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DSM Engineering Plastics: New Breaktrough Polymer PA4T

01.02.2008 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) has announced the development of PA4T, a new polymer which extends the portfolio for high performance engineering thermoplastics. DSM Engineering Plastics is the inventor and global market leader in high performance polyamides with Stanyl®, a polyamide 46. ...

GW Plastics: Expansion into Liquid Silicones

01.02.2008 - Global precision molder and contract manufacturer GW Plastics (www.gwplastics.com) has announced its expansion into the Liquid Silicone (LSR) market with the creation of GW Silicones. GW Silicones will be located at GW Plastics’ Royalton, Vermont, technology and tooling campus and will provide extensive...

Reichhold: Investment in India

01.02.2008 - Reichhold (www.reichhold.com), the world´s largest supplier of unsaturated polyester resins, has announced its intention to invest in a Greenfield facility in India. The company has started construction at a site located at Ranjangoan, in Pune District of Maharashtra state. The new facility is scheduled...

PlasTec 2008: New Tade Fair for the Plastics Industry in Finland

01.02.2008 - PlasTec 08 is a new international trade fair for the plastics and rubber industries. It takes place on 15-18 April 2008 in the Helsinki Fair Centre. PlasTec 08 is arranged by the Finnish Fair Corporation (www.finnexpo.fi) in co-operation with the Finnish Plastics Association (www.muoviyhdistys.fi)....

Borealis announces new Executive Vice President for Polyolefins

31.01.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces the appointment of Lorenzo Delorenzi (Photo) as Executive Vice President for its Polyolefins business group and member of the Executive Board, effective immediately. Delorenzi vacates...

European Commission Gives Clearance for INEOS acquisition of Hydro Polymers

31.01.2008 - INEOS Capital (www.ineos.com) confirms that it has yesterday received unconditional clearance from the European Commission for the purchase of the Hydro Polymers businesses in Norway, Sweden and the UK from Norsk Hydro ASA. The acquisition was agreed with Norsk Hydro last year and includes the remaining...

AMI: New Study of the Polyurethane Industry and Markets in China

31.01.2008 - Plastics Information Direct, the technical publishing division of Applied Market Information Ltd. (www.amiplastics.com), has just published a unique techno-economic study entitled Polyurethane in China Market Report. Commissioned and published in their Expert Witness Series, this entirely new report...

BASF reorganizes its masterbatch business

31.01.2008 - • Five BASF Color Solutions companies in Europe • Strategic focus on clearly defined market segments • Network of locations optimizes customer service BASF (www.basf.com) is reorganizing its masterbatch business in Europe. In the future, BASF’s specialists for coloring a wide...

Simona: New Production Plant in China

30.01.2008 - The German manufacturer of extruded products SIMONA AG (www.simona.de) has announced to open a new 40,000 square meters factory in Jiangmen, in the south of China. The expansion will be carried out in several stages and the start of production is scheduled for the third quarter of 2008. In the first...

Plastics Hong Kong: Plastic Bag Levy likely before 2009

30.01.2008 - As many other crowded major cities Hong Kong is facing an imminent and serious waste problem. It is estimated that 23 million plastic shopping bags are disposed daily, i.e. three shopping bags per person per day. The Hong Kong Environment Protection Department (www.epd.gov.hk) plans to introduce...

Plastics China: New Regulation for Plastic Waste Recycling

30.01.2008 - China has implemented a new regulation to protect the environment and to reduce and control the pollution during collection and recycling of waste materials. This new standard HJ/T 364-2007 shall also apply to the collection and recycling of various waste plastic materials, including the imported ones....

Conair and Husky Announce Agreement to Provide Integrated PET Preform Manufacturing Solutions

29.01.2008 - The Conair Group, Inc. (www.conairgroup.com) recently announced that they have entered into a joint agreement with Husky Injection Molding Systems (www.husky.ca) to provide complete manufacturing solutions for the PET preform market worldwide. Husky is one of the world’s largest suppliers of injection...

Ohl Engineering: Stefan Behnke new Managing Director

28.01.2008 - On 1st January 2008, Mr Stefan Behnke was appointed as Managing Director for OHL Engineering GmbH (www.ohl-eng.com). He herewith succeeds Rüdiger Fredl who has now retired. Rüdiger Fredl (65) was with OHL for more than 40 years and was Managing Director of OHL Engineering since its being established...

EuPC sets priorities for 2008

25.01.2008 - Sustainability themes rank high amongst the top priorities for Europe’s Brussels-based plastics converters’ body, EuPC (www.plasticsconverters.eu), in 2008. EuPC will put the spotlight on four areas in 2008, namely, implementation of the Vinyl Foundation and its associated Vinyl 2010 Voluntary Commitment,...

Brückner: New BOPP line for India

24.01.2008 - Polyplex Corporation Ltd., one of the world´s largest producers of thin polyester film, with manufacturing facilities in India, Thailand and Turkey are taking their first step into the field of BOPP film production with Brückner Maschinenbau (www.brueckner.com) at their side. As a result of this cooperation,...

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