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Ascend: Price increase on nylon polymers and compounds

03.04.2024 - Ascend Performance Materials has announced a new round of global price increases for its polyamide polymers and compounds. Where contracts allow, prices for neat PA66 polymer as well as PA6 and PA66 compounds will be increased by €0.28/kg and $0.30/kg respectively. These price increases will take...

RadiciGroup: Plastoplan Polymers Ltd appointed as distributor in UK

03.04.2024 - RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers has announced a reorganization of its sales network in United Kingdom. As of 2nd April 2024, Plastoplan Polymers Ltd has been appointed as one of the RadiciGroup national distributors for a wide product range that includes "Radilon", "Radiflam", "Radistrong", "Raditer",...

Thees: Plastics recycler opens new site in Dinklage, Germany

02.04.2024 - Plastics recycler Thees Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH recently opened a new site in Dinklage, Germany, in the district of Vechta in Lower Saxony. Ansgar Thees-Ovelgönne, Managing Director of the company, described this as "another strategically important step towards our 360-degree recycling approach."...

KraussMaffei: Sale of Netstal to Krones AG completed

28.03.2024 - Following the signing of the purchase agreement on 6 February 2024, the sale of Netstal Maschinen AG to Krones AG was successfully completed on 28 March 2024. In addition to Netstal Maschinen AG based in Näfels, Netstal Deutschland GmbH, a sales and service subsidiary based in Stuttgart, eleven other...

Hirsch Servo: Acquisition of the Polish EPS insulation manufacturer Tyron

28.03.2024 - The Austrian Hirsch Servo Group, European manufacturer of EPS insulation materials and packaging as well as supplier of machines and moulding tools for particle foam processing, is continuing its growth and expansion course. The takeover of Tyron Sp. z o.o., based in Kluczbork in the Polish voivodeship...

Grolman: Extended partnership with pigment manufacturer Oxerra

27.03.2024 - The Grolman Group, a global distributor of speciality chemicals, announces the expansion of its long-standing partnership with Oxerra, a global manufacturer of iron oxide pigments, inorganic colour pigments and pigment dispersions. Cathay Industries was renamed Oxerra following the acquisition of...

BASF: Price increases for Standard Antioxidants and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers for plastic applications

06.03.2024 - Effective immediately or as contracts allow, BASF is increasing prices for Standard Antioxidants and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers (“HALS”) for plastics applications globally by up to 10 percent. The price adjustment is in response to the prevailing inflationary pressure and substantial increases...

Trinseo: Significant price increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers

04.03.2024 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades. Effective March 1, 2024, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase...

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...

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