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EMS-GRIVORY: New, durable high-performance polyamide

23.05.2008 - The next generation of polyphthalamide Grivory HT3 is a new product line in the polyphthalamide (PPA) product range of EMS-GRIVORY (www.emsgrivory.com). Its special polymer structure allows a completely new performance spectrum, unique in this material group, to be achieved. Grivory HT3 stands out...

Evonik Expands Laurolactam Capacity in Marl

22.05.2008 - Germany-based Evonik Industries AG (www.evonik.com) will invest a two-digit million Euro figure to expand laurolactam production capacity significantly at its Marl site. The new capacity should be available in the second half of 2009. Plans for a further capacity expansion have already begun. Laurolactam...

DuPont: New bike wheel survives on rugged terrain, thanks to DuPont™ Zytel® nylon

22.05.2008 - The new FRX5 bike wheel has what it takes to withstand the punishment of off-road recreational biking and competition. TAG Wheels, Newport Beach, Calif. (www.tagwheels.com), makes the new wheel in a single piece using DuPont™ Zytel® nylon resin delivering excellent toughness, strength and stiffness....

DuPont: Mountainbike-Laufrad aus Polyamid widersteht härtesten Schlägen im Gelände

22.05.2008 - Das neue Mountainbike-Laufrad FRX5 widersteht selbst härtesten Beanspruchungen, bei Freizeitfahrten ebenso wie unter Wettbewerbsbedingungen. TAG Wheels, Newport Beach, CA/USA, fertigt das Rad als einteiliges Spritzgussteil aus Zytel® Polyamid 8018 von DuPont (www.dupont.de, plastics.dupont.com). Dieses...

Buss: Orders booked for six cable compound lines

21.05.2008 - Outstanding success at the wire and Chinaplas trade fairs For Buss AG (www.busscorp.com) this year’s wire trade fair was the most successful ever. The company booked orders for no less than six cable compound kneading lines. Also at the Chinaplas 2008 international plastics and rubber industries fair,...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Adjusts Nucrel® Prices

21.05.2008 - Effective June 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP, www.dupont.com) announces a price increase of up to 200 Euro per ton on all grades of DuPont™ Nucrel® resins globally. DuPont™ Nucrel® is a market leader providing the packaging market with acid copolymer resins...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Adjusts Elvax® Prices

21.05.2008 - Effective June 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP, www.dupont.com) announces a price increase of 8 Euro cents per kilogram on all grades of DuPont™ Elvax® resins globally.

Borealis breaks ground for expansion of its Innovation Headquarters in Austria

20.05.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, celebrated the groundbreaking for the expansion of its Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria. With an investment of EUR 30 million, Linz is becoming the international hub of Borealis’ research activities....

Uni Kassel: 7th International Congress for WPC and Natural Fibres

20.05.2008 - June 18th & 19th, 2008 in Kassel/Germany On June 18th & 19th, 2008 the Institut fuer Werkstofftechnik of the Kassel University will present for the 7th time the ´Global WPC and Natural Fibre Composites Congress´. The conference concerning natural fibre reinforced plastics (NFK) has since 1998...

Kiefel opens China Office

19.05.2008 - As of early 2008, the Freilassing (Germany)-based company KIEFEL GMBH (www.kiefel.de) is represented by its own sales office in China. The KIEFEL China Office is embedded in the structure of the Brückner Group, which has been successfully operating in China for several years as Brueckner Machinery Technical...

Chinaplas 2008: International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries with new records

15.05.2008 - Chinaplas 2008, the 22nd International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries (www.chinaplasonline.com), was staged from April 17-20 with resounding success at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, PR China. The 4-day event attracted 72,161 trade visitors from 118 countries and regions....

Buss: BUSS opens service centre for the UK and Ireland

09.05.2008 - Buss UK Ltd., Stalybridge, Cheshire, opened early in 2008 as a service and distribution centre for clients of Buss AG (www.busscorp.com). In line with the Buss philosophy “Think globally – act locally” this new centre provides BUSS customers in the UK and Ireland with fast and efficient support for...

BASF to strengthen its automotive business in India

09.05.2008 - New engineering plastics compounding plant and computer aided engineering lab in Thane Die BASF SE (www.basf.com) announced its plans to expand its offerings for the automotive industry in India with investments in plants and technology. The company will build a new engineering plastics compounding...

Rieter-Automatik sells 11 strand pelletizers at Chinaplas 2008

08.05.2008 - The leading Asian trade fair for the plastics industry, the Chinaplas 2008 show in Shanghai, has drawn to a close. Rieter Automatik GmbH (www.pelletizing.com) welcomed a great number of international visitors to its booth. The exhibits - a compact underwater pelletizing system SPHERO 30-1 as well as...

LATI: New ultra-stiff compounds for demanding applications

08.05.2008 - Italian compounding specialist LATI Industria Termoplastici SpA (Vedano Olona, www.lati.com) presents a new family of carbon fibre reinforced, ultra-stiff polymers. The high performance base polymers include polyamide (PA), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyphthalamide (PPA) and polyether ether ketone...

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