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Lanxess strengthens global production network for flame retardants - Investments of around EUR 200 million until 2021

07.12.2018 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess plans to strengthen its global asset base for flame retardant additives with investments of around 200 million Euro over the next three years. The company runs a strongly backward integrated production network for bromine and phosphorous based flame retardants with...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene in Europe

04.12.2018 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe yesterday announced price decrease for all polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective December 1, 2018, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices...

PlasticsEurope: Javier Constante will become new President in Brussels

23.11.2018 - Javier Constante, Commercial Vice President, Packaging and Specialty Plastics Business EMEA of DOW Europe, will become new President of PlasticsEurope Javier Constante, Commercial Vice President, Packaging and Specialty Plastics Business EMEA of DOW Europe, has been nominated acting President of PlasticsEurope...

DuPont T&AP: Plans for new plant in China for high-performance materials and adhesives

14.11.2018 - The US chemical group DowDuPont is planning to build a new production plant for high-performance materials and adhesives at its Zhangjiagang site in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu. According to a press release, an agreement was signed this week at the China International Import Expo (CIIE)...

IIMC 2019: International IKV conference on injection moulding

14.11.2018 - April 10 - 11, 2019, Aachen, Germany For the fourth time, the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and the Skilled Crafts at RWTH Aachen University is extending an invitation to the International Injection Moulding Conference (IIMC). IIMC 2019 will be held in Aachen on 10 – 11 April,...

Lanxess: Price increases for engineering plastics

09.11.2018 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices due to the increasing raw material costs with immediate effect for its engineering plastics of the brands Durethan A (polyamide 6.6) and Pocan (polybutylene terephthalate – PBT, blends). For polyamide 6.6 compounds, the adjustment will be...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene in Europe

02.11.2018 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today price decrease for all polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective November 1, 2018, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices...

Borealis signs agreement to acquire a controlling stake in South Korean compounder DYM Solution Co. Ltd

29.10.2018 - Borealis, provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in South Korean compounder DYM Solution Co. Ltd. The agreement and transaction are subject to all required regulatory approvals....

Lanxess increases production volume of micronized iron oxide red pigments

29.10.2018 - Lanxess continues to optimize its global production network for the manufacture of iron oxide pigments. Through targeted “debottlenecking” at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site, the specialty chemicals company has increased the product availability of its Bayferrox and Colortherm micronized red pigments by...

Trinseo: Natalia Scherbakoff appointed Director, Technology & Innovation, Performance Plastics

02.10.2018 - Trinseo has appointed Natalia Scherbakoff, Director of Technology & Innovation, Performance Plastics. In this newly created position, Scherbakoff will play an integral role in advancing performance plastics research and new product development. Scherbakoff has held positions with several leading...

Arlanxeo to increase prices for its EPDM products

19.09.2018 - Arlanxeo raises its prices for Ethylene propylene diene rubber grades (EPDM) as follows: In Europe, Middle East and Africa effective as of September 18, 2018 up to 100 euro per metric ton. In Latin America effective as of October 1st, 2018 up to 120 US$ per metric ton. In North America effective...

Gurit appoints Michael Muser as new Business Unit Head Aero

19.09.2018 - Gurit today announced the appointment of Michael Muser as General Manager and Business Unit Head for Aero and member of the Executive Committee, effective January 1, 2019. Michael Muser brings a wealth of aerospace industrial experience in an international business environment to Gurit. He will report...

Oxea: Price increase for Carboxylic Acids in Europe

18.09.2018 - Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on the following products effective October 1, 2018, or as contracts allow for Europe.

ips: New underwater granulating systems for Delta plastics

17.09.2018 - ips Intelligent Pelletizing Solutions GmbH & Co. KG in Niedernberg, Germany, has recently started offering underwater pelletizing systems in addition to individually aligned strand pelletizing lines. The first two ips-UWG 75 S systems have now gone into operation at Delta Kunststoffe AG in Weeze on...

BASF: Plastic Additives Middle East appoints new Managing Director for Bahrain

17.09.2018 - BASF Plastic Additives Middle East (PAME), the state-of-the-art production facility for customer-specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in Bahrain, named Michael Wille its new Managing Director. As the leading manufacturer and supplier of plastic additives in the region, BASF plans to continue to boost...

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