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Dow Europe Announces Price Increase for Polyethylene, Polypropylene and Polystyrene Resins

26.08.2005 - Supply for polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene remains tight due to strong demand for Dow resins globally from converters, while high raw material and energy costs continue to pressure Dow margins. Based on this situation, Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase across the European region...

DuPont: Application-specific materials and new technologies

25.08.2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) is hosting a joint exhibit with its distributor Biesterfeld (www.biesterfeld-plastic.com) during Fakuma 2005. Highlights on the stand will include market-specific material advances, overcoming previous limitations for their application, and innovative technologies...

DuPont Filaments to Raise Monofilament Prices

24.08.2005 - DuPont Filaments – Europe, BV (www.dupont.com) today announced that it will implement price increases for their nylon 612, nylon 610 and polyester monofilaments effective Sept. 1. The increases range from 3 to 8 percent for widely used grades; higher percentages may apply to some specialty products....

Dow Europe announces price increase for styrenic copolymers

23.08.2005 - Given the continued upward movement in the prices of raw material and energy costs, coupled with a sustained pressure on margins, Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European region for its Styrenic Copolymers. Dow Europe will increase prices of its MAGNUM™ ABS...

Borealis: New powder grades offer unique opportunities for intricately shaped rotomoulded applications

11.08.2005 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) has launched two new Borecene Compact™ PE grades to meet rotomoulders’ needs for polyethylene (PE) resins that provide enhanced flow properties, as well as improved economics and handling. The new grades, which use Borealis unique patented technology eliminating pellet...

BIOP AG expands its production of Bioplastics

26.07.2005 - Dresden based BIOP Biopolymer Technologies AG (www.biopag.de) expands its production capacities. The chemical company will build a new plant in Schwarzheide (Brandenburg, Germany). "Approximately seven million Euros will be invested and 34 new jobs will be created within the next three years", announced...

Ciba: Recycling additives for plastics re-enter high-value applications

25.07.2005 - Swiss chemical company Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc. (www.cibasc.com) a leading worldwide producer of specialty additives, offers a broad range of agents for all life stages of polymers and plastics. For plastics recycling, Ciba Specialty Chemicals recently developed additive-packages which enable...

Petcore: PET collection figures for 2004 - European PET bottle recycling continues its upward trend

22.07.2005 - Petcore (www.petcore.org) announced latest that European post-consumer PET collection rates reached 665,000 tonnes in 2004, representing an 8.5% increase over the previous year. Germany, France and Italy were once again delivering the largest volumes with a combined share of 60%. Significant growth...

Saurer acquires Ermafa Kunststofftechnik

19.07.2005 - On June 7, 2005, Saurer Management AG (www.saurer.com) signed the contract to acquire a 100% stake in ERMAFA Kunststofftechnik Chemnitz GmbH & Co. KG (www.ermafa.de) from its management. The acquisition takes effect retroactively from January 1. In the current year, Ermafa Kunststofftechnik will generate...

Borealis invests EUR 36 million to increase Nordic olefins capacity

07.07.2005 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) announced it will invest EUR 36 million in expanding its olefins unit in Porvoo, Finland for completion during a planned turnaround in 2007. With this investment, ethylene capacity will increase from 330,000 tonnes per year to 380,000 tonnes per year and propylene capacity...

Petcore launches its website and video into three new languages

04.07.2005 - Petcore (www.petcore.org) is a non-profit trade association fostering the economic collection, recovery and recycling of post consumer PET containers in Europe. Petcore announced the launch of its website into French (www.petcore.org/languages/fr/), German (www.petcore.org/languages/de/) and Italian...

DuPont: Major Resin Expansion to Serve Growth of Vespel® Polyimide Parts

29.06.2005 - Keeping pace with rising demand for DuPont™ Vespel® parts and shapes, the company’s Vespel® business unit is expanding its polyimide resin production facility in Circleville, Ohio. The expansion will provide material required for production of direct-formed Vespel® SP-1 and SP-21 polyimide...

Basell to increase PP and PE prices in Europe

28.06.2005 - Basell announced that it will increase prices by €100 per tonne on all polypropylene and polyethylene grades sold in Europe effective July 1. “With global polyolefin demand picking up again and oil and naphtha prices at extremely high levels, margins need to be restored,” said Werner Breuers, president...

Ticona to build a new world-scale 20 kT GUR® UHMW-PE plant in Asian

27.06.2005 - Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation announced today at the Chinaplas 2005 in Guangzhou, China, that it will strategically invest in a new 20,000 ton facility in the Asia/Pacific region. The new world-scale plant will increase global GUR® ultra high molecular weight polyethylene...

Plastics recycling: Norway best in Europe

07.06.2005 - According to PlasticsEuropes (APME, www.apme.org) statistics for 2002 (newest statistics available), Norway was on the top of the list regarding mechanical recycling of plastics. Recycling in Norway reached 18.7 % while the average for Western Europe was 13.6% This statistics cover all collectable...

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