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Aquafil signs an agreement with Invista reinforcing its presence in Asia Pacific

26.02.2018 - China is one of the fastest growing markets in the world and with the beginning of February 2018 Aquafil has an even more important presence in this strategic area for its development, thanks to the binding agreement with Invista. Invista is one of the world’s largest integrated producers of chemical...

Euromap 82.1: Release Candidate for the data exchange between injection moulding machines and temperature control devices

23.02.2018 - Injection moulding machines are integrated in vertical and horizontal IT communication structures for data exchange. For the vertical communication to central computers/ manufacturing execution systems (MES), Euromap 77 has been published as second Release Candidate in September 2017. The final version...

Lanxess expands capacity for Macrolex dyes at its Leverkusen site - Investment volume of more than five million euros

22.02.2018 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will expand the capacity for Macrolex dyes at its Leverkusen site. With an investment volume of more than five million euros, the current production capacity is to be increased by 25 percent, which will be available from the end of 2018. “With this capacity expansion,...

Holland Colours: Coenraad Vinke new CEO

22.02.2018 - Holland Colours recently announced that Coenraad Vinke (54) has been nominated as the new CEO for th company, producer of color concentrates for the polymer industry. He will join the company on the 1st of May. He will succeed Rob Harmsen, who has been in charge since January 2012. Coen Vinke will be...

Arkema announces a new project to produce polyamide 12 in China mid-2020

22.02.2018 - To complement its major project in the bio-based polyamide 11, Arkema announces a 25% expansion in its global polyamide 12 polymers production capacities to support its customers’ strong demand in Asia. Arkema announces an investment plan to increase by 25% its capacity of polyamide 12 polymers,...

Poligal: Start up of a new plant in Poland with a new BOPP film extrusion line

20.02.2018 - Poligal, the manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and cast polypropylene (CPP) film, announced the start up of its new plant in Poland, a project with an investment of 40 million euros in its new BOPP film extrusion line. The new plant initially includes a Brückner 5-layer, 8.7...

Corvaglia: Group announces U.S. expansion in Georgia

20.02.2018 - Switzerland based corvaglia group recently announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia. The company provides plastic cap and closure technology solutions to the beverage industry around the world. The new U.S. production facility will compliment Corvaglia’s existing advanced...

Motan Colortronic Limited: Tech Centre Grand Opening

20.02.2018 - During an Open House Event taking place between 13th & 15th March 2018, Chesterfield based Motan Colortronic Limited will unveil a new Tech Centre. “Benefiting from an extensive six figure investment, our Tech Centre exhibits samples of almost all of our products and is dedicated to injection, blow...

DSM: Global price increases for several high performance plastics

15.02.2018 - Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, today announced that significant and continuing cost increases of main raw materials throughout 2017 and early 2018 have caused DSM Engineering Plastics to increase prices globally for several polyamide and thermoplastic...

BASF joins the World Plastics Council - Addressing topics of global relevance - Uniting efforts to promote responsible use of plastics

15.02.2018 - BASF joined the World Plastics Council (WPC), a global organization of key leaders in the plastics industry. The WPC promotes industry topics of global relevance like the responsible use of plastics, efficient waste management and solutions to marine littering. “Doing business in a sustainable manner...

Celanese: Price increases for engineered materials polymer products

08.02.2018 - Celanese Corporation today announced price increases on its "Hostaform" / "Celcon" Polyacetal (POM) grades, PBT grades ["Celanex" PBT, "Impet" PET, "Vandar" PBT Alloys, "Pibifor" PBT, "Pibiter" PBT], TPC grades ["Pibiflex", "Riteflex"], and LCP grades ["Vectra", "Zenite", "Thermx"]. The price increases...

Trinseo Announces Price Increases for Polystyrene, Polycarbonate and Copolymers in Europe

02.02.2018 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today price increases for all polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), ABS and SAN grades. Effective February 1, 2018, or as existing contract terms allow,...

Aliancys: Price increase for vinyl ester and specialty resin products

02.02.2018 - Aliancys has recently announced a price increase of € 150 per ton for its complete vinyl ester and specialty resin product portfolio sold in europe, middle east and india. the price increase will take effect for all new deliveries after 1 february 2018. “The pricing of our key raw materials has been...

Ascend: Global price increase for PA66

18.01.2018 - Ascend Performance Materials announced today a price increase for its nylon 6,6 polymers, compounds and fibers due to escalating raw material costs. The price increase takes effect February 1, 2018, or as contracts allow, and includes the following price changes: Europe: 0,20 €/kg North America:...

Morssinkhof Rymoplast builds a new plastics recycling plant in the Netherlands

15.01.2018 - Morssinkhof Rymoplast Group will start to build a state-of-the-art plastics recycling plant in Heerenveen. The new recycling plant is expected to commence operations in the course of 2019 and can save an additional 20,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. The plastics recycling plant will be realized at Ecopark...

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