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Battenfeld takes an important first step in the insolvency proceedings

17.01.2008 - Battenfeld Kunststoffmaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. (BKU, www.battenfeld-imt.com), with the support of the state of Lower Austria, has been able to bridge its short-term liquidity squeeze. For the time being, this has ensured the survival of the leading manufacturer of plastic injection moulding machines...

Metal Detectors ‘See’ Parts Molded From New DuPont™ Delrin® Grade

17.01.2008 - New DuPont™ Delrin® 400MTD (www.dupont.com, www.plastics.dupont.com) acetal resin aims to open up more applications in food processing conveyors. Made with a proprietary metal filler, it can be detected by most metal-sensing equipment in the unlikely event of a part’s entry into the process stream....

Evonik: Price Increases for Pigment Blacks and for Matting Agents

17.01.2008 - Evonik Industries´ Inorganic Materials Business Unit (www.evonik.com) announces a price increase for pigment blacks, effective for deliveries in Europe from February 1, 2008. Manufacturing costs of pigment blacks have been increasing continuously for some time, and feedstock costs are now at an...

Closed Loop Recycling Facility Nearing Completion

15.01.2008 - Closed Loop Recycling (www.closedlooprecycling.co.uk) is now officially occupying the building in East London that will house the UK´s first combined food-grade PET and HDPE recycling facility. Plant and equipment are now being received at the building with a view to a launch in March 2008. Managing...

Borealis announces new Executive Board structure

10.01.2008 - • Mark Garrett begins as Chief Executive and Chairman of the Executive Board • Martin Kuzaj to lead newly formed Base Chemicals business group • Henry Sperle to drive forward major investment projects in Middle East and Europe Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative,...

INEOS NOVA Announce Price Increases for Expandable Polystyrene (EPS)

09.01.2008 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that they are increasing the price for expandable polystyrene (EPS) resins by €70/MT with immediate effect for January, and by a further €50/MT effective February 1st 2008. "Margins are at unsustainably low levels as a result of price decreases during...

LANXESS increases prices for EPDM rubber

08.01.2008 - Effective January 1, 2008, LANXESS’s Technical Rubber Products (TRP, www.lanxess.com) business unit is to increase its prices worldwide for EPDM rubber grades (ethylene-propylene-diene rubber) by up to EUR 200 per metric ton or USD 290 per metric ton respectively depending on market region and product...

Uponor Corporation: New training centre specialising in the high-rise segment in Germany

02.01.2008 - Uponor (www.uponor.com) has opened a new training centre in Germany, which is the Group´s largest, comprising more than 600 square meters. The facility is installed with comprehensive control systems and a total of 17 kilometres of pipes, used to adjust heating and cooling and to transport fresh water....

LANXESS increases prices for two basic chemicals

20.12.2007 - Specialty chemical company LANXESS (www.lanxess.com) is increasing its prices worldwide for hexane diol (HDO) and trimethylol propane with immediate effect. In Europe, the price per metric ton is to increase by EUR 60 and elsewhere by USD 200. These increases are being caused by significant rises in...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for polyurethane raw materials

12.12.2007 - Effective January 1, 2008, Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayermaterialscience.de) is raising its sales prices for several polyurethane raw materials in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Prices for polyether polyols will rise by EUR 0.10 per kilogram. The price of toluene diisocyanate (TDI)...

LANXESS invests EUR 10 million in Antwerp to strengthen its competitiveness

12.12.2007 - Innovative production process for accelerators LANXESS’s Rubber Chemicals (RUC, www.lanxess.com) business unit is investing EUR 10 million in its rubber chemicals plant in Antwerp. The investment will be utilized for the implementation of an innovative production process for accelerators as well...

BASF raises prices for polyalcohols

03.12.2007 - BASF (www.basf.com) is to increase its prices in Europe for neopentylglycol, trimethylolpropane and hydroxypivalic acid neopentylglycolester with immediate effect or as allowed by contract: • Neopentylglycol (NPG) + euros 0.15/kg • Trimethylolpropane (TMP) + euros 0.19/kg • Hydroxypivalic acid...

Rhodia Polyamide Announces a Price Increase in Europe, Middle East and Africa for its Polyamide Compounds

30.11.2007 - Rhodia Polyamide (www.rhodia-polyamide.com) announces a 150 to 200 €/MT price increase for its Polyamide 6 and 6.6 Technyl® compounds in Europe, Middle East and Africa, effective January 1st, 2008 - or as contracts allow - to help offset rising raw material, transport and energy costs. Further Rhodia...

Erema: Successful K show for Austrian recycling specialist

23.11.2007 - What was by far the most successful K trade fair ever since the Upper Austrian company EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H. (www.erema.at) first participated was held from 24 to 31 October in Düsseldorf. While orders amounting to around 7 million euros were placed during K´2004,...

Weima: Good intake of orders at K 2007 for plastics shredding machines

23.11.2007 - WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH (www.weima.com) has been able to conclude several purchase contracts directly at the K 2007 fair especially for single shaft shredders for shredding of plastics. The customers originated mainly from abroad, but a very high level of enquiries was also recorded from the domestic...

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