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Chemtura increases prices on cresol-based antioxidants

20.07.2007 - Chemtura Corporation (www.chemtura.com) is raising the price of the cresol-based antioxidants of its Polymer Additives business, primarily as the result of a significant and sustained increase in key raw material costs. Effective on all deliveries after July 15, 2007, or as contracts allow, the following...

Degussa Increases Prices across Entire Range of High-Performance Polymers and Monomers

17.07.2007 - The High Performance Polymers (HP) Business Unit of Degussa GmbH, Marl, Germany (www.degussa.com), has announced price increases for its VESTAMID®, VESTOSINT®, VESTAMELT®, TROGAMID®, and VESTENAMER® product lines. Product prices will increase by 8 percent on average, depending on product type and region....

DuBay Polymers: LANXESS and DuPont expand joint PBT polymer production

16.07.2007 - Chemical companies LANXESS (www.lanxess.com) and DuPont (www.dupont.com) have expanded their PBT polymer production joint venture. More than ten million Euros have been invested by the partner companies in the operation of their joint venture (JV), DuBay Polymer GmbH located in Hamm-Uentrop, Germany....

Huntsman Agrees to Be Acquired By Hexion for $28.00 Per Share

16.07.2007 - Terminates Merger Agreement With Basell Huntsman Corporation (www.huntsman.com) announced shortly that it has terminated the merger agreement with Basell AF ("Basell", www.basell.com) dated June 26, 2007 (the "Basell Agreement") and has agreed to a definitive merger agreement (the "Hexion Agreement")...

Björn Hedlund is new global marketing director at DuPont Engineering Polymers

11.07.2007 - Effective 1st July 2007, Björn Hedlund (54, Photo) assumes the role of global marketing director at DuPont Engineering Polymers (EP, www.dupont.com) in addition to his position as regional director Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) for this business. He succeeds Timothy P. McCann, who is the new vice...

DSM: New High Flow and High Productivity Materials

10.07.2007 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) has introduced a range of High Flow & High Productivity materials, which enable significant system cost reductions, when compared to standard resins. Added value for the customer is generated by these materials via shorter production cycles leading to lower processing...

Call for papers: 8th International Automobile Recycling Congress IARC 2008

06.07.2007 - After the big success of the 7th International Automobile Recycling Congress last March in Amsterdam, the Swiss organizer ICM AG (www.icm.ch) will move its 8th International Automobile Recycling Congress to the beautiful city Munich in Germany. The IARC2008 will take place from 12-14 March 2008 in the...

Huntsman Receives Merger Proposal From Hexion For $27.25 per Share in Cash

05.07.2007 - Huntsman Corporation (www.huntsman.com) announced yesterday that it has received from Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (www.hexionchem.com), an entity owned by an affiliate of Apollo Management, L.P., a proposal (the “Hexion Proposal”) to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Huntsman for...

Borealis increases price of its polypropylene based products for automotive and appliance applications in Europe

05.07.2007 - Borealis (www.borealisgroup.com) announces that it will increase the price of its polypropylene based products used in automotive and appliances applications in Europe by 60 €/per tonne as of July 1, 2007.

Rieter Hosts World’s PET Experts

04.07.2007 - "PET Direct Crystallization for Virgin and Recycling Applications" was the heading for this year’s Rieter-Automatik Symposium (www.pelletizing.com). Renowned experts gathered in Germany on 21 and 22 June to share the latest information on technologies, trends, methods and applications for the production,...

Buss Kneader with larger barrel capacity for enhanced PVC granulation quality and performance

29.06.2007 - The new quantec ® EV Kneader, made in Switzerland by Buss AG (www.busscorp.com) has about 20% more internal capacity than the standard version. By increasing the material residence time at the same operating speed, this further improves dispersion on challenging PVC recipes and thus enhances product...

Basell to acquire Huntsman for $25.25 per share

28.06.2007 - Basell (www.basell.com), the global leader in polyolefins’ technology, production and marketing, and Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN), one of the world’s largest manufacturers and marketers of differentiated chemicals and pigments, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement pursuant...

EuPF: Björn Hoem re-elected as President

26.06.2007 - Björn Hoem (Photo), chief executive officer of Cedo Folien, has been reelected as the President of European Plastic Films (EuPF, www.europeanplasticfilms.eu) Sector Group for a further two-year term at the Brussels-based body’s first Plenary Meeting, which took place on 7 June 2007 in Noordwijk aan...

EuPC warns plastics converters of new obligations concerning REACH

20.06.2007 - The Managing Director of Europe’s trade body for plastics converters has spoken out about the lack of preparedness of his member firms for biting legislation which enters into force this month. Speaking at EuPC’s General Assembly in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on June 8th, Alexandre Dangis said...

Erema: Expansion of premises, world premiere of VACUREMA PRIME and Open House

18.06.2007 - What started in 1983 with a vision and the founding of a small enterprise was recently bursting at the seams. EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H. (www.erema.at) in Upper Austria threw open its doors to celebrate the official opening of an extensive expansion project. On 10 May...

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