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BASF: New head of Catalysts division

03.05.2013 - Kenneth T. Lane, currently Senior Vice President, Isocyanates Europe located in Brussels, Belgium, will become President of BASF’s Catalysts division headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, effective June 1, 2013. He succeeds, Frank A. Bozich, who has decided to leave the company. More...

Lanxess: Application Development Center for Asian plastics industry opened

19.04.2013 - The specialty chemicals company LANXESS has opened a new Asia-Pacific Application Development Center for its high-tech plastics in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park. It is run by the High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit and provides comprehensive and high-value services ranging from...

MuCell Extrusion: Nearly doubled production space in Woburn - New units able to handle higher injection pressures

17.04.2013 - MuCell Extrusion LLC has almost doubled its assembly space in 2013, with the addition of a new 6000 square foot building adjacent to its headquarters in Woburn, MA. The new building is designed for assembly and testing of its supercritical fluid hardware, which now includes units available to handle...

Arkema partners with Jayant Agro in India

15.04.2013 - Arkema and Jayant Agro have signed a joint venture agreement whereby Arkema will acquire a stake of some 25% in Ihsedu Agrochem, a subsidiary of Jayant Agro, specializing in the production of castor oil. This joint venture aims to develop castor oil production in order to provide Arkema with long-term...

Arkema: Six-month observation period against the company Kem One

11.04.2013 - On March 27th 2013, the Lyon commercial court opened insolvency proceedings with continuation of activities for a six-month observation period against the company Kem One SAS. As part of the financing of the observation period, Arkema points out that its contribution amounts to € 68.7 million. ...

Ashland: Price increase for epoxy vinyl ester resins for EMEA

02.04.2013 - Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., announced to increase the prices of its complete portfolio of epoxy vinyl ester resins in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by 100 euros per ton. This increase will take effect April 1, 2013, or at the earliest possible timing depending...

Assocomaplast: Export drives improvements for the Italian industry of plastics and rubber processing equipment

28.03.2013 - Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 165 makers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber) has issued its report on the sector’s performance in 2012 - based also on ISTAT foreign trade statistics - whose results are summarized...

Belgium: Flemish plastics industry implements a European voluntary commitment to reduce its energy consumption

27.03.2013 - Federplast.be (Belgian association of manufacturers of plastic and rubber articles), Flanders’ PlasticVision (Flanders’ competence centre for innovation in the plastics and rubber industry) and Sirris (Belgian collective research centre of the technological industries) started the InnEEPlas transformation...

BASF: Price increase for PU catalyst

20.03.2013 - Effective immediately or as existing contracts allow, BASF is raising prices for "Lupragen" N 100 in Europe by € 0,10 per kilogram with immediate effect or the equivalent amount in local currency. "Lupragen" N 100 (chemical name N,N-Dimethylcyclohexylamine, CAS-No. 998-94-2) is used especially as...

Elix Polymers appoints A. Schulman as distributor for ABS also in Mexico

18.03.2013 - Elix Polymers and A. Schulman have agreed to work together also in Mexico. As of February 2013 A. Schulman de Mexico, S.A.de C.V. will act as official distributor for Elix ABS resins in Mexico offering the whole portfolio of the Spanish based ABS producer. Both companies had already agreed on distribution...

DuPont: Price increase for „Zytel” nylon 66 base polymers

13.03.2013 - DuPont Performance Polymers announces a price increase of 0.15€/kg for DuPont „Zytel” nylon 66 base polymers in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The increase, that is due to raw material cost pressures, will come into effect March 18, 2013 or as contracts allow.

Ashland announces push into the Russian composite resins market

12.03.2013 - Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., recently announced the formation of a partnership with Composite Trade, a Russian distribution company, to tap into Russia’s growing demand for composite resins. The new alliance, Ashland Rus, combines Ashland’s resin technology with...

SO.F.TER. and Invista Engineering Polymers announce distribution agreement for Mexico

12.03.2013 - The SO.F.TER. Group and Invista have signed a distribution agreement that allows SO.F.TER. to market Invista’s „Torzen“ polyamide 6,6 products in Mexico. The technical and sales staffs from both companies will be available to present the new range at the Plastimagen Show in Mexico City, March 12-15....

DuPont: Price increase in Europe for ethylene copolymer resins

12.03.2013 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced a price increase of Euro 0.10/kg on all DuPont „Elvax” EVA copolymer resins in the region Europe, Middle East and Africa. This increase is effective March, 15th 2013, or as contracts allow. DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is a world-class manufacturer...

EuPC + PlasticsEurope: European plastics industry on the Commission’s Green Paper on Plastic Waste in the Environment - Paving the way towards zero landfill by 2020

11.03.2013 - The European plastics industry welcomes the Commission’s Green Paper on Plastic Waste as a catalyst for joint action amongst different key players to achieve the vision of ‘Zero Plastics to Landfill by 2020’. The plastics industry supports alternative solutions to the landfilling of plastics waste and...

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