Market News Italian PE players voice expectations for February January 24, 2014 by plasticsinfomart In Italy’s PE market, players started to close their January transactions with increases ranging from €20/ton to €40/ton this week with buyers obtaining slight discounts from initial hike requests as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Early expectations regarding February have been expressed amongst players recently. These expectations mostly center on rollovers for now as […] Read more »
Market News LANXESS: Price Increase for EPDM Rubber January 24, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Cologne/Geleen – The Keltan Elastomers (KEL) business unit of specialty chemicals group LANXESS will raise its prices for all of its Keltan EPDM grades (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) in Europe, Middle East and Africa, effective February 1, 2014. The price adjustment for EPDM is EUR 125 per metric ton. EPDM, which is offered under the brand name Keltan, is […] Read more »
Industry Survey Places Victrex Within Top 20 Of UK’s Most Admired Companies January 24, 2014 by plasticsinfomart WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA USA – (January 23, 2014) – Victrex plc, whose Polymer Solutions division is a specialized manufacturer of PAEK (polyaryletherketone) polymers, has achieved the No.15 position in a survey of the most admired 250 companies in the UK. The survey, “Britain’s Most Admired Companies”, was conducted by experts in corporate reputation at Birmingham […] Read more »
Product News BAL STICKS WITH RPC OAKHAM FOR ADHESIVE LAUNCH January 24, 2014 by plasticsinfomart A renowned tile adhesive from market leader BAL is now better than ever – in a container from RPC Containers Oakham. BAL remains the only brand of choice for thousands of professional tilers, with a reputation built through a half-century of innovation. Market leader since 1963, it has created some of the UK’s most popular […] Read more »
Industry Change to Kistler Group’s business field management January 24, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Dr.-Ing. Robert Vaculik takes over the management of the Plastics business field from January 2014 Winterthur, January 23, 2014 – Dr.-Ing. Oliver Schnerr, Head of Sales of the Industrial Process Control (IPC) division, hands over the management of the Plastics strategic business field to Dr.-Ing. Robert Vaculik. Moving forward, Dr.-Ing. Oliver Schnerr will be overseeing […] Read more »
Industry LUXOR CA S from motan-colortronic – lightweight compact dryer for small and micro parts January 24, 2014 / March 7, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Injection moulders producing very small parts are faced with the unique challenge of being able to dry just the right amount of material for their process. Operating in extremely critical production conditions, these smaller throughputs can present considerable problems. Consequently, it is important to scale the drying to the size of the moulding machine. The […] Read more »
Industry FIPA presents: Website relaunch facilitates use January 23, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Even more user-friendly layout, information on all of the products, practical CAD download: FIPA GmbH has completely redesigned its website, which now offers many useful extras. The FIPA products and all their relevant technical data can now be viewed online. “The system of categorization according to products and line-of-business applications, combined with the optimized search function, enable automation specialists […] Read more »
Market News SEA players predict stable to firmer local PVC prices for Feb January 23, 2014 by plasticsinfomart Players in Southeast Asia are beginning to speculate about the possible direction of the market for February as January business is winding down in the last week before the Chinese New Year holidays as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Based on firm regional trends and higher feedstock costs, players are generally predicting stable to […] Read more »
