is known as one of the leading suppliers in its domestic market today. To extend its product portfolio and to increase its real net output...

Colortronic: New Graviblend generation with integrated material conveying

03.07.2008 - The latest generation of Graviblend (Photo), the innovative feeding and blending system from Colortronic Systems (www.colortronic.ch) now comes equipped with a fully integrated material conveying system (mechanically and in terms of the system control). This means that there are fewer interfaces, it...

iNOEX: Extrusion specialist invited for the Technology Day

02.07.2008 - The international extrusion industry got together in Bad Oeynhausen in June for the Technology Day held by iNOEX (www.inoex.de). Around 300 guests from all over the world were informed about the latest developments in technology. This feedback once again underlined iNOEX’s international market position....

DSM raises the price of YPAREX® extrudable adhesive resins

02.07.2008 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) announces a price increase of EUR150/ton for all Yparex® extrudable adhesive resins. The price increase is effective as from 1 July 2008 or as contracts permit on all shipments. According to Wouter van den Berg, Product Manager Yparex, “The price adjustment...

DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions Announces Price Increase

02.07.2008 - DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions (www.dupont.com) recently announced a price increase of up to 30 percent on all grades of DuPontTM Butacite® polyvinyl butyral interlayer product line effective August 1. The price increase will be applied globally, while specifics will vary by region. DuPont Glass...

BASF increases prices for acetylene-based specialty intermediates and carbonates

02.07.2008 - With immediate effect or as contracts allow, BASF (www.basf.com) is increasing the sales prices globally for acetylene-based specialty intermediates by 10%. Rising costs make these price adjustments necessary. The products are as follows: • acetylene alcohols, such as propargyl alcohol, as well...

Chemtura Increases Prices for Polymer Additives Globally

01.07.2008 - Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM, www.chemtura.com) will increase the prices for all of its polymer additives products by up to $0.09/kg globally, effective July 1, 2008 or as contracts allow. This increase is necessary to offset the extraordinary escalations in distribution costs, particularly fuel...

Werner Koch: Saint Petersburg Academy awards honorary doctorate to Professor h. c. Werner Koch

01.07.2008 - Professor h. c. Werner Koch, CEO and owner of Ispringen-based Werner Koch Maschinentechnik GmbH (www.koch-technik.de), was awarded an honorary doctorate in June from the Academy of Education, Saint Petersburg. Koch received the award of Doctor of Science from Professor Valery Bogdanov, vice president...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for synthetic rubber grades

30.06.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to increase its prices worldwide for a number of its synthetic rubber grades effective July 1, 2008. According to an announcement by the Technical Rubber Products business unit, the price increase per metric ton will comprise up to EUR 200...

Rieter-Automatik: Innovative process water management for pelletizing

27.06.2008 - MOL CLEAN from Rieter-Automatik is a new method of preventing microbiological growth in process water for pelletizing lines, particularly for PET and PA production, which is both highly efficient and environmentally sound. It increases line availability and reduces operating costs. By improving not...

Quadrant EPP announces price increases for engineering plastics in stock shapes

26.06.2008 - Quadrant EPP (www.quadrantplastics.com), the world´s leading manufacturer of engineering plastics in stock shapes (rod, plate, tube) for machining, has announced a price increase 5- 10%, depending on the product area (insert link to table products). Luca Carabelli, commercial director Europe, commented:...

BASF to raise prices for Terluran Commodities, Styrolux and Polystyrene in Europe

26.06.2008 - As of July 1st, 2008, BASF (www.basf.com) will be raising its prices in Europe for Terluran® (ABS) Commodities and Styrolux® (SBC polymer) by 100 Euro per metric ton. At the same time the GMP (gross market price) for Polystyrene will be increased by 50 Euro per metric ton. These measures are due...

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