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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....

Invista adds 22,000-tonne compounding capacity to US plant

31.10.2013 - Invista Engineering Polymers has added 22,000 tonnes/year of additional production capacity to its US plant in Chattanooga (Tennessee) for its Torzen brand of glass fibre reinforced polyamide (PA) 6.6 compounds. The additional compounding capacity started up earlier this year (2013) with a turnkey plants...

Lanxess: Price increase for NBR

31.10.2013 - The High Performance Elastomers (HPE) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS has increased its prices for NBR (nitrile-butadiene rubber) globally effective November 1, 2013. The price adjustment per metric ton for NBR is EUR 60 for specialties and EUR 100 for standard qualities. In Dollar...

Coperion improves ZSK Mc18 series compounders

30.10.2013 - More user-friendly “smart” versions of established 18mm, 26mm and 32mm screw diameter ZSK Mc18 Megacompounder, first introduced in 2010, and the 27mm and 34mm screw diameter ZSK Megavolume Plus twin-screw compounding extruders have been introduced by Coperion. With these, Coperion has improved access...

Dr. Thiele: 9th China International Recycled Polyester Conference - Highlights

28.10.2013 - The 9th China International Recycled Polyester Conference in September 2013 in Shanghai demonstrated that this meeting is an important constant within the polyester industry meanwhile which is also expressed by over 300 participants and visitors from China and abroad. The external and internal polyester...

Federplast: Petri Ven appointed Secretary General

24.10.2013 - The Board of Federplast.be, the Belgian Association of Manufacturers of Plastic and Rubber Products, has appointed Petri Ven as its new Secretary General. After 30 years in function, Secretary General Geert Scheys will pass the torch to his successor from 1 January 2014 onwards. Petri Ven is already...

Baerlocher: Andy Jones promoted Global Head of Strategic Business Unit PVC Additives

23.10.2013 - The Baerlocher Group of Companies announces the promotion of Andy Jones to the Group Management Committee as Global Head of Strategic Business Unit PVC Additives. In his new role, Andy Jones will be responsible for the group’s global research and development, sales and marketing and the regional...

Albis Plastic expands partnership with Styrolution in Spain

22.10.2013 - Albis Plastic GmbH, worldwide specialist for the distribution and compounding of technical thermoplasts located in Hamburg, is broadening its portfolio of distribution brands for the Spanish market to include Terluran standard ABS from Styrolution. This reflects how both companies are consistently expanding...

ELIX Polymers extends its portfolio with new product line of PC/ABS blends

21.10.2013 - ELIX Polymers launches a new range of PC/ABS blends into the market extending its current portfolio of ABS and Intermediates products. This is part of ELIX Polymers strategy to stand out as the ABS product specialist in the market and a further step to increase service and cover customer needs with...

Magna opens new facility in Turkey

11.10.2013 - Magna International Inc. recently announced the expansion of its business in Eastern Europe with the inauguration of a new greenfield manufacturing plant in Kocaeli, Turkey. The facility is being shared by Magna’s Exteriors and Interiors, Mirrors, and Closures operating units. Company executives were...

Lanxess: Increased prices for NBR

08.10.2013 - The High Performance Elastomers (HPE) business unit of specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG has increased its prices for NBR (nitrile-butadiene rubber) globally effective October 1, 2013. The price adjustment per metric ton is EUR 100/USD 150 for NBR. This adjustment is unavoidable because the costs...

Baerlocher to produce PVC stabilizers in Turkey

04.10.2013 - Baerlocher begins construction of a new manufacturing facility in Akhisar in the district of Manisa, Turkey. The plant, which is targeted to start production end of 2014, will have a capacity in excess of 40,000 t and will produce both calcium based and lead stabilizer additive one-packs. The manufacturing...

Hellweg: New large granulator also swallows “big chunks”

02.10.2013 - Hellweg Maschinenbau has extended its 600 series granulator at the upper end. According to Hellweg the new M 1500/600 version is able to offer enormous torque due to the high stability of the entire machine housing and the heavy duty rotor, which is produced entirely from only one single block of metal...

Priamus: Automatic Valve Gate Control for Cold Runners

30.09.2013 - In hotrunner technology control systems are successfully used since many years for the automatic balancing of multi cavity molds. This is because the simultaneous filling of all cavities is a precondition for the optimum part quality. These conditions are achieved by automatically detecting the melt...

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