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Lanxess increases prices for engineering plastics

14.03.2012 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG is to increase its prices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Durethan base resin, film and extrusion grades by Euro 0.13 per kilogram effective March 15, 2012. This price adjustment is due to significantly higher raw material and energy costs. The relevant...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Successful commissioning of polyamide 6 plant at Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation

13.03.2012 - In autumn 2011 the plant engineering company Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC) of Taiwan successfully commissioned a plant for the production of high-performance polyamide 6 for textile applications. The new plant is located to the south of Ho Chi Min City in Vietnam....

Kuraray: Expand of TROSIFOL film production in Troisdorf

12.03.2012 - Kuraray is planning to increase production capacity for TROSIFOL PVB film at its site in Troisdorf, near Cologne in Germany. The company announced to invest nearly EUR 20 million in an additional production line, which will increase capacity enormously when it comes on stream at year-end 2013. Kuraray...

Styron: Price increases for polycarbonate and PC compounds & blends in Europe

12.03.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all CALIBRE™ polycarbonate and EMERGE™ polycarbonate compound & blends products. Effective April 1, or as existing contract terms allow, the price for these products will rise by 250 Euro. This price increase...

Styron: Price increases for polystyrene and copolymers in Europe

07.03.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all polystyrene and copolymers grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: STYRON™ general purpose polystyrene...

Styron LLC: Price increase for ABS in the Americas

06.03.2012 - Effective April 1, 2012, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron LLC will increase the selling price of the following product in the Americas as follows: • MAGNUM™ ABS Resins: $.06 USD/lb. This responds to the escalation in key raw materials used in the manufacturing process of ABS and is...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer: Successful commissioning of a polyamide 6.6 plant at Huafon Group in Ruian, P.R. China

02.03.2012 - The engineering company Uhde Inventa-Fischer has successfully commissioned a plant for the production of polyamide 6.6 for its Chinese customer Huafon Group. The production plant has an annual capacity of 40,000 tonnes and is located at Huafon`s company headquarters in the city of Ruian in Zhejiang...

BASF to increase prices for extrusion and fiber polyamides in Europe

01.03.2012 - BASF will increase prices of its Ultramid® extrusion and fiber polyamides in Europe by € 150 per metric ton with immediate effect. The price adjustment is necessary due to the strong increase in raw material costs. BASF continues its efforts to offset rising costs in a difficult environment. However,...

Lanxess increases prices for chloroprene rubber

01.03.2012 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is to increase its prices worldwide for its Baypren branded chloroprene rubbers by up to EUR 160 / USD 210 per metric ton effective March 1, 2012, in response to steeply rising raw material and energy costs, announced the company. Chloroprene rubber (CR) is suitable...

Baerlocher Kimya established in Turkey

28.02.2012 - Baerlocher, a leading supplier of additives for the plastics industry, announced the creation of Baerlocher Kimya, based in Istanbul, Turkey. The company has been established to provide further local support for the growing PVC market in Turkey, and will focus its attentions on the PVC window profile...

Borealis announces changes in its Supervisory Board

28.02.2012 - Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces the following changes in its Supervisory Board: Borealis is pleased to announce that H.E. Khadem Al Qubaisi, Managing Director of the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and Chairman of the Board of...

Gneuß: Four PET Recycling Lines for Brazil

27.02.2012 - Gneuss Kunststofftechnik reports the sale of four PET recycling plants to the two Brazilian companies Unnafibras Textil SA (Santo André, SP) and Nova Pack Embalagens Ltda (Bento Goncalves, RS). The decisive argument for a Gneuss solution was the unrestricted FDA approval for the materials produced with...

profine: Manufacturer of PVC-U profiles tightens up management

27.02.2012 - profine GmbH, a leading manufacturer of PVC-U profiles for windows and doors, is tightening up its management. The management board will be reduced from five to three members. The decision was passed by the company´s supervisory board. Achim Judt and Albrecht P Lange are leaving the company following...

Kreyenborg Group invites to 6th symposium „plastics processing“

23.02.2012 - “New trends in the plastics industry“ – a profound and exciting topic for Kreyenborg Group’s this year’s symposium, which will be held on 9th and 10th May, 2012 in Muenster / Westphalia. Global competition in the development of plastic applications puts companies from the plastics industry constantly...

Purac: Solutions for improved heat-resistant PLA

22.02.2012 - At the NPE 2012 Purac will present solutions for improved heat-resistant PLA for injection molding, extrusion and fiber industry. PLA homo polymers known as PLLA and PDLA which stand at the base of this improved heat performance are now commercially available. „Our technology offers the unique possibility...

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