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BASF makes offer to acquire Ciba

16.09.2008 - BASF [BAS, BFA, AN, www.basf.com] plans to acquire Ciba Holding AG, Basel, Switzerland, [CIBN, www.cibasc.com], a leading specialty chemical company, and will make a public takeover offer to Ciba’s shareholders. BASF will pay CHF 50.00 in cash for each nominal share in Ciba. BASF and Ciba have reached...

Dr. Thiele: Conference Summary - 4th China International Recycled Polyester Conference

16.09.2008 - The 4th China International Recycled Polyester Conference, presented by China Chemical Fiber Economic Information Network (CCFEI, www.ccfei.net), PCI-Group (www.thepcigroup.com) and Dr. Thiele Polyester Technology (www.polyester-technology.com), 3.-4.9.2008 Hangzhou, China, was characterized by two...

DuPont: Innovative concentrated photovoltaic module has housing made of strong, robust PET

16.09.2008 - The housing for a new and innovatively-designed concentrated photovoltaic module, developed by Concentración Solar La Mancha S.L., of Manzanares (Ciudad Real), Spain, is moulded from DuPont™ (www.dupont.com) Rynite® polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The material was selected due to its exceptionally...

New Borstar® technology takes Borealis’ polypropylene to next level in purity, processability and performance

15.09.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, is expanding the capacity of its leading edge, customer-oriented polypropylene (PP) packaging materials with the inauguration of its new Borstar® plant in Burghausen, Germany. The 330,000 t per year...

LOPE-C: Organic and Printed Electronics - OE-A Hosts Summit

15.09.2008 - LOPE-C International Organic and Printed Electronics Convention (www.lope-c.com) to debut in Frankfurt, Germany from June 23-25, 2009 The Organic Electronics Association and Messe Frankfurt Ausstellungen GmbH (www.mfa.de) partner for this event From June 23-25, 2009, the Organic Electronics Association...

Hellweg: Single stage shredding of solid start-up lumps

15.09.2008 - Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG (www.hellweg-granulators.com) is presenting at Fakuma 2008 a new lump granulator that enables single stage shredding of even solid start-up lumps and similar items. The MG 450/300 BR, where “BR” stands in German for Brocken = lumps, has been is made in a stable welded...

Gneuss: New generation RSFgenius with improved energy balance

15.09.2008 - The Filtration System RSFgenius of Gneuß Kunststofftechnik GmbH (www.gneuss.com) has set the standard for self-cleaning process constant melt filtration systems since its introduction over 10 years ago. The efficiency of its self- cleaning system (up to 400 automatic re-uses of the filter elements)...

DuPont Awards Call for Entries Announced at Sustainable Packaging Forum

12.09.2008 - DuPont Continues Sustainability Focus for 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation DuPont (www.dupont.com) has announced that, due to the critical importance of sustainability in the packaging industry, it will continue to place special emphasis on innovations that provide more sustainable packaging...

DuPont Plans to Increase Supply of Tedlar® Films for Fast-Growing Photovoltaic Solar Market

11.09.2008 - As a leading supplier of materials to the photovoltaic solar industry, DuPont (www.dupont.com) announced its intent to expand production capacity for its high-performance DuPont™ Tedlar® films. Scope and site selection work is under way, targeting start-up in late 2009, pending final project approval....

Borealis and MCC agree to improve PP compound supply for the automotive industry

10.09.2008 - Borealis AG (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading supplier of innovative value creating plastics solutions, and its U.S. subsidiary, Borealis Compounds LLC, have entered into manufacturing and supply agreements with affiliates of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) to improve the supply of polypropylene...

HT Troplast / profine: Dieter Mayer - New CFO of profine Group

09.09.2008 - The Supervisory Board of HT Troplast GmbH (profine Group, www.profine-group.com) has appointed Dieter Mayer (50, Photo) as Managing Director taking effect September 4, 2008. In this position, he will be the Chief Financial Officer of profine Group. "We are very pleased that Mr. Mayer will join the...

Herbert Willerth appointed Borealis Deputy CEO

09.09.2008 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has announced that Herbert Willerth will assume the newly created role of Deputy Chief Executive, effective from September 1, 2008. In this position, Willerth will have a special focus on Europe and...

S+S: Pipe magnet protects extruders, injection-moulding and blow-moulding machines

09.09.2008 - At the Fakuma 2008 trade fair S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH (www.se-so-tec.com) presents the fundamentally re-engineered EXTRACTOR pipe magnet. The well-proven functional and performance features have remained unchanged. Improvements were made with respect to overall height, nominal widths,...

plasticker.com: Online marketplace for the plastics industry

09.09.2008 - The plasticker industry portal (www.plasticker.com) is presenting itself at the Fakuma 2008 trade show on the common stand of the ministry for trade, medium and small sized enterprises and energy of the state of North Rhine Westphalia (Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Energie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen,...

TechnoCompound: Comprehensive portfolio of engineering compounds

08.09.2008 - At this year´s Fakuma 2008 TechnoCompound GmbH (www.technocompound.com) will be presenting three newly developed products: • With TechnoMid PA6 or PA66 VN, TechnoCompound offers the world´s first radiation crosslinkable polyamide for injection moulding applications. Parts moulded in this newly developed...

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