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PolyOne expands with new facility in Turkey

19.12.2013 - PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has begun production in a new facility in Turkey. The operations feature enhanced capabilities to better serve customers with an expanding portfolio of specialty polymer formulations. The facility...

Lanxess: Price increase for rubber chemicals

17.12.2013 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will raise its prices worldwide for rubber chemicals supplied by the Rubber Chemicals business unit effective January 1, 2014. The increases are required to offset raw material cost increases in Q1 2014, says Lanxess. The price increases will impact all product...

Evonik and LanzaTech working on bio-processed precursors for specialty plastics

12.12.2013 - Evonik Industries and LanzaTech have signed a three year research cooperation agreement which will see Evonik combining its existing biotechnology platforms with LanzaTech’s synthetic biology and gas fermentation expertise for the development of a route to bio-processed precursors for specialty plastics...

Ferro Engineered Polymer Products and Longfield announce UK Distributor Partnership

12.12.2013 - Castellón, Spain-based Ferro Engineered Polymer Products and UK polymer distributor Longfield have announced an agreement by whichLongfield, based in Cheshire, United Kingdom,will market and distribute Ferro´s product range in the UK. Ferro Engineered Polymer Products’ operation in Spain is a major...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer completes PET ‘MTR’ plant for Octal Petrochemicals in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman

11.12.2013 - The plant engineering and construction company Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Octal Petrochemicals, the largest PET resin manufacturer in the Middle East and the largest integrated PET sheet manufacturer in the world, successfully commissioned a polycondensation plant for the production of PET for bottle...

Celanese: Price Increases for Polyacetal (POM)

11.12.2013 - Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, will increase prices for all ´Hostaform´ and ´Celcon´ polyacetal (POM) grades by 5 percent effective January 1, 2014, or as contracts allow. Customers should contact their Celanese sales representative to discuss...

BASF increases prices for Neopentylglycol and Trimethylolpropane in Europe

10.12.2013 - BASF is increasing the prices of the polyalcohols neopentylglycol (NPG) and trimethylolpropane (TMP), with immediate effect or as existing contracts permit by 85 €/mt in Europe. Trimethylolpropane (TMP) is a high-quality intermediate that is used primarily for the production of alkyd resins, which...

Phillips-Medisize: Kontiolahti, Finland site expansion starts production

06.12.2013 - Phillips-Medisize Corporation announced the start of production and completion of the 60,000 square feet (6,000 square meters) expansion to their Kontiolahti, Finland site. Production has already begun and will continue to ramp up on several new programs before the first of the year. The site focuses...

Celanese: Price Increase for Vinyl Acetate Monomeres

05.12.2013 - Celanese Corporation announced to increase list and off-list selling prices for vinyl acetate monomeres effective January 1, 2014. The prices in Europe will be increased by 70 Euro/MT. For the regions "Asia Outside China", "Central and South America", as well as "Mexico and North America" the prices...

Nordson Kreyenborg: Compact single support cart for gear pump and screen changer

04.12.2013 - A new concept that combines screen changer and gear pump on a single movable cart simplifies deployment of these components in an extrusion line, takes up less floor space than separately mounted machines, and provides easy access for replacement of filter media, it was announced by Nordson Kreyenborg...

Invista: Polyester product range expanded

04.12.2013 - Invista, one of the world’s largest integrated polymers and fibers producers, announces the expansion of its "XPURE" portfolio of polyester products made with a next generation catalyst system. Recent additions to this portfolio include the "XPURE" 7001 and 701K polyester copolymers. "XPURE" 7001...

Styron: Price Increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

04.12.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today price increases for all polystyrene (PS) and copolymer grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the December contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: STYRON™...

Styrolution: Price increases for Polystyrene

04.12.2013 - The Gross Market Price for Polystyrene (GPPS, bulk) valid as of December 1st, is increased by +30€/mt vs. November. The surcharge for HIPS is + 105 €/mt.

BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives

03.12.2013 - With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its selling prices for the following products in Europe:

Evonik appoints FKuR as distribution partner for its ‚Vestamid Terra‘ product line

02.12.2013 - Evonik Industries AG, High Performance Polymers Business Line, and FKuR Kunststoff GmbH announced their distribution agreement for ‚Vestamid Terra‘ during the K 2013 in Düsseldorf. With immediate effect, FKuR will market, sell and distribute Evonik’s full line of biobased polyamide ‚Vestamid Terra‘...

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