With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its European selling prices for the following products:
Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has announced that it will increase prices on all tyres beginning on 1 April 2010, in response to the continuously escalating cost of ...
Stepan Europe has announced Quarter 2 price increases for all European Stepanpol aromatic polyester polyols of EUR 100 per tonne.
LyondellBasell Industries announced a project to cease the production of polypropylene (PP) at Terni, Italy. The company has started the employee consultation ...
Effective 1 March 2010, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices in Europe including CIS countries for Vinuran impact modifiers by EUR 120 per tonne and ...
The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation will increase the price of all of its thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) range in Europe, Africa, the Middle ...
Effective 1 March 2010, Stepan will increase prices for Stepanpol polyester polyols for the C.A.S.E. industry in North America by USD 0.05 - 0.20 per ...
Purac, a CSM company, signed on 18 February 2010 a research contract to participate in the research program of BE-Basic; a consortium of international ...
Bayer MaterialScience LLC launched the Baymedix brand of medical products, consolidating several product concepts under one unifying name, at the MD&M West ...
Stepan has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation for its Wesseling, Germany, manufacturing plant. ISO 14001 is the international standard that specifies a process ...
The Vita Group has sold the VTC Franceschetti Elastomeri business, based in Corte Franca, Italy, in a buyout led by business manager, Francesco Franceschetti.
Huntsman will increase list and off-list prices in the NAFTA region for all grades of the polyetheramine products listed below, by USD 0.10/lb:
Repi S.p.A., the Italian producer of pigment pastes, looks back on a successful year 2009. Despite the worldwide economic crisis and the resulting strong ...
Effective 1 March 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all grades of its low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear ...
Effective 1 March 2010, Evonik Industries will raise the prices of its Visiomer methacrylate monomers worldwide with exception of NAFTA. NAFTA pricing will be ...
Source: Daily "Vietnam News", Hanoi; 22 Feb 2010
Kuraray will increase the prices of its elastomer products, effective for all shipments on and after 1 March 2010. Details of the price revisions are given below.
On 18 February 2010, the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), of the American Chemistry Council, has issued a call for papers and posters to be ...
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 19 Feb 2010
Effective 1 March 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for its polycarbonate, polycarbonate compounds and polycarbonate blends ...
Songwon Industrial, a developer and manufacturer of polymer additives, will increase global prices of its Songnox antioxidants, Songlight and Songsorb UV ...
Effective 1 March 2010, Stepan will increase prices for Stepanpol polyester polyols for the C.A.S.E. industry in North America by 0.05-0.15 USD/lb.
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 12 Feb 2010
Source: Daily "Bangkok Post", Bangkok; 15 Feb 2010
At the JEC Composite Fair in Paris from 13 – 15 April 2010, Hennecke GmbH will present process innovations in the field of the PUR-CSM (Polyurethane ...
Solutia Inc., a producer of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers, announced that its Saflex SilentGlass Technology product was awarded first place, significant ...
InterTech Development Company, a specialist in test technology and customised test solutions for leak and functional testing, will expand its European ...
Eastman Chemical has completed the expansion of its Regalite hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin facility in Middelburg, the Netherlands.
Solvay Solexis and A. Schulman GmbH from Kerpen, Germany, have signed an agreement for the European distribution (with the exception of Italy) of the ...
BASF is increasing the prices of its polyalcohols neopentylglycol (NPG), trimethylolpropane (TMP), hydroxypivalic acid neopentylglycol ester (HPN) and ...
Merquinsa announced a price increase of EUR 200.00 per tonne across the European region, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent; and USD 300.00 per tonne ...
Schöttli AG has been manufacturing injection moulds for more than fifty years.
Lanxess has sold its 55 % stake in the hydrazine hydrate joint venture Lanxess Yaxing (Weifang) Chemicals Co. Ltd. to its Chinese partner Weifang Yaxing Group.
Chemtura has entered a long-term strategic sourcing agreement with Albemarle. Under the agreement, Chemtura will source BA-59P, DE-83R, Firemaster 2100, ...
At the American Composites Manufacturers Association's exhibition from 9 – 11 February 2010 in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA, the machinery and plant ...
The NSW Government says it has secured a $10 million consolidation of Joyce Foam's national manufacturing operations for Western Sydney supporting 69 jobs.
Jarden Corporation has made a binding offer to acquire the Mapa Spontex Baby Care and Home Care businesses of Total S. A. The company will pay approximately USD ...
Source: Daily "Bangkok Post", Bangkok; 9 Feb. 2010
Royal DSM N. V. and Shaw Industries Group, Inc. announced that DSM has acquired full control of the PA6 polymerisation facility of Nylon Polymer Company LLC ...
Source: Daily "Business World Online", Manila; 8 Feb 2010
Permira has agreed on a deal with the Chinese company Wanhua Industrial over a restructuring of BorsodChem’s EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.5 billion) debts. Under ...
Mondi Syktyvkar (Russian Republic of Komi) has started up its new number four lime kiln which is a part of Mondi’s Syktyvkar Step mill development project. ...
The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) announced the speakers’ programme for its 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Dubai, ...
Dana Holding Corporation has been recognized by Automotive News and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) with a Global Automotive Shareholder Value Award for 2009, ...
“SPE PRO”, a new free online service from the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), provides a regularly updated selection of professionally edited briefs in ...
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 6 Feb 2010
Crest Foam was jointly owned by The Vita Group, UK (80%) and Inoac Corporation, Japan (20%). For many years Crest has been a small, but profitable operation ...
Chemtura Corporation, debtor-in-possession (DIP), announced that it filed a motion with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking ...
Effective 15 March 2010, the Polyurethane Additives business line of Evonik Goldschmidt Corporation will increase Kosmos 29 stannous octoate prices by 10 – 12 ...
Shanghai Huafon Puren Polyurethane Co. commissioned a 500,000 m³ PU rigid block foam manufacturing facility this month. This will be the largest facility in Asia.
An export recovery that proved to be better than expected, combined with explosive growth in domestic demand for appliances and automotives caused Chinese MDI ...
PolyOne Corporation reported net income of USD 24.0 million, or USD 0.25 per diluted share on revenues of USD 552.5 million in Q4 2009, compared with a net loss ...
Bayer MaterialScience announced it has consolidated its four units in China, now its third-largest market globally, to offer improved services and prepare for ...
Source: "The Daily Star", Dhaka; 3 Feb 2010
Source: Daily "The Financial Express", Dhaka (Bangladesh), through Xinhua News Agency; 4 Feb 2010
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); 27 Jan 2010
Dow Polyurethanes has decided to shut down its TDI plant in Freeport, TX, USA, in the second quarter of 2010. The Freeport site is the company’s sole TDI ...
Permira and Vienna Capital Partners (VCP), the main owners of Hungarian chemicals producer BorsodChem (BC), have agreed with Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes, who ...
Bridgestone Corporation announced that on 31 January 2010 it entered into a definitive agreement to sell 100 % of the shares of its Italian and Chinese steel ...
Bayer MaterialScience AG (BMS) has acquired the worldwide marketing and usage rights for the Durflex track superstructure system from Hyperion Verwaltung GmbH, ...
DSM Composite Resins will introduce a price increase for its entire range of resins and gelcoat products.
The Inorganic Materials Business Unit of Evonik Industries, Essen, Germany, is increasing prices for carbon black pigments and pigment preparations by up to 9 % ...
On 1 February 2010, Kraton Polymers LLC, a global producer of styrenic block copolymers, announced a general price increase in North and South America of 10 cpp ...
Source: Daily "Vietnam News", Hanoi; 28 Jan 2010
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has opened a new pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at Chempark Leverkusen, Germany. The company has ...
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 1 Feb 2010
Source: Daily "The Financial Express", Dhaka (Bangladesh); 1 Feb 2010