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Invista: Development of new PA 12 monomer technology

07.01.2014 - Invista has several patents pending on a new PA 12 monomer technology, which the global polymer company is soon going to produce at pilot scale. The new technology would position Invista as a significant supplier of PA 12 polymer. Invista expects to begin product qualifications as early as 2015. After...

INEOS ChlorVinyls: List prices for suspension PVC for January 2014

07.01.2014 - INEOS ChlorVinyls announced the following list prices effective from 1 January 2014: Pipe Grade Suspension PVC delivered in bulk in Europe: 1165 Euro per metric tonne Pipe Grade Suspension PVC delivered in bulk in UK/Ireland: 1040 GBP per metric tonne More Information: www.ineoschlor.com

Husky: Acquisition of medical and closure mold maker Schöttli completed

06.01.2014 - Husky Injection Molding Systems announced the completion of the acquisition of the Schöttli Group of Diessenhofen, Switzerland, recognized as a global leader in medical and closure mold making. With this acquisition, Husky wants to gain a deeper knowledge in the select medical applications that Schöttli...

EuPC: MedPharmPlast Europe - Official Launch

19.12.2013 - After the successful conference held in Brussels on the 2nd of October 2013 dedicated to plastics converters in the medical devices industry and pharmaceutical packaging, EuPC will officially launch a new sector group: MedPharmPlast Europe. Whilst the medical market is still growing, the international...

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...

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