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(PlastEurope) -- Asahi Kasei Plastics North America (Fowlerville, Michigan / USA) has named Nitriflex da Amazonia (Sao Paulo / Brazil) as distributor for its plastics resins in Brazil. The portfolio o...
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(Lanxess) -- Lanxess is strengthening its portfolio of biocides with the acquisition of Verichem Inc. based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a result, the German specialty chemicals company will signif...
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(ICIS) -- China's linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) import trade has stalled as the sharp fall on the LLDPE futures market early on Thursday has caused uncertainty in the market outlook, industr...
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(Plastics Today) -- By its own admission, Fanuc (Japan) traditionally focuses on high precision, high added value applications centered on the electronics sector but at the recent IPF show, two machin...
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(Lanxess) -- Lanxess achieved a record third quarter in 2011 due to ongoing strong demand especially for its synthetic rubbers and high-tech plastics. The German specialty chemicals company also reit...
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(ICIS) -- Despite a third quarter operating loss of $39m (┬28m) for its polyethylene (PE) segment, Canada's NOVA chemicals is confident in the future health of that sector, the company's chief execut...
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(PlastEurope) -- New low-emission ⌠Delrin 300TE acetal resin is the first impact-modified POM from DuPont Performance Polymers (Wilmington, Delaware) to meet the automotive industry's demanding requir...
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(Reuters) - German drugs and plastics maker Bayer has boosted its liquidity buffer to cover the impact of the euro zone debt crisis, which has left it with a significant amount of unpaid bills from c...
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(ICIS) -- Jacobs has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract package by Sadara Chemical for work on a world-scale project at Jubail Industrial City in Saud...
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(Umeco) -- In its first acquisition since divesting its Supply Chain activity to focus on its higher growth advanced composites business, Umeco plc (Umeco') announces today that its German subsidiary ...
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(Physorg) -- Currently, most solar cells are based on silicon which for the most part, necessitates a rigid structure. This isn't always ideal as some applications would benefit by material that is mo...
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(BASF) -- BASF gave a progress report on its integrated farmer-focused approach to agricultural sustainability, first announced in September 2009. Milestones included the assurance of a new method for...
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(Cereplast) -- Cereplast, Inc., a leading manufacturer of proprietary biobased, compostable and sustainable plastics, has extended its agreement with Italy-based ColorTec S.r.l to supply bioplastic re...
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(MOSCOW) -- In Moscow on 30 November 2011 in The Ritz Carlton The Polymers Summit-2011 will be held under the guidance of ICIS-MRC (Market Report). The participants of the Summit will be top-managers...
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(PlastEurope) -- Protective packaging supplier Sealed Air (Elmwood Park, New Jersey / USA) has revealed its next steps in the integration of global cleaning and sanitisation specialist Diversey, which...
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(ICIS) -- Arkema's adjusted net profit in the third quarter edged up by 1.56% year on year to ┬130m ($181m) as stronger product prices helped offset spikes in raw material costs and a one-off charge, ...
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(ICIS) -- Spot ethyl acrylate (ethyl-A) prices in Asia may fall by $50-110/tonne (┬36-79/tonne) this week as regional producers start to cut offers to get rid of high inventories, market sources said ...
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(MRC) -- This year the Russian producers of BOPP films reduced their production. Following the nine months results, the total volume of production made about 74,500 tonnes, according to MRC analysts. ...
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(Braskem) -- Global Housing, DuPont and Braskem have established an unprecedented partnership to launch a new concept for the commercial and residential construction market in Brazil. Dubbed Concret...
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(PlastEurope) -- PVC recycling in the UK is continuing to increase, with more than 50,000 tonnes of material expected to be recycled by the end of 2011, according to Recovinyl (Brussels / Belgium), th...
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