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Kuraray to acquire DuPont glass laminating solutions/vinyls

26.11.2013 - Kuraray and DuPont recently announced they have signed a definitive agreement for DuPont to sell Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a part of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, to Kuraray for US$543 million, plus the value of the inventories. The sale is expected to close during the...

Phillips-Medisize: China facility registers with CFDA and receives ISO 13485 certification

26.11.2013 - Phillips-Medisize recently announced their Suzhou, China facility has registered with the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA). The facility has also received ISO 13485 certification, with DEKRA being the notified body. These certifications, along with a medical device manufacturing license,...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers: Price increase in North America for specialty ethylene copolymer resins

26.11.2013 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers recently announced a price increase in the range of $0.10/lb. ($0.22/kg) to $0.15/lb. ($0.33/kg) in North America on all grades of “DuPont” “Surlyn”, “Elvaloy”, “Appeel”, “Fusabond”, “Bexloy”, “Entira”, “Conpol” and “Nucrel”. This increase is effective as of Dec....

Nordson BKG: Optimized water system and bigger type of pelletizer

21.11.2013 - On occasion of K-Show 2013 Nordson BKG GmbH presented an optimized "Polygonfilter"-system (2nd generation of the BKG Optigon water system), new cutter hub as well as a new bigger type of pelletizer, aiming at higher throughput rates. The new generation of the Nordson BKG water system Optigon focuses...

Nordson Kreyenborg: New polymer valve

21.11.2013 - At K-Show 2013 Nordson KREYENBORG GmbH presented its latest developments in the field of melt filtration solutions. Besides some completely new and some modified screen changers Nordson Kreyenborg showed different filter media that can be used with Nordson Kreyenborg screen changers aiming at larger...

Lanxess: Price increas for Chloroprene Rubber

21.11.2013 - Lanxess announces a global price increase for its Baypren branded Chloroprene Rubber (CR) of up to 180 EUR / 245 USD per metric ton. Increasing raw material and energy prices are named as the driving force. Subject to the terms of any applicable contracts and regulations, price increases will be...

Lanxess: Expanded cresol plant on stream

18.11.2013 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has completed the expansion of its cresol production plant in Leverkusen, Germany, and has now begun operating a newly constructed reaction system as well as a second 46-meter-high distillation column. The expansion increases capacity for this high-quality intermediate...

Indorama: Workington PET Facility to Moth-ball Production

14.11.2013 - Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) has reached a decision to suspend production for up to one to two years at its Indorama Polymers Workington site in the United Kingdom as margin performance continues to decline. While the Company consulted closely with all management and employees at...

Bericap opens Sales Office in Ukraine

11.11.2013 - To meet market demand and shorten response times for customers, Bericap has opened a sales office in Ukraine. For several years Bericap has serviced its Ukrainian customers directly from Russia. Growing demand and its desire to be close to the customer in order to shorten response times and enhance...

ELIX Polymers appoints Mito Polimeri as Distributor for Lombardy region

08.11.2013 - ELIX Polymers and the distributor Mito Polimeri Srl have signed a strategic agreement that provides, as of the 1st of January 2014, the extension of distribution activities for the ELIX ABS brand to the Lombardy region improving the coverage of the distribution of ABS in the Italian market. The agreement...

Krahn Chemie: Distribution of Sinopec styrene block copolymer in Europe

05.11.2013 - Krahn Chemie and Sinopec Europa Handels GmbH have agreed to work together to distribute styrene butadiene styrene (SBS), styrene ethylene butadiene styrene (SEBS), and styrene isoprene styrene (SIS). According to this Krahn Chemie will distribute Sinopec styrene block copolymer in Europe. The two...

Starlinger: Full order books at K 2013

05.11.2013 - Starlinger & Co. GmbH concluded important sales projects in the course of the trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the Starlinger Open House, which was held around the same time in Weissenbach, Austria. "The visitor quality during this year’s K exhibition was extraordinarily high", says Starlinger...

Husky to acquire leading medical and closure mold maker Schöttli

04.11.2013 - Husky Injection Molding Systems announced at the end of last week it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Schöttli Group of Diessenhofen, Switzerland, recognized as a global leader in medical and closure mold making. The sale is expected to close in early December. Schöttli is a global...

Huhtamaki has divested its foodservice business in Italy

04.11.2013 - Huhtamäki Oyj has divested its Italian subsidiary, Huhtamaki S.p.A., to Diesse S.r.l., a Sicily-based manufacturer of polystyrene packaging for the foodservice markets. The ownership of the company´s shares has been transferred to Diesse S.r.l. with immediate effect. The divestment includes the rigid...

Styrolution to expand local specialty styrenics production in the Americas

31.10.2013 - Styrolution announced plans to begin construction on a production line for alpha methyl styrene acrylonitrile (AMSAN) at its site in Altamira, Mexico. Styrolution uses AMSAN in its “Luran” S acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) and high-heat “Novodur” acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) products....

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