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Styron: Broad customer support for timing change proposal for PS contract pricing settlement in Europe

24.04.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH announced recently that it has secured the endorsement of more than 20 of its key customers to change the timing for settling monthly contract pricing for polystyrene in Europe. As opposed to other products in the Plastics industry or regions of the world which settle prices early...

Bilcare Solutions increases films prices

23.04.2012 - Bilcare Solutions, the films business of the Bilcare Research Group, specialised in the manufacturing of highly developed and refined rigid plastic films, increases films prices with immediate effect. „The continuous pricing dynamics for raw materials are connected with significant cost increases...

Tessenderlo Group inaugurates new CTS plant for automotive specialty compounds in China

20.04.2012 - Tessenderlo Group (NYSE Euronext:TESB) has officially inaugurated on April 16 its new CTS production plant in Changsu, China. The new plant will produce high-performance, thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and slush molding compounds for automotive applications. CTS occupies a leading position in the...

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

19.04.2012 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe yesterday announced price increases for all CALIBRE™ and EMERGE™ polycarbonate compound & blends products. Effective May 1, or as existing contract terms allow, the price for these products will rise by 150 Euro per metric ton.

EuPR: New eco-design guidelines for improved HDPE bottles recycling

19.04.2012 - EuPR, the Brussels based organisation representing plastics recyclers in Europe, has developed new European eco-design guidelines for HDPE bottles in order to bring HDPE recycling to new horizons. According to Christian-Yves Crépet, EuPR HDPE Working Group Chairman: „HDPE is a very good and easily...

Kreyenborg Plant Technology GmbH & Co. KG appoints Andreas Holt as Managing Director

13.04.2012 - As of February 1st, 2012 Mr. Andreas Holt has been appointed as managing director of Kreyenborg Plant Technology GmbH & Co. KG. Andreas Holt will be responsible for the operational business, announced the company. Andreas Holt studied mechanical engineering in Paderborn with focus on plastics and...

Lanxess: 50 percent reduction in weight with composite sheet hybrid technology

12.04.2012 - In cooperation with Lanxess and Bond-Laminates, ZF Friedrichshafen has developed a brake pedal based on nylon composite sheet and polyamide 6. As the materials suppliers says, this system is 50 percent lighter than comparable brake pedals made of steel, but has the same mechanical strength. Weighing...

Kreyenborg: New backflush screen changer

02.04.2012 - At NPE 2012 in Orlando KREYENBORG GmbH (Muenster / Germany) presented its new backflush screen changer type K-SWE-4K-75-V/RS to the public for the first time. Compared to the previous version, this newly redesigned backflush screen changer with proven power backflush technology includes improvements....

Wittmann Battenfeld Mexico expands its facility

02.04.2012 - Continuing high demand for products from the Wittmann Group México has led to a further expansion of Wittmann México Headquarters in Querétaro, Qro. Since 1998 the Wittmann Group has directly supported and serviced the growing Mexican market with its own subsidiary. The business in Mexico has flourished...

Lanxess: Perlon-Monofil to raise prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments - Price increases for Durethan in EMEA

27.03.2012 - Owing to continued steep rises in energy and raw material costs, from April 1, 2012, Perlon-Monofil GmbH is to raise its prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments by at least EUR 0.20 per kilogram depending on the field of application and grade. Perlon-Monofil GmbH is one of five sections belonging...

Starlinger: Two new recycling lines for US-Multifilament producer

26.03.2012 - Recycling of plastic bottles, fiber waste and polyester fabrics Unifi, the US-based producer of multifilament polyester and nylon textured yarns has two Starlinger recycling lines in operation at the REPREVE Recycling Center in Yadkinville, North Carolina. The Starlinger recycling lines have been...

PCI Nylon: Positive Signals from the European Nylon Symposium 2012

26.03.2012 - At the European Nylon Symposium 2012 on February 27 and 28, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, the organizers, the market research consultancy PCI Nylon of Bad Homburg, welcomed over 100 participants from the western and eastern European economic regions. Expert presentations were delivered on the market situation...

Wittmann Battenfeld: Group represented by Mouldplas in South Africa

23.03.2012 - Since March 2012, Mouldplas Marketing based in Randburg now represents the entire product portfolio of the Wittmann group in South Africa, including injection molding machines for the plastics industry plus automation and the complete range of peripheral equipment, announced Wittmann. Mouldplas Marketing...

Celanese announces emulsions price increase in EMEA

21.03.2012 - Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company and a global leader in emulsion polymers, recently announced it will raise the price of all vinyl acetate based emulsions (vinyl acetate ethylene, vinyl acetate homopolymer and vinyl acetate copolymer emulsions) sold...

Lanxess: Rhein Chemie acquires U.S. bladder producer TCB

20.03.2012 - Lanxess is strengthening its position as a premium supplier to the tire industry. The specialty chemicals company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rhein Chemie has acquired USA-based Tire Curing Bladders LLC (TCB) - a leading manufacturer of bladders for the tire industry. Financial details were not disclosed....

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