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Rhodia Polyamide announces further price increases for polyamide resins, fibers and compounds

30.11.2004 - Rhodia Polyamide (www.eu.rhodia.com) announces a price increase of € 200 per metric ton for Rhodia’s PA 6.6 base resins, Performance Fibers and Technyl® polyamide compounds in Europe. This increase is effective as of January 1st, 2005. This price increase is required to help absorb unprecedented...

Clariant announces sale of its Japanese emulsions manufacturer

29.11.2004 - Clariant (www.clariant.com) today announced the sale of its Japanese emulsions manufacturer Clariant Polymers K.K. to The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. Ltd for a total transaction value of 2.4 billion Yen (approx. 27 million CHF). The transaction marks a further step in Clariant’s strategy...

DSM: Dutch Railways uses friendlier plastics from DSM for train cladding

26.11.2004 - Xantar® C CE 407, an unfilled blend of polycarbonate (PC) and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) from DSM Engineering Plastics is used by the Dutch Railway to replace train cladding made from polyester sheet. The DSM material was chosen for its lower flammability (M1 classification) and extremely...

GE: World-Leading Horticulturalist selects Higher Light Transmitting LEXAN ZigZag Polycarbonate Panels for Greenhouse Roofing

24.11.2004 - The first commercial application for revolutionary LEXAN* ZigZag* polycarbonate panels, from GE Advanced Materials Specialty Film & Sheet, has now been unveiled in The Netherlands. Corn. Bak BV, a world leading grower and exporter of Bromelia plants, has adopted the material for the roof refurbishment...

Dow Europe: Price Increase for PE, PP and Cable Compounds anounced

24.11.2004 - Supply for polyethylene and polypropylene resins, wire and cable compounds, and engineered laminates remains tight due to strong demand from resin converters, and the present prices do not allow for acceptable margins for Dow in the current market conditions. Based on this situation, Dow Europe GmbH...

Eastman: New copolyester for outdoor architectural glazing applications

23.11.2004 - Eastman Specialty Plastics has recently introduced Kelvx® copolyester resin for use in outdoor architectural glazing applications. Kelvx resin is a versatile material that provides long-term durability and temperature resistance for outdoor applications such as signs and architectural glazing products....

EuPC: High raw material prices cripple early recovery of European plastics converting industry

23.11.2004 - European Plastics Converters gave warnings today of the hard economic blow currently being sustained by the sector from the radically sharp and dramatic increase in their raw material price. EuPC (www.eupc.org), the Brussels-based trade body for the industry said that chances of an early recovery...

Amcor PET Packaging: PET is impacting all sectors of drinks market

15.11.2004 - The unveiling of several high profile beer brands in PET bottles and a focus on the many recycling possibilities for PET were the two key highlights of the Amcor PET Packaging Europe/Asia (www.amcor.com) stand at this year’s BRAU Beviale 2004 exhibition (10.-12.11.2004, Nürnberg). In addition, the company...

DuPont Announces Price Increase on PVB

12.11.2004 - DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions (www.dupont.de), the leading innovator of products and services for the glass industry, announced today a price increase of $0.29 per square meter (€ 0.24 /m2) on all grades of Butacite® polyvinyl butyral interlayer. The new pricing will be applied to supply agreements...

Ter Hell Plastics takes on sales of Polimeri Europe PE materials in central Europe

04.11.2004 - From January 1st, 2005 Polimeri Europa will assign to Ter Hell Plastic PE-Distribution GmbH (www.terhell.de) the sales distribution rights for Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Rumania and Bulgaria. With this course of action both companies ensure an ample activity also at the level of small...

Ticona adjusts prices for engineering thermoplastics

03.11.2004 - With effect from November 15, 2004, Ticona (www.ticona.de) is increasing the prices of Hostaform® (POM), polyesters, Celstran® (LFT), Fortron® (PPS) and Vectra® (LCP). The leading global supplier of engineering thermoplastics is reacting to the continuing steep increase in world market prices for raw...

DuPont raises prices for engineering polymers

03.11.2004 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) announced additional price increases effective Jan.1, 2005 in Europe, Middle East & Africa for the following products: • DuPont™ Zytel® nylon and DuPont™ Minlon® products will increase by a minimum of 0,25 €/kg • DuPont™ Crastin® PBT products will increase...

Meaf Machines: Granulators for grinding skeletal thermoforming waste

14.10.2004 - Meaf Machines B.V. (www.meaf.nl) offers two types of granulators for grinding skeletal thermoforming waste: The AF 600 for a maximum sheetwidth of 600 mm, a maximum sheethickness of 1.8 mm and with a capacity of 150 kg/h. The AF 800 (pict.) for a maximum sheetwidth of 800 mm, a maximum sheethickness...

Weima: Horizontal Feed – Size-Reduction of Profiles and Plates

14.10.2004 - The new Series WLK-H single-shaft shredder (Photo 1) manufactured by WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH (www.weima.com) has been developed for grinding plastic flat or sheet or long plastic profiles, for instance window frame profiles that have been rejected during QC processes. These materials are conveyed to...

Hellweg: Source of money - Saving of raw material by recycling of sprues

14.10.2004 - During the production of plastic products sprues result at the injection moulding machine. After careful grinding of these sprues the granulated material can be added again to the production process. The advanced mills for incline of the series MDS (picture) of Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG (www.schneidmuehlen.de)...

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