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Röhm: Price increase for PMMA and PMMI molding compounds

01.03.2024 - Effective March 15, 2024, Röhm GmbH will increase the prices for its PMMA and PMMI molding compounds, which are marketed under the trademarks "Plexiglas" and "Pleximid". As far as permissible under existing agreements, the increase will be up to 0.18 Euro/kg for all grades in the regions Europe,...

Lanxess: Price increase for hexanediol

28.02.2024 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices for 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) worldwide by EUR 500 per metric ton with immediate effect. HDO is an important precursor for high performance coatings, fibers, adhesives, polyurethanes, polycarbonate diols, and reactive diluents for epoxy resins.

Lanxess: Price increase for adipic acid

23.02.2024 - Speciality chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices for adipic acid worldwide with immediate effect. The increase amounts to 250 euros per tonne. The company cites the considerable rise in raw material costs in recent months as the reason for the adjustment. Adipic acid is an important precursor...

W.R. Grace: Licence for another polypropylene plant in China

22.02.2024 - The US chemical company W.R. Grace & Co. will be the technology supplier for another polypropylene plant of the China Coal Shaanxi Energy & Chemical Group Company. In a recent press release, W.R. Grace announced the extension of an existing licence agreement with the Chinese company. Accordingly,...

Cabka: Supervisory Board appoints Niek Hoek as Chairman

19.02.2024 - Cabka N.V., a company specialized in transforming hard to recycle plastic waste into innovative Reusable Transport Packaging (RTP), announced the appointment of Niek Hoek as chairman of its Supervisory Board as of today. The Supervisory Board of Cabka appointed Niek Hoek as chairman of the Supervisory...

Heyco: Automotive supplier builds second plant in the USA

15.02.2024 - The German automotive supplier Heyco is planning to build a second production plant for plastic components in the USA. The Economic Development Agency of the State of North Carolina (EDPNC) recently announced this in a press release. According to the press release, Heyco's new injection moulding...

Arkema: Expansion project in Serquigny completed

15.02.2024 - The French chemicals group Arkema has completed the expansion of elastomer production at its plant in Serquigny. The company announced this in a press release recently. Accordingly, a new plant for the production of traditional elastomers of the "Pebax" brand and biocircular elastomers of the "Pebax...

Stadler: Construction of the "Las Vegas Polymer Centre" - Recycling of bottles, canisters and other containers - Cooperation with Krones

15.02.2024 - Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH has developed and built the new "Polymer Centre" of Republic Services in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in cooperation with Krones. In this polymer recycling centre, bottles, canisters and other plastic containers are processed into ready-to-use plastic materials for new packaging....

Covestro: Pilot plant for bio-based aniline put into operation

15.02.2024 - Covestro is pressing ahead with the implementation of a new process to produce the chemical aniline entirely on the basis of plant biomass instead of petroleum for the first time. The plastics manufacturer has now commissioned a special pilot plant at its Leverkusen site for this purpose. Larger quantities...

Ravago + Repsol: Inauguration of a new compounding plant in Morocco

09.02.2024 - Ravago and Repsol recently announced the inauguration of the new compounding plant in the Tangier Automotive City 2 free zone, Morocco. The total installed capacity of the plant will be 18,500 tons per year, with the option to increase this capacity if required in the future. The new facility will...

Smurfit Kappa: Million investment in Spanish Bag-in-Box plant - Doubled capacity - 200 new jobs

05.02.2024 - Smurfit Kappa will invest 54 million Euro to double the capacity of its Ibi Bag-in-Box plant in Alicante, Spain. This is also expected to create 200 additional jobs. This investment is set to strengthen the sustainability of both the plant’s operations and its product portfolio, with enhanced waste...

Scott Bader: British company launches new plant in North Carolina

05.02.2024 - The British plastics company Scott Bader has opened its new production plant in the US state of North Carolina. According to a press release, production of adhesives and polyester resins recently began at the plant in Mocksville. The plant is located on a 6-hectare site in the Southpoint Business...

Paques Biomaterials: Further financing round completed - Testing of technology for the production of PHA biopolymers

05.02.2024 - The Dutch technology company Paques Biomaterials has closed a financing round totalling 14 million euros. According to Paques' press release, investors included the investment agency Invest-NL and the regional development organisation NOM for the north of the Netherlands. The funds will be used to...

Sapa: Automotive supplier takes over two plants from Berry Global

05.02.2024 - The Italian automotive supplier Sapa Group has taken over two production plants of the US plastics group Berry Global in the Netherlands and Estonia. According to the Sapa Group's press release, these are two plants of the Berry subsidiary Promens in Zevenaar near Arnhem in the Netherlands and Rõngu...

Cabka: Plastics recycler with stable turnover in 2023

05.02.2024 - Cabka N.V., which specialises in the processing of difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into reusable transport packaging (RTP), recently announced its preliminary business figures for 2023. The final quarter of 2023 showed a significant increase in turnover of 35 per cent compared to the previous...

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