The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation announced a €150/tonne price increase for all its MDI products and MDI-based systems in the European region (Europe, Africa and Former Soviet Union) from July 1, 2012.
Nick Webster, Vice President, Europe for Polyurethanes, said: "This pric ... more
Researchers from A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and their commercial partners have developed a new plastic that reflects just 0.09 - 0.2% of the visible light hitting its surface. This matches or betters existing anti-reflective and anti-glare plastics in th ... more
A new thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) developed by Bayer MaterialScience together with the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin, Germany, shows that plastics can also have a memory.
Parts made of such a plastic can be temporarily reshaped and fixed in this sha ... more
Kuraray Co., Ltd. and MonoSol, LLC announced that Kuraray has agreed to acquire MonoSol, a market-leading manufacturer of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) films. This acquisition by Kuraray supports its strategy to expand its Vinyl Acetate Chemical Chain Business. Terms of the transact ... more
With retrospective effect from January 1, 2012, Coperion s.r.l., Italy, a subsidiary of Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, has acquired the majority holding in Weicom s.r.l., Ferrara, Italy. Weicom specializes in weighing, packaging and palletizing technology and supplies to plastics compou ... more
A new biomimetic approach to synthesising polymers will offer unprecedented control over the final polymer structure and yield advances in nanomedicine, researchers say.In a University of Warwick-led study published in the journal Nature Chemistry, researchers from the UK (Prof Rachel O’Rei ... more
The shareholders of Vinnolit appointed Dr Günter von Au, Operating Partner of the globally active private equity firm Advent International, to the Supervisory Board of Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, Ismaning. Serving for many years as Chairman of the Board of Süd-Chemie AG and in various managemen ... more
Bilcare Solutions, the films business of the Bilcare Research Group, increases films prices with immediate effect.
“The continuous pricing dynamics for raw materials are connected with significant cost increases in the films production. Also in the actual month raw materials suppliers keep ... more
LANXESS is strengthening its ties with automotive customers in the growing Asia-Pacific region. The specialty chemicals company will open a new application development center in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park in the second half of 2012. The new center will have computer aided devel ... more
Scott Bader Europe is increasing the prices for its Crystic® unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester, DCPD, plus all other manufactured composite products by 90€/te. This price increase will be implemented by 1st May 2012, subject to existing customer contracts. The price rise is in response to ... more