23-04-2013

Wacker Chemie AG officially ramped up its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province, China). With the additional 60,000 metric tons from the second reactor line, the local VAE dispersion capacity is doubling to total ...

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12-04-2013

WACKER POLYMERS is to raise its prices for VINNAPAS® vinyl acetate-ethylene and VINNOL® ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in the Americas. Effective May 1, 2013, WACKER will implement a price increase of $0.03 per wet pound, or as customer contracts allow. This measure has ...

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07-02-2013

Wacker Chemie AG officially launched its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Ulsan site in South Korea. The additional 40,000 metric tons from the second reactor line increases the site’s VAE-dispersion capacity to a total of 90,000 tons per ...

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04-02-2013

Emerging economies, solar power investments and the shale gas boom are all working together to fuel the Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) market, states a new report by GBI Research. The new report* looks at VAM, a raw material used in the production of synthetic rubbers and polymer resins, and its ...

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07-03-2012

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around €40 million in building two new production facilities at its Nanjing site. As announced by the Munich-based chemical group, it is expanding the site’s existing facilities for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer ...

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16-02-2012

WACKER POLYMERS will increase its prices for VINNAPAS® vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in the Americas. Effective February 29, 2012 WACKER will implement a price increase of $0.03 per wet pound, or as customer contracts allow. This measure has ...

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06-01-2012

Arkema announces an 80 €/MT price increase across its Evatane® range (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers) effective February 1st 2012. This price increase has become necessary as the cost of raw materials is again rising in January 2012 whereas EVA market prices seriously ...

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Capacity increase to support continued growth in specialty rubber applications

01-11-2010

LANXESS is to expand annual production capacity at its Dormagen site for its ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVM) line sold under the product brands Levapren and Levamelt by 30 percent to 15,000 metric tons. The new capacities are due to be available from the second half of 2012. “With ...

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01-10-2010

WACKER POLYMERS is to raise its prices globally for VINNAPAS® dispersible polymer powders based on vinyl acetate/ethylene and ethylene/vinyl chloride copolymers. Effective November 1, 2010, prices for these powders will be increased by five to seven percent, depending on product grade and as ...

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27-09-2010

Celanese Corporation will increase prices for the following products in the amounts detailed below effective October 1, 2010, or as contracts allow. Acetic Acid: 0.02 USD/LB (USA, Canada and Mexico); 50 USD/MT (Central and South America); 50 USD/MT (Central and South America); 30 USD/MT ...

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