New CEO at Satra
Austin Simmons has been appointed Satra’s top executive position after Richard Turner retired as Chief Executive at the end of June 2009. Simmons, who was Deputy Chief Executive from 2007, has worked closely with Turner for 13 years with a direct involvement in developing corporate strategy and initiatives across the company’s consumer and industrial product sectors.
read moreWorld Pharmaceutical Packaging
Study 2504, The Freedonia Group, Inc., Cleveland, 2009, 507 p., USD 6,100.00
read moreKraton increases USBC and HSBC prices
Kraton Polymers LLC, a producer of engineered polymers, announced a general price increase in North and South America of USD 220.00 per metric tonne (USD 0.10 per lb.), across all markets and end uses, for its SBS, SEBS, OE SBS, and OE SEBS polymers and compounds.
read moreTPEs at NPE
At NPE several suppliers of thermoplastic elastomers showed new products. Among them where Teknor Apex Inc. with Telcar OBC, a thermoplastic elastomer compound based on Infuse brand olefinic block copolymers licensed from Dow.
read moreKraton announces Q2 results 2009
Kraton Polymers LLC has announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.
read moreBiesterfeld adds distribution for ExxonMobil Chemical's speciality elastomer products in Turkey, Middle East and Africa
Effective 1 July 2009 Hamburg based distributor Biesterfeld Plastic has extended the cooperation for Santoprene TPV as well as Vistamaxx from ExxonMobil Chemical to Turkey and Middle-East/Africa. The existing agreement between ExxonMobil Chemical and its former local distributor will expire at the end of 2009.
read moreChanges in the Tessenderlo board of directors
At Tessenderlo Chemie NV’s annual general meeting of 2 June 2009, Baron Valère Croes was re-elected as member of the board of directors.
read moreNew leadership appointments at PolyOne
Charles Page was promoted to Product Manager of the global TPE technology platform.
read moreEthic Excom elected
The European Thermoplastic Independent Compounders (Ethic), a European Plastics Converters (EuPC) sector group, has elected, the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer for the period 2008 – 2010.
read morePersonnel changes at Eliokem
Philippe Carabin has been named Chief Executive Officer of Eliokem International.
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