Lanxess AG will increase its prices for CR (chloroprene rubber) globally effective 1 April 2010. Dependent on regions, the price adjustment per tonne comprises ...
BASF will be raising prices for different plastics in its styrenic copolymer product range in Europe and in all regions supplied from Europe, effective 1 April ...
Effective 1 April 2010, Ineos Nova will increase prices for GPPS products by 90 EUR/t and for HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene) by 120 EUR/t in Europe.
Effective 1 April 2010, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices in Europe, Africa and Western Asia for styrene-acrylic and straight-acrylic dispersions ...
Kuraray has announced its decision to establish facilities at its Niigata Plant in Tainai City, Niigata Prefecture, that will be capable of producing 5,000 t/a ...
Bayer MaterialScience LLC and Bayer Inc. have strengthened their ongoing strategic collaboration with Pultrall Inc., a leading manufacturer of pultruded ...
Two new reports from industry consultants AMI highlight the recent development of the thermoplastics compounding industry in North America. AMI’s guide to the ...
Dow Europe GmbH has decided to shut down its 235kt/y capacity MDI plant in Stade, Germany, for an expected period of two weeks.
The High Performance Polymers Business Line of Evonik Industries AG, Germany, will raise prices of their product ranges Vestamid, Vestosint, Vestamelt, ...
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 25 Mar 2010
Source: Daily "The Nation", Bangkok; 25 Mar 2010
BASF will present its novelties for composites at the JEC Composites Show from 13 – 15 April 2010 in Paris, France. Elastopave will be one of the highlights ...
Sika AG recently announced that its US subsidiary, Sika Corp. based in Lyndhurst, NJ, has acquired the automotive glass replacement business of ADCO Products ...
Johnson Controls, a global supplier of automotive interior systems and electronics, plans to acquire Benoac Fertigteile GmbH in Peine, Germany. Benoac ...
Lanxess AG is confident for the business year 2010 after ending 2009 with a strong final quarter. The company was hit hard by the global downturn in 2009. Group ...
At the end of 2009, KraussMaffei’s Reaction Process Machinery division celebrated an export milestone: the sale of its 100th mixing and metering machine in ...
KraussMaffei Technologies India Ltd. was recently set up in Pune, India. Thus, the KraussMaffei portfolio of injection moulding machines and extrusion systems ...
Since the first presentation of cellpur at the Interzum, the international furniture trade fair in Cologne, Germany, in May 2009, the worldwide interest in the ...
At Chinaplas, being held in Shanghai from 19 - 22 April 2010, Kraiburg TPE will once again be demonstrating its involvement in the Asian market. Main focus will ...
Effective 1 April 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe will increase their prices as follows:
Corr Plastik Industrial Ltda., a Brazilian PVC pipe producer, has increased production capacity with a new factory in the north east of the country. The ...
Lanxess is going to increase the prices for certain plastics and rubber chemicals effective 1 April 2010 due to higher costs. The Semi-Crystalline Products ...
Source: Daily "Bangkok Post", Bangkok; 22 Mar 2010
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur, through Bernama (Malaysia's National News Agency); 16 Mar 2010
Source: Daily "Khaleej Times" Dubai; 22 Mar 2010
An export recovery that proved to be better than expected, combined with explosive growth in domestic demand for appliances and automotives caused Chinese MDI ...
The Inorganic Materials Business Unit of Evonik Industries, Essen, is globally increasing prices for carbon black pigment Colcolor & RKK-Masterbatches by EUR ...
Effective as from 1 April 2010, or as existing contracts permit, Perstorp will increase the price for its HDI (Hexamethylene Di-isocyanate) and IPDI (Isophore ...
Perstorp plans to increase its production capacity of aliphatic polyisocyanates in China.
Chemtura has entered a long-term strategic sourcing agreement with Albemarle. Under the agreement, Chemtura will source BA-59P, DE-83R, Firemaster 2100, ...
Sarlink TPV has announced that a new distribution partnership between Entec Resins S.A. de C.V. and Sarlink is official since 1 January 2010. Sarlink has ...
CoverForm is a system solution developed by Evonik Industries in cooperation with KraussMaffei that enables the manufacture of injection-moulded plastic ...
Recticel has sold its remaining car window encapsulation activities in Gilly, Belgium, to Group Strazzante, an industrial group mainly active in the Charlerloi ...
Following a spate of acquisitions, Perstorp will present its extended product range for PU coatings and its strategy for the whole PU chain at the American ...
Effective 1 April 2010, or as contract terms allow, BorsodChem will increase its prices for TDI in Europe by EUR 200.00 per tonne, in exports by USD 300.00 per ...
Yantai Wanhua is increasing its MDI prices. Therefore Wanhua Netherlands BV will increase the price of MDI by EUR 200.00 per tonne.
Merquinsa has appointed the Indian company Zylog Plastalloys as distributor for its Pearlthane and Pearlcoat TPU product ranges to the Indian elastomers market.
Dow Izolan, a joint venture formed in 2006 between Dow Chemical and Izolan, recently inaugurated a new PU systems manufacturing facility in Vladimir, Russia.
Hexpol has come to an agreement with the Vita Group to acquire VTC TPE Group. VTC TPE Group is a leading developer and manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomer ...
Huntsman Polyurethanes Russia has opened a new systems house in Obninsk, near Moscow.
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has consolidated its four units in China, now its third-largest market globally, to offer improved services and to prepare for ...
Shanghai Huafon Puren Polyurethane Co. commissioned a 500,000 m3 PU rigid block foam manufacturing facility in January.
Arkema is cooperating with Taiwanese chemicals manufacturer Chang Chun Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. to distribute its Evasin EVOH copolymers. Evasin will be ...
Kuraray Co., Ltd. recently completed production capacity expansion of PVB (poly vinyl butyral) resin (brand name; Mowital) at its European subsidiary, Kuraray ...
BASF Polyurethanes and Biesterfeld Plastic extended their long-standing distribution partnership for Elastollan TPU to France and Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and ...
The Wanhua Industrial Group has launched its new Wanhua Bajiao Portside Industrial Park project in Yantai with an official opening ceremony on 6 January 2010.
On 23 December 2009 PolyOne announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of New England Urethane, Inc. (NEU).
Source: Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency), Kuala Lumpur; 10 Mar 2010
The Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI) has announced that the NPE2012, the next edition of the triennial international plastics exposition, will take ...
Crest Foam was jointly owned by the Vita Group, UK, (80 %) and Inoac Corporation, Japan, (20 %).
Solutia Inc. is acquiring the German company Etimex Solar GmbH, a subsidiary of Etimex Holding GmbH, for a price of EUR 240 million in cash and additional debt.
For 25 years, the German company Evonik Tego Chemie GmbH has offered its know-how in the field of additives and speciality resins for coatings and printing ...
Merquinsa has appointed the Indian company Zylog Plastalloys as distributor for its Pearlthane and Pearlcoat TPU product ranges to the Indian market.
BASF recently introduced two new brands for its polyurethane business in Europe and all over the world.
Effective immediately, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase its prices by EUR 120 per tonne for all Magnum ABS grades and Tyril SAN grades ...
PolyOne has announced several developments to expand its material solutions portfolio for the healthcare sector. In the third quarter of 2009 an agreement was ...
Dow Polyurethanes has decided to permanently shut down its TDI plant in Freeport, TX, USA, in the second quarter of 2010, because manufacturing TDI there is no ...
Lapolla Industries, Inc., a Houston, TX, USA, based manufacturer and supplier of spray foam insulation, coatings, and equipment designed to reduce energy ...
Sinomax USA, a manufacturer of memory foam bedding, announced that it has earned the CertiPUR seal. “The CertiPUR-US seal is an important designation in our ...
Both December sales and Q4 2009 sales of mattresses were up by 2.8 % and 3.9 % respectively according to ISPA (International Sleep Products Association). ...
Helix, a manufacturer for the medical device, health care, pharmaceutical, IVD, and biotech industries, has startet manufacturing operation in Germany. Helix ...
The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman announced that it will increase the price of all MDI products and MDI-based systems by 200 EUR/t in the European region ...
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), of the American Chemistry Council, has issued a call for papers and posters to be presented at the ...
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) plans to invest roughly EUR 150 million in a new production plant for TDI at Chempark Dormagen, Germany. The new plant will have a ...
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 26 Feb 2010
For the markets in the Americas Kraton announced a price increase of 10 cpp or 220 USD/t for its SIS and SIBS polymers and compounds. The same price increase ...
After several months of bargaining, the Chinese Wanhua Industrial Group and the Permira-Vienna Capital Partners (VCP) duo agreed on the future of Hungarian ...