March 15, 2010 - Florham Park, NJ - BASF will increase the selling price for Terluran® ABS by $0.10 per pound in North America, effective March 15, 2010 for all shipments. Due to the limited global supply of raw materials, the plastics industry is experiencing significant increases in raw material costs. Terluran ABS resins are specifically designed to provide a very broad physical property range with very good processing characteristics. The materials have exceptionally light natural color with excellent color stability and color consistency. BASF - The Chemical Company BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North...
March 15, 2010 - The economic crisis has affected pipeline construction as with many other industries, because of the lack of availability of finance for new projects, and because of the drop in oil and gas prices. However, oil prices are starting to rise again in 2010 and the outlook for pipe coating is very encouraging, according to Noru Tsalic, Consultant at Applied Market Information. He was speaking at the AMI conference on Pipeline Coating held in February 2010 in Vienna, Austria. Russia has the largest natural gas reserves and is in the top 10 for oil reserves. Transneft has...
March 15, 2010 - Rochester, IL - Elastocon TPE Technologies, Inc., formulator of custom and standard thermoplastic elastomer compounds and concentrates, has entered the medical tubing market foray with a line of clear, phthalate-free TPEs (thermoplastic elastomers). They are offered as alternatives to PVC (polyvinyl choride) tubing. Elastocon® CLR Series transparent thermoplastic elastomers are available in 65 and 75 Shore A hardnesses, giving tubing a soft feel. They were developed for applications that require oil/plasticizer free and non-blooming high strength properties. The CLR Series feature excellent clarity and flexibility, offer high strength, provide a high degree of softness, have high...
March 11, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA — Bayer MaterialScience LLC and Bayer Inc. have strengthened their ongoing strategic collaboration with Pultrall Inc., a leading manufacturer of pultruded composite profiles for such markets as automotive, medical, utilities, agriculture and construction. The collaboration seeks to capitalize on the combined expertise of Pultrall and polyurethane systems marketed through BaySystems™, according to Mario Guenette, sales manager, Pultrall, and Harry George, head, Diversified Industries, New Applications, NAFTA, Bayer MaterialScience LLC. “We’re delighted to be strengthening our relationship with Bayer MaterialScience LLC, a respected and market-leading polyurethane provider,” said Guenette. “Our companies are a good fit...
The minerals used in compounding polymers represent a high value growing market for the mining industry worldwide, with developing countries showing rapid growth in industries like packaging and automotive. The core basic materials like calcium carbonate have been used for decades in PVC formulation, along with titanium dioxide as a whitening agent or pigment. The minerals are sometimes used to cut the cost of the more expensive polymer as filler, but also as an active ingredient like aluminium trihydrate, which is an effective flame retardant. Thus minerals are used as fillers, active additives and pigments in plastics. Adequate dispersion is...
March 10, 2010 - Ann Arbor, MI – Amcor Rigid Plastics is the new corporate name for the former Amcor PET Packaging business based here in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The newly renamed business group is among seven operating units that were organized following the recent US$1.9 billion acquisition of parts of Alcan Packaging by parent company Amcor Ltd. Amcor Rigid Plastics consists of Amcor PET Packaging; Bericap North America, a plastic closures joint venture between Amcor and the Bericap Group; and the plastics container unit of Alcan’s global pharmaceutical business. Bill Long, who had been president of Amcor PET Packaging,...
Acquisition of PolyBioMed provides new products and opens new applicationsMarch 10, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA — Bayer MaterialScience has recently completed its acquisition of PolyBioMed Ltd. based in Sheffield, United Kingdom, thereby expanding its product portfolio for medical technology. PolyBioMed, formerly a subsidiary of Lombard Medical Technologies plc, provides polymer coatings, surface treatments and biomaterials to the medical device industry. The acquisition gives Bayer MaterialScience access to application areas such as coronary drug-eluting stents, plus catheter systems for interventional cardiology, urology and neurology. The aim is to provide innovative materials which can enhance design, manufacturing and end-use performance for a...
Plastic processing expertise achieves global reach March 10, 2010 - Detroit, Mich. - DME Company and Plastic Engineering & Technical Services, Inc. (P.E.T.S.) initiated today a strategic alliance that will provide plastic injection molding customers with technologically-advanced hot runners and plastic processing expertise around the globe. The combination of P.E.T.S.'s leading-edge hot runners, plastic processing technologies, analytical molding services and DME's strong global brand, global sales structure and distribution network will deliver unprecedented support and service to molders worldwide. "The plastics processing expertise of P.E.T.S. and the global reach of DME will serve as a great resource to our customers,...
March 9, 2010 - BASF is named the most admired chemical company, according to Fortune magazine. The full results of the survey are published in the current edition, which goes on sale on today (March 8). In the 2010 list of the "World's Most Admired Companies," BASF has once again been ranked the top company in the chemical industry. Industry experts voted BASF into top position in the chemical industry in the categories of product and service quality, global competitiveness, and quality of management. In addition, for all industries, BASF is ranked number two in Germany. For the survey, Fortune...
March 9, 2010 - Konstanz, Germany - Download Brochure LLDPE is one of the most important plastics. This market is recovering well from the economic crisis: “We expect to see significant growth in sales and distribution starting in 2010“, says Oliver Kutsch, president of Ceresana Research. The market research institution has just released a new study covering this major polymer. Late start for LLDPE Linear low density polyethylene was offered in North America for the first time during the 1970s; the rest of the world was more hesitant to accept it. However, following its start-up difficulties, LLDPE became the fastest...
