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Dow Europe Announces Price Increase for Polyethylene and Polypropylene Resins

08.12.2004 - Polymer demand continues to be strong, while supply remains tight and inventory levels throughout the supply chain are low. Based on this situation, Dow Europe GmbH (www.dow.com) is announcing a price increase across the European region for all polyethylene and polypropylene resins. Effective January...

Degussa increases prices for Pigment Blacks and Pigment Black Preparations

08.12.2004 - Business Unit Advanced Fillers & Pigments will increase its prices for Pigment Blacks on average by 6% and for Pigment Black Preparations by 3% effective January 1st, 2005. Costs for raw materials, energy, labour and transportation have kept increasing and reached now an extent which Degussa (www.degussa.com)...

Dow: Price Raise on Extruded Polystyrene Foam across Europe

03.12.2004 - Dow Chemical will raise prices for all Building & Construction STYROFOAM* EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE products across Europe due to continued increases in raw materials. The current pricing of STYROFOAM products does not allow for sufficient margins due to continued increases in raw materials. Based on this...

Erema: Massive interest in recycling plastics at K 2004

30.11.2004 - The Austrian machine builder EREMA (www.erema.at) presented world-class plastics recycling technologies in Düsseldorf and was more than satisfied with its trade fair appearance. "With around 750 contacts, most of them from Europe and Asia, and around 40 % new potential customers, interest in our products...

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...

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