25-09-2012

PANalytical Inc. has moved its Houston area office to a new and larger office at 4802 North Sam Houston Parkway West, Suite 100, in Houston, TX. Co-located with sister company Malvern Instruments’ Center of Excellence for separations products, the 22,000 sq. ft. multipurpose facility houses ...

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For European Composites Industry

20-09-2012

Reichhold announced a price increase effective for all orders shipped on or after October 1, 2012 in Europe of 100 EUR/MT on all unsaturated polyester resins, gelcoats, bonding pastes and vinyl ester resins.

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19-09-2012

As the second largest consumer of synthetic latex polymers in the world after North America, the combined states of the EU-27 consumed nearly 2.5 million dry tonnes of synthetic latex polymers, valued at over EUR 6 billion, in 2011, according to Synthetic Latex Polymers Global Series: Europe ...

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Collaboration with American customers and universities to be stepped up

11-09-2012

BASF has opened a new research lab for thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) in Wyandotte, Michigan. A multidisciplinary team of product developers, chemists and material scientists will work to discover new products for the American automotive, construction, sports and leisure industries. ...

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23-08-2012

A. Schulman, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ECM Plastics, Inc., a privately owned, leading plastics compounder located in Worcester, Massachusetts, for $36.5 million. ECM Plastics, Inc. generates approximately $40 million in annual sales. After expected ...

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28-06-2012

ContiTech Fluid Technology is building a competence center for plastic lines in the USA. It is the second plastics competence center worldwide after the first in Waltershausen, Thuringia. The company is investing about $11 million (€8.8 million) there in the existing hose factory in ...

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Developed Countries Rely on Innovation to Compete with Emerging Economies in Electronic Polymers Market

20-06-2012

The global market value of polyurethane will rise in the coming years, with thermal insulation potentially becoming a key material application, predicts a new report by business analysts GBI Research.The report "Polyurethane Global Market to 2016 - Growth of Rigid and Flexible Polyurethane ...

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Expanding the Vinyl Acetate Chemical Business on a Global Scale

06-06-2012

Kuraray Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of a new PVOH (Polyvinyl Alcohol) resin production facility at its U.S. subsidiary Kuraray America, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary in Houston, Texas). The establishment of this new facility is in line with the Kuraray Group’s global strategies ...

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24-05-2012

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 ...

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02-04-2012

W. R. Grace & Co. announced that it has entered into an agreement with The Dow Chemical Company to develop new catalysts for polypropylene production. The catalysts, which use one of Dow’s non-phthalate internal donor technologies and Grace proprietary catalyst expertise, will be sold by ...

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