Bac2 lands prestigious Materials Award with catalyst that cuts energy and boosts productivity

18-Oct-2012 - Bac2 has been selected as the winner in the materials category of the Composites UK Innovation Awards 2012. The company will receive the award at a black-tie dinner held on the 7th November at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the NEC complex, Birmingham, UK. The awards celebrate innovations in ...

BASF to acquire parts of Ciech’s TDI business

17-Oct-2012 - BASF and Ciech announced the acquisition of parts of Ciech’s global TDI (toluene diisocyanate) business by BASF. The acquisition is subject to approval by the appropriate antitrust authorities. Closing of the transaction is expected in the first quarter of 2013. Financial terms of the agreement ...

Hillenbrand to acquire Coperion

Coperion ideal match for US-based industrial company

17-Oct-2012 - Hillenbrand has agreed to acquire the Coperion Group. The transaction is anticipated to close by December 31, 2012, subject to regulatory approvals. Hillenbrand is a US-based, strategic global diversified industrial company, publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange and will acquire Coperion ...

New order for EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft

Ground-breaking ceremony for second BPTMC plant at Hi-Bis GmbH in Bitterfeld

16-Oct-2012 - Because of the positive market trend and the successful operation of the first BP-TMC plant having been in use for 8 years now the Hi-Bis GmbH in Bitterfeld/Germany decided to invest in a second plant. The investment value amounts to approx. EUR 50 m. As it was the case with the first plant ...

BASF and CSM establish 50-50 joint venture for biobased succinic acid

Plans for industrial scale succinic acid production

10-Oct-2012 - BASF and Purac, a subsidiary of CSM, are establishing a joint venture for the production and sale of biobased succinic acid. The company will be named Succinity GmbH and will be operational in 2013. The establishment of Succinity GmbH is subject to filing with the relevant competition ...

New Technology: Sewage Waste to Become Plastic

A pioneering innovation will enable turning municipal sewage sludge into raw materials

10-Oct-2012 - A pioneering, ground breaking innovation will enable turning municipal sewage sludge into raw materials, to be used by paper and plastic industries around the world.The technology developed by Applied Cleantech will enable turning the solids in municipal sewage systems into raw materials for the ...

H&S delivers the world's first industrial system for flexible PU foam conversion

09-Oct-2012 - H&S Anlagentechnik GmbH has received an order from a Polish slabstock foam manufacturer to supply the world's first industrial-scale system to recover polyol from flexible polyurethane foam waste materials. The main target of the project is increasing sustainability in the PU mattresses ...

BYK Kometra opens new production building in Schkopau

02-Oct-2012 - Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, Chairman of the Management Board of ALTANA AG, and Frank Bannert, district administrator of the Saalekreis region, visited BYK Kometra in Schkopau for the opening ceremony of the new production building. Along with another 100 or so guests, they acquainted themselves ...

CCP Composites Announces New North American Gel Coat Manufacturing Facility

25-Sep-2012 - CCP Composites announced plans to expand its manufacturing footprint by adding a new gel coat production operation in North America. This new facility is scheduled to begin production in early 2013 and will be located in the Vancouver, WA area in the Pacific Northwest. This undertaking is part of ...

Reichhold Announces Price Increase on Unsaturated Polyester Resins, Vinyl Ester Resins, Gelcoats and Bonding Pastes

For European Composites Industry

20-Sep-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.