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Basell to acquire Huntsman for $25.25 per share

28.06.2007 - Basell (www.basell.com), the global leader in polyolefins’ technology, production and marketing, and Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN), one of the world’s largest manufacturers and marketers of differentiated chemicals and pigments, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement pursuant...

EuPF: Björn Hoem re-elected as President

26.06.2007 - Björn Hoem (Photo), chief executive officer of Cedo Folien, has been reelected as the President of European Plastic Films (EuPF, www.europeanplasticfilms.eu) Sector Group for a further two-year term at the Brussels-based body’s first Plenary Meeting, which took place on 7 June 2007 in Noordwijk aan...

EuPC warns plastics converters of new obligations concerning REACH

20.06.2007 - The Managing Director of Europe’s trade body for plastics converters has spoken out about the lack of preparedness of his member firms for biting legislation which enters into force this month. Speaking at EuPC’s General Assembly in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on June 8th, Alexandre Dangis said...

Erema: Expansion of premises, world premiere of VACUREMA PRIME and Open House

18.06.2007 - What started in 1983 with a vision and the founding of a small enterprise was recently bursting at the seams. EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H. (www.erema.at) in Upper Austria threw open its doors to celebrate the official opening of an extensive expansion project. On 10 May...

Arburg: Record turnover in the anniversary year 2006

13.06.2007 - For the fiscal year 2006, which was also the anniversary year “50 years of ARBURG injection moulding machines”, the consolidated turnover of Arburg GmbH + Co KG (www.arburg.com) and all national companies reached an historic peak: 363.4 million euros were achieved by the international Hehl Group. Of...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for Lustran, Novodur and Triax

11.06.2007 - LANXESS (www.lanxess.com) has increased the prices of its Lustran (ABS), Novodur (ABS) and Triax (ABS/PA) products by EUR 150 per metric ton. According to Wolfgang Döring, head of Marketing & Sales Europe and Latin America in the Lustran Polymers business unit, this adjustment, which comes into effect...

Zwick offers an improved and more cost effective solution for the compression testing of composites

06.06.2007 - Thanks to their special material properties, fibre-reinforced plastics are frequently used in the construction of airplanes, vehicles, boats, high-performance sports (racing bicycles, skiing, archery), and for the rotors of power-generating windmills. Compared to metals, fibre-reinforced plastics offer...

ICM: 7th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC2008 - Call for papers

05.06.2007 - After the big success of the 6th International Electronics Recycling Congress last January in Hamburg, the Swiss organizer ICM AG (www.icm.ch) will move its 7th International Electronics Recycling Congress to the beautiful city Salzburg in Austria. The IERC2008 will take place from 16 - 18 January 2008...

Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik: AMC extrusion lines for growing fencing demand

04.06.2007 - Now that the share of plastic and composite fencing profiles has already increased to approx. 8% of the total fencing demand in the USA, and a double-digit growth rate is expected until 2010, such PVC profiles “with a difference” are also finding more and more customers in Europe and Asia. Battenfeld...

Degussa: RAG Subsidiary Expands Production of High-Performance Rigid Foam to North America

31.05.2007 - Degussa (www.degussa.com) is planning to build a production plant for the rigid polymethacrylimide foam ROHACELL® at its largest US site in Mobile, Alabama. The new plant by the world´s leading specialty chemicals company comprises an investment volume of about US$10 million and is scheduled to commence...

Battenfeld: Full order books at injection molding

29.05.2007 - The strategic and organizational realignment of the Austrian machine manufacturer BATTENFELD Kunststoffmaschinen Ges.m.b.H. (www.battenfeld-imt.com) has led to a significant upward trend in Kottingbrunn during the first quarter. “The first three months of this year have produced an extraordinarily...

DuPont: Cost-effective Packaging Materials for Performance and Shelf-Appeal

23.05.2007 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (www.dupont.com) was presenting a range of cost-effective material solutions at the IFFA 2007 (5th-10th May 2007 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany), with a focus on both performance and shelf-appeal of packaged meat products. Following the recent introduction of super-tough...

SABIC to acquire GE Plastics for $11.6 billion

22.05.2007 - GE and SABIC (www.sabic.com) today announced that they had reached agreement for SABIC to acquire GE Plastics for a purchase price of $11.6 billion. Announcement of the acquisition was made by Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE and Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman and CEO of SABIC. "As a global...

Rieter-Symposium: PET Direct Crystallization for Virgin and Recycling Applications

21.05.2007 - “PET Direct Crystallization for Virgin and Recycling Applications” is the title of this year’s Rieter Symposium (www.pelletizing.com) to be held on 21 and 22 June, 2007. In a coordinated program of ten focused presentations, well-known experts like Andrew Noone (Director PET Resin & Recycling Consulting...

IdentiPlast: Positive outlook for plastics recycling and recovery

14.05.2007 - Reflecting growing market demand for sustainable waste solutions, the sixth IdentiPlast conference – the plastics industry’s most important gathering on recycling and recovery of plastics – attracted a record number of participants from around the world. More than 260 delegates, including 25 Chinese...

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