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BASF increases capacity for epsilon-caprolactone

16.11.2007 - BASF (www.basf.com) will begin expanding its production capacity for epsilon-caprolactone (CLO) with a first project to raise its annual capacity by up to 2,000 metric tons in 2008. In line with market growth, further capital has been earmarked for projects to expand CLO and its value chain in subsequent...

Borealis announces EUR 225 million net profit for third quarter

14.11.2007 - • Operating profit growth in Q3, 29% above the same period in 2006 • Norway divestment contributes EUR 105 million to results • Borealis launches Water for the World at K 2007 Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces an operating...

BASF further expands its position for engineering plastics in Europe

14.11.2007 - Acquisition of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ shares in the joint venture for PBT production in Schwarzheide / Strong growth of the European market for engineering plas-tics expected to continue unabated BASF (www.basf.com) has signed an agreement with SABIC Innovative Plastics (www.sabic-ip.com) on...

Evonik Röhm: Price Increase for Methacrylate Resins

14.11.2007 - The Binders & Additives (BD) Business Line, part of Evonik Röhm GmbH (www.binders-and-additives.com), a subsidiary of Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.de), Essen, will implement price increases for its methyl methacrylate-based resins by up to 10% in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas, effective...

Ineos Nova: European Polystyrene Price Announcement for November

13.11.2007 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that the prices for all European Polystyrene products sold in November will be kept equal to the October Price. The Polystyrene price stability and the margin expansion is fully justified by company’s view of the Supply/Demand balance for Polystyrene....

Brückner: Looking Forward to Expansion in Bulgaria

12.11.2007 - Bulgaria’s leading OPP film manufacturer, Plastchim-T, is expanding its film production with a second BOPP line. Due to the perfect and smooth cooperation they experienced working together with Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG (www.brueckner.com) on their first BOPP project, Plastchim-T naturally...

DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions Increases Prices

08.11.2007 - DuPont Cites Rising Costs, Demand for Additional Capacity and Accelerated R&D DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions (www.dupont.com) announced a global price increase, effective Nov. 1, 2007, for fluoropolymer resins and dispersions, of up to 20 percent depending on the product family and grade, and subject...

Georg Kaufmann Formenbau: First Dolphin two-component mould in operation at K 2007

07.11.2007 - Rotary injection mould combines soft-touch with rigidity Now effectively ready for service in mass production, the first injection mould for the Dolphin process could be seen in operation at K 2007. This process combines the injection moulding and foaming operations in one production cell and is...

Basell: LyondellBasell Industries to be new company name

06.11.2007 - Basell (www.basell.com) and Lyondell Chemical Company (NYSE:LYO, (www.lyondell.com) jointly announced shortly their plans for naming the company which will result from their planned merger. Following completion of the merger transaction, the newly combined company will be named LyondellBasell Industries....

i-mold: With new range of mini tunnel gate inserts invisible gating of miniature parts

05.11.2007 - What must be the smallest tunnel gate inserts (Photo) ever to have been manufactured will be making their début at Euromold 2007. Developed and manufactured by i-mold GmbH & Co. KG (www.i-mold.de) these tunnel gate inserts are used for the virtually invisible gating of miniature parts typically weighing...

Nuga: Inline recycling of hollow items in PE/PP

25.10.2007 - Bottles, canisters and other containers are produced in PE or PP by blow moulding. Depending on the process conditions and changes in the material, shape or colour, different amounts of high grade plastic waste arise continuously during the start-up process as well as during production. At K 2007 NUGA...

BASF increases prices for Ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate

22.10.2007 - With immediate effect or as contracts allow, BASF (www.basf.com) is increasing the sales prices for ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate worldwide by €120 per metric ton in Europe and US$170 per metric ton in NAFTA and Asia . These price adjustments are necessary to support BASF´s ongoing efforts...

Nuga: Granulators for granulation of PET bottles

18.10.2007 - NUGA AG (www.centricut.ch) is presenting at K 2007 further developed granulators in its compact CentriCut 44 slr range, that have been designed especially for demanding tasks in the granulation of PET bottles. The PET bottles are fed via a conveyor belt as loose bulk material in the form of entire or...

Rieter: Live production of micro pellets

09.10.2007 - The highlight of Rieter´s (www.rieter-automatik.de, www.pelletizing.com) stand at K 2007 will be a compact production line which can produce micro pellets in both spherical and cylindrical shapes. The unconventional production arrangement will be shown in operation twice a day at 11.30 am and 3 pm....

Weima: Optimally designed drives on shredding machinery for plastics

04.10.2007 - The change in the form of a product by shredding is a central process stage in processing of plastics. Its efficiency depends here essentially on the best possible designed drive for the shredding machine used. At K 2007, WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH (www.weima.com) presents optimum drive concepts for different...

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