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LUVOCOM High-Performance Compounds Lower CO2 Emissions from Motor Vehicles

Posted: May 3, 2010
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Today it is difficult to imagine modern automobiles without plastics. They are used in interiors, for bumpers and body parts and even in heavy-duty components found under the bonnet. Thanks to their low weight and integrated functions, these materials make a decisive contribution to building vehicles that are increasingly powerful yet also low on consumption.

 
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BASF Announces Price Increase of Styropor and Neopor Expandable Polystyrene in North America

Posted: May 3, 2010
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BASF today announced it is increasing prices for all grades of Styropor® and Neopor® expandable polystyrene in North America by $0.05 per pound effective May 15, 2010.  This increase is necessary due to raw material cost increases, particularly benzene and ethylene, principal precursors in the production of EPS.
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TOPAS Advanced Polymers Increases Prices

Posted: May 3, 2010
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Effective May 15, 2010, TOPAS Advanced Polymers (TAP) is raising the prices for all grades of its TOPAS® cyclic olefin copolymer (COC). This price increase is necessary due to continuously rising cost of raw materials and other cost increases during recent months. As contracts allow, TAP will increase prices for all COC resins by 0.15 €/kg
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LUVOCOM High-Performance Compounds Lower CO2 Emissions from Motor Vehicles

Posted: May 3, 2010
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Today it is difficult to imagine modern automobiles without plastics. They are used in interiors, for bumpers and body parts and even in heavy-duty components found under the bonnet. Thanks to their low weight and integrated functions, these materials make a decisive contribution to building vehicles that are increasingly powerful yet also low on consumption.

 
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BASF Announces Price Increase of Styropor and Neopor Expandable Polystyrene in North America

Posted: May 3, 2010
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BASF today announced it is increasing prices for all grades of Styropor® and Neopor® expandable polystyrene in North America by $0.05 per pound effective May 15, 2010.  This increase is necessary due to raw material cost increases, particularly benzene and ethylene, principal precursors in the production of EPS.
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TOPAS Advanced Polymers Increases Prices

Posted: May 3, 2010
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Effective May 15, 2010, TOPAS Advanced Polymers (TAP) is raising the prices for all grades of its TOPAS® cyclic olefin copolymer (COC). This price increase is necessary due to continuously rising cost of raw materials and other cost increases during recent months. As contracts allow, TAP will increase prices for all COC resins by 0.15 €/kg
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BASF to increase prices for Polyamide 6 polymer in North America

Posted: April 22, 2010
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BASF will increase the price for Polyamide (PA) 6 polymer by $0.05 per pound, effective May 3, 2010.  This increase covers PA6 polymer for spinning and compounding.

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Royal DSM N.V. acquires full control of Nylon Polymer Company polymerization facility in Augusta, Georgia, USA

Posted: April 1, 2010
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Royal DSM N.V., a global life sciences and materials sciences company based in the Netherlands, and Shaw Industries Group Inc. say DSM has acquired full control of the PA6 polymerization facility of Nylon Polymer Company LLC (NPC) in Augusta, Georgia, USA. Shaw Industries and DSM Chemicals North America were previously joint venture partners in NPC. NPC has been fully integrated into DSM Engineering Plastics’ activities.



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LyondellBasell offers polypropylene-based copolymer for use in extrusion and injection blow molding applications

Posted: April 1, 2010
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The Netherlands’ LyondellBasell is offering a polypropylene-based, high-clarity copolymer for potential use in extrusion and injection blow molding applications.




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Ticona announces Fortron 6162XF polyphenylene sulfide

Posted: April 1, 2010
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Ticona announced the availability of Fortron® 6162XF, a mineral/glass- reinforced polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) with superior fuel resistance for customers that are developing applications for use in aggressive fuels.



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Toho Tenax to Launch Ultra-Lightweight Carbon Fiber Fabric-Further reduce weight of golf club and tennis racket shafts

Posted: March 9, 2010
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Ticona Announces POM

Posted: September 9, 2009
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Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corp., announces the availability of Hostaform MT (medical technology) 8U05, a UV-detectable acetal copolymer (POM) for enhanced quality contro
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc and Netzsch-Gerätebau GmbH Cooperate

Posted: September 9, 2009
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, and Netzsch-Gerätebau GmbH of Selb, Germany, have entered into a sales cooperation agreement in the f
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