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Lanxess increases prices for adipic acid

01.12.2020 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices for adipic acid globally with immediate effect. How the company further announced the increase amounts to 90 Euro per metric ton. The reason for the adjustment is the significant rise in raw material costs over the past months. Adipic acid...

Sesotec appoints Joachim Schulz as new CEO

30.11.2020 - On November 1, 2020, the Bavarian company Sesotec GmbH appointed Joachim Schulz as its new CEO. With the expiration of his three-year contract, former CEO Marc Setzen will depart from the company, a manufacturer of technology for foreign object detection, material sorting and analysis. Schulz assumes...

Starlinger: BTB PET Recycling further increases capacities

25.11.2020 - During the Corona Lockdown in spring 2020 German PET recycler BTB PET-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG installed a new preheating unit and another SSP reactor supplied by Starlinger recycling technology. As the machine-builder further communicates, the PET bottle-to-bottle recycling company based in Bad Salzuflen,...

Waldorf Technik: Michael Friege new Head of Customer Service & Support

23.11.2020 - Effective from October 1, 2020, Michael Friege strengthens the Waldorf Technik team as Head of Customer Service & Support. Michael Friege looks back on more than 15 years of experience in setting up and expanding worldwide service structures in special machine construction. Friege gained extensive...

DSM: Price increase for polyamide 6 and 66 compounds and PBTs portfolio

20.11.2020 - Royal DSM announces a price increase for its "Akulon", "Novamid", "Tufnyl" polyamide 6 and 66 compounds portfolio and for its "Arnite" and "Tufbet" PBT portfolio. The price increases are effective 1 December 2020 or as contracts allow. The table below reflects the price increases across the key regions....

Ascend introduces “HiDura” long-chain polyamides

17.11.2020 - Ascend Performance Materials, fully integrated producer of PA66 resin, has launched several new grades of its “HiDura” long-chain polyamides for engineered plastics, monofilaments and cable ties. “HiDura” polyamide 610 and 612 are according to supplier information designed to provide exceptional...

Momentive: Million investment in Italian production center for polyurethane additives

11.11.2020 - Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (“Momentive”), recently announced it will invest $13 million for the expansion of its existing Termoli (Italy) plant to create a state-of-the-art manufacturing hub for its „Niax“ polyurethane additives. The site, which currently produces high performance additives...

BASF: Price increase for Neopentylglycol

10.11.2020 - With immediate effect or as existing contracts permit BASF is increasing the price for Neopentylglycol (NPG) as follows:

Evonik: First plant of the new polyamide 12 complex completed

09.11.2020 - Construction work on the largest investment to date by the specialty chemicals company Evonik in Germany, at more than 400 million Euro, is progressing well. As the company further announces, was the first plant completed on schedule in mid-October and is currently being commissioned. Further plants...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene, Polycarbonate and Copolymers in Europe

03.11.2020 - 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), polycarbonate (PC), ABS and SAN grades. Effective November 1, 2020, or as existing contract terms allow,...

Prent: US plastics processor builds new plant in New Mexico

19.10.2020 - The US plastics processor and packaging manufacturer Prent Corp. is planning to build a new production plant in the state of New Mexico. According to the New Mexico Economic Development Agency (NMEDD), the plant is to be built at the Santa Teresa site on the borders to Texas and Mexico. Prent plans...

Repsol: Plans to build an UHMWPE plant

16.10.2020 - Repsol has signed a technology license agreement that would allow the company to construct an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) plant. The plant would be located in Repsol's Industrial Complex in Puertollano (Spain) and would have an annual production capacity of at least 15 kt. ...

Wipak: Plastic film manufacturer modernizes capacities in Wales

16.10.2020 - Plastic film manufacturer Wipak is expanding and modernizing production at its Welshpool site in the UK. According to the company's press release, investments of more than 5 million GBP (5.5 million euros) are planned for this purpose. By the summer of next year, among other things, new film finishing...

Engel: Johannes Kilian takes over as Head of Process Technologies

16.10.2020 - Dr. Johannes Kilian is the new Head of Process Technologies at Engel Austria. Following the retirement of Prof. Dr. Georg Steinbichler, Engel has reorganised its development department and is now focusing even more strongly on process technology. Products and solutions for increasing process capability,...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene, Polycarbonate and Copolymers in Europe

06.10.2020 - 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), polycarbonate (PC), ABS and SAN grades. Effective October 1, 2020, or as existing contract terms allow,...

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