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Borealis increases polyethylene and polypropylene prices

28.05.2009 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces that it will increase all polyethylene and polypropylene prices by EUR 60/tonne as of June 1, 2009. "This increase is necessary to preserve sustainable margins and to ensure our innovation...

Balda AG repays 6.5 million euros of current liabilities

27.05.2009 - Balda AG (www.balda.de), listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in the month of May repaid liabilities amounting to in sum 6.5 million euros. Of these, 2.5 million euros went to a bond creditor outside the group of consortium banks. An additional 4.0 million euros were paid back...

DuPont™ Surlyn® lends the power of water to the new Hugo Boss fragrance

27.05.2009 - Men who use “Boss Pure” (Photo) apply themselves with a woody aquatic fragrance inspired by the crash and thunder of falling water. The bottle represents a modern twist on the urban water wall. It has a rugged square shape with flat surfaces and pronounced edges, uniting the transparency of glass with...

DSM quadruples production capacity for Stanyl ForTII

26.05.2009 - Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, recently announced that it will quadruple production capacity for Stanyl® ForTii™ in order to meet market demand for this new polymer, which is used in electronics and other applications. Stanyl...

Kreyenborg: Infrared Drying Technology – New impulses at the NPE 2009

26.05.2009 - Even two premieres of different kind can be announced by KREYENBORG Plant Technology (www.kreyenborg.de, www.kreyenborg-group.de) of Senden on occasion of the NPE 2009 in Chicago. On the one hand the infrared drying technology with more than 50 machines being world-wide in operation has been advanced...

Herbold Meckesheim: Granulator for a big coextrusion blow-moulding machine

22.05.2009 - The GRAF company (www.graf-online.de) based at Teningen has already last year commissioned a coextrusion blow-moulding machine manufacturing products for rainwater use with a volume of up to 3000 l. The Graf company has a large product range all about water management and is the greatest German manufacturer...

BASF: Specialty foam as decorative and acoustic insulation in Spanish design hotel

22.05.2009 - At the newly built Barceló Raval design hotel in Barcelona, Spain, sound absorbers made from Basotect® are improving the room acoustics. The lobby of the ten-story, four-star hotel has around 2200 ceiling baffles (Photo) which are made from BASF´s (www.basf.com) flexible melamine resin foam and ensure...

DSM: Stanyl Grade TE250F6 offers added value for stator in Pierburg Electric Waterpump

22.05.2009 - PVS-Kunststofftechnik, a company specializing in overmolded insulation and other precision parts such as cooling fans for the electronic industry, has used Stanyl® PA46 (www.dsmep.com) for the stator (Photo) of the latest electric waterpump produced by Pierburg, the world’s first series-production supplier...

INEOS Olefins and Polymers to increase prices of its HDPE pipe grades in June

20.05.2009 - INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe (www.ineos.com) has announced plans to increase prices for HDPE pipe grades by EUR 70 per tonne, in addition to movements in monthly ethylene pricing. New prices for PE80, PE100 and PEX grades are to come into effect on June 1st. Prices of HDPE pipe grades have...

Bayer MaterialScience and Nano Terra, Inc. announce collaboration in surface engineering on films

20.05.2009 - Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayermaterialscience.com), a global leader in high-value polymers, announced today an alliance with Nano Terra Inc., a leading surface engineering and nanotechnology co-development company. Nano Terra will apply its unique surface engineering expertise to Bayer’s materials...

Sumitomo-Demag: New all-electric injection moulding machine including direct drive technology

18.05.2009 - The Japanese/German manufacturer of injection moulding machines Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH (www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu), with its European headquarters in Schwaig/Germany, is about to launch its IntElect all-electric injection moulding machine of the new "Smart" configuration level....

Pallmann: Granulator and Complete Systems for the Rubber Preparation

18.05.2009 - For the economical size reduction of rubber bales such as natural- and butyl rubber which is though to grind in only one step, Pallmann (www.pallmann.eu) has developed the Ultra-Granulator™ PS-C with an integrated guillotine. Precutting of the rubber bales is thereby not necessary. Granulator with...

BASF: Short-time work in Ludwigshafen as of June

15.05.2009 - BASF SE (www.basf.com) is introducing short-time work in the coming months for about 1,000 employees in 20 production plants and associated service units at its site in Ludwigshafen. These measures are necessary mainly at production units for pigments, intermediates, petrochemicals and inorganics. Most...

LyondellBasell Names Jim Gallogly as CEO

15.05.2009 - LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) yesterday announced that its Supervisory Board has named James L. (Jim) Gallogly (Photo) chief executive officer, effective immediately. Gallogly will succeed Volker Trautz who has announced his retirement from the company. The terms of the appointment...

Arburg: Newcomers to the electric Alldrive series

14.05.2009 - Arburg (www.arburg.com) is continuing to enhance and expand its electric Alldrive machine series in a logically consistent manner. At the 2009 Technology Days, visitors were be presented with two new sizes, which are a natural extension to the Allrounder A series at both ends of the size spectrum. This...

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