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Styron Names Pugh SVP and Business President, Plastics

18.01.2013 - Styron, a global materials company established in June 2010, recently announced the appointment of Martin Pugh as Senior Vice President and Business President, Plastics of Styron effective March 1, 2013. He will be a member of the Executive Leadership Team. „We are extremely pleased to name a Plastics...

Reichhold: List and off-list price increases for coating resins sold in North America

17.01.2013 - Reichhold, Inc. recently announced a general price increase of 5% on all coating resins sold in North America. This increase is effective for all orders shipped on or after February 15, 2013 or as contracts allow. Reichhold sales representatives will contact their accounts with specific details...

Lehmann & Voss: Subsidiary company in USA founded

16.01.2013 - Lehmann & Voss & Co. in Hamburg, Germany, producer of tailor-made high-performance compounds under the LUVOCOMR trademark, now has a direct representation on the North American market. The subsidiary company LEHVOSS North America, LLC has been founded especially for this purpose, and a specialized...

Biesterfeld Plastic to distribute Ferro's Alcryn MPR

09.01.2013 - Effective from January 1st 2013 Ferro Spain S.A. (Almazora/Spain ) and Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH (Hamburg/Germany) announced that Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH is taking back the distribution of Ferro´s Alcryn® product range. „Biesterfeld distributed Alcryn for more than 20 years and will extend now their...

Styron: Price increases for polystyrene in Europe

07.01.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced price increases for all polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the January contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: STYRON™ general purpose polystyrene...

Styron: Price increases for ABS and SAN in Europe

07.01.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced price increases for all MAGNUM™ ABS and TYRIL™ SAN grades. Effective January 1, or as contract terms allow, the prices for these products will rise by 100 Euro per metric ton. The price increase responds to the rising costs associated...

Solvin: Price increase for S-PVC General Purpose

07.01.2013 - Solvin announced a price increase for S-PVC General Purpose grades starting January 1st, 2013. Taking into account the extremely low margins resulting from market evolution in the past months, the prices for S-PVC Solvin’s general purpose grades will be increased by 50 Euro/t starting January 1st, 2013.

Borealis: Price increases for polyethylene and polypropylene

21.12.2012 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces that it will increase all polyolefin prices for January 2013. Polyethylene prices will increase by EUR 100/tonne while prices for polypropylene will increase by EUR 75/tonne. "The decision to increase prices is...

BASF: Capacity for PA 6 in Germany increased

21.12.2012 - BASF increased its capacity for Ultramid® B (polyamide 6) film product materials at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site by 21,000 metric tons per year in December 2012. "This capacity increase reflects our customers’ growing demand for sophisticated polymer applications in the area of flexible film food...

PCI Nylon: „European Nylon Symposium 2013“ - Current developments and trends in the global polyamide market

20.12.2012 - Current developments and trends in the global polyamide (PA) market, with a focus on their imminent consequences on Europe, will be examined at the "European Nylon Symposium 2013" due to take place on March 5 - 6, 2013 in Frankfurt/Main. Held for the 7th year in succession, this event will be organized...

FKuR: Bioplastics specialist strengthens its sales team

17.12.2012 - FKuR Kunststoff GmbH has been expanding its sales team systematically in the second half of 2012. For this purpose, the bioplastics specialist has brought three new team members on board. Intensive customer care in Europe Oliver Reppel joined the team in October 2012 and has taken over regional...

Reverdia starts operations at the world’s first large-scale plant for bio-based succinic acid

17.12.2012 - Reverdia, the joint venture between life sciences and materials sciences company DSM and Roquette Frères, a global producer of starch and starch-derivatives, has begun operations in Cassano Spinola, Italy, at a commercial-scale plant producing Biosuccinium™ sustainable succinic acid. The plant, which...

INEOS: Innovene technology for new petrochemical complex of OHO Nizhnekamskneftekhim

11.12.2012 - OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim and INEOS Technologies are pleased to announce that Innovene G and Innovene S polyethylene technologies have been licensed for OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim’s new petrochemical project. The 300 KTA Innovene G and 300 KTA Innovene S plants will be part of a larger expansion at the...

Styron: Price increases for polystyrene in Europe

06.12.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced price increases for all polystyrene (PS) 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™ general purpose polystyrene...

M-Base: New version of the CAMPUS website

06.12.2012 - For more than 20 years CAMPUS® is now the leading international source for high quality plastics data. With a new version of the CAMPUS website, which has been introduced on December 3, 2012, the access to CAMPUS data will now be even easier. A new navigation tool has been installed, which allows...

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