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Ashland: Price increases for composites products in North America

08.04.2019 - Effective April 22, 2019 or as contracts allow, Ashland will increase the price of its portfolio of composites products in North America, including the United States, Canada and Mexico. Increases are as follows: Ortho-Phthalic resins +.06/lb All other Unsaturated Polyester resins +.04/lb Vinyl...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Copolymers in Europe

03.04.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all ABS and SAN grades. Effective April 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene in Europe

02.04.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all polystyrene (PS). Effective April 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products...

Ashland: Price increases for composites products in EMEA

19.03.2019 - Ashland recently announced it will increase the price of its portfolio of all composites products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by 75 Euros per metric ton. This increase will take effect April 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter as contracts allow. This increase is primarily...

Tria: Stefano Venturelli new CEO

19.03.2019 - Stefano Venturelli will be the new Tria CEO as of April 1, 2019. Venturelli will replace Luciano Anceschi as CEO of the group after the family firm opened the Board of Directors (BoD) to external members in 2016. Stefano Venturelli joined the company in 2004 as area manager. He became branch manager...

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag: Significant sales increase in 2018

07.03.2019 - Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Group with headquarters in Schwaig and production sites in Schwaig, Wiehe (Germany) and Ningbo (China) has posted all-positive results for the fiscal year of 2018. Global sales increased by 13% to Euro 294.9m with incoming orders rising by 6% to Euro 314.2m. The demand for IntElect...

Alpla: Dr. Andreas Reger is new General Manager in North America

07.03.2019 - Alpla, Inc., a global manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for a wide range of consumer products, announced the appointment of Dr. Andreas Reger as its General Manager, responsible for all activity at the US unit of seventeen manufacturing operations. Andreas Reger comes to Alpla with 27 years...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Copolymers in Europe

06.03.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all ABS and SAN grades. Effective March 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene in Europe

04.03.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced a price increase for all polystyrene (PS). Effective March 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the...

Total: Acquisition of French plastics recycler Synova

18.02.2019 - Total today announces that it has acquired Synova, a French leader in manufacturing high-performance recycled polypropylene for the automotive sector. Synova produces 20,000 tonnes per year of polypropylene that meets the high quality standards of original equipment manufacturers and automakers from...

Ineos Styrolution: Price increase for ABS and PS in February

08.02.2019 - The Gross Market Price level in Europe for Terluran ABS valid as of February 1st, 2019 has increased by +20 Euro/mt versus January 2019. The Gross Market Price for Polystyrene (GPPS, bulk) valid as of February 1st, 2019 is increased by +50 Euro/mt vs. January 2019. The surcharge for HIPS is +100...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

04.02.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades. Effective February 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and...

Trinseo: Frank A. Bozich named President and CEO

31.01.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, recently announced that Frank A. Bozich has been named President and CEO, effective March 4, 2019. He replaces Christopher D. Pappas, who recently announced his plans to retire following his tenure...

Euromap 82.1: Finished specification for temperature control devices released

28.01.2019 - One year after the publication of the first draft (so-called Release Candidate) for the OPC UA based interface for temperature control devices, the finished specification has now been released by Euromap. Before that, a few adjustments and above all a test of the interface by several manufacturers in...

Ashland: New composites distribution agreement for Sweden, Norway and Denmark with Velox

18.01.2019 - Ashland today announced it has appointed Velox, an IMCD company, as its new main composites distributor for the Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The new distribution agreement, which was effective December 12, 2018, includes all Ashland unsaturated polyester resin, gel coat, low-profile...

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