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A burning issue.(comment)
Jun 01, 2008; ... June has seen an unprecedented series of price increases in polyurethanes. Day after day, week after week, company after company has announced new prices. You only have to look at our daily web news to see that, since the beginning of June, ten polyurethane suppliers have raised prices, ...
Bayer, Baule set up cast elastomer JV.(international newslines)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Leverkusen, Germany -- Bayer MaterialScience AG and Michel Baulk SA are to merge their cast-elastomers businesses into a joint venture named Baule SAS. Each company will hold a 50-percent interest in the venture, which will be based in Romans, France, at the Michel Baule site. ...
Kanoo, Elastogran in system JV in Abu Dhabi.(international newslines)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Abu Dhabi, Dubai -- Elastogran of Germany and the Kanoo Group of the United Arab Emirates are to create a polyurethane systems house in the Arabian Gulf region, initially buying an existing systems business in Abu Dhabi. The partners then plan to build a new systems house in ...
Huntsman to buy 70% of PUR-Systems.
Jun 01, 2008 ... Everberg, Belgium -- In a further consolidation of the polyurethane systems business in Europe, Huntsman Corp. is to buy a 70-percent majority shareholding in German systems house PUR-Systems GmbH & Co. KG. PUR-Systems will continue to operate under its existing name and will ...
DSM acquires PTG to grow in biomedical materials: Dutch group aims for broad portfolio of biomedical polymers, including urethanes, for the medical device sector.(international newslines)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Heerlen, the Netherlands -- Royal DSM NV is buying the US-based privately-held biomaterials developer Polymer Technology Group Inc. (PTG) of Berkeley, California. The deal gives DSM, "a leading position in the field of biomedical polymers, one of DSM's future key growth areas," said a 28 ...
Tosoh adding 36 ktpa in ethyleneamines.
Jun 01, 2008 ... Tokyo, Japan -- Tosoh Corp. is investing [yen] 20 000 million ($192 million) to raise its ethyleneamine capacity by 36 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa), with the aim of meeting rising demand for the materials, especially in Asia. Its existing plant is running at full capacity and is ...
BASF expands in alkylethanolamines.
Jun 01, 2008 ... Ludwigshafen, Germany -- BASF SE is to double its capacity for certain alkylethanolamines (AEOA) by mid-2009, in response to increasing demand from customers for these products. Typical AEOAs such as ethyl-, and butyl-ethanolamines are ...
Suppliers say chemicals price rises needed for viable future.(international newslines)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Dow Chemical Co. has recently instituted across the board price rises in all its products and specifically in polyurethane raw materials. And the company is very keen to tell its customers that this follows what the company has characterised as a "step change" in costs of ...
Focus on viability, green issues, sustainability at UTECH Europe: environment, regulations and long-term viability among topics for major polyurethanes conference in Maastricht next year.(international newslines)(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The initial programme for the UTECH Europe 2009 conference has just been finalised, and features many of the polyurethane industry's international experts in what has been described as the sector's leading event for 2009. "The range of expertise on offer in this event is ...
Hexion backs away from $10.6 billion Huntsman purchase.(international newslines)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Columbus, Ohio -- Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. wants out of its $10 600-million offer to acquire Huntsman Corp.--but Huntsman intends to make Hexion stick to the original deal. Columbus-based Hexion offered $28 per share to buy Huntsman of Salt Lake City in mid-2007. But ...
Rosehill aims to expand in offshore systems business: small systems house will offer custom-made products, proactive response and innovative development.(europe newslines)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Sowerby Bridge, UK -- Rosehill Polymers plans to expand its offerings in polyurethane systems, especially in CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers) uses and more specifically in elastomers in offshore applications. The latter are in high demand at present, said Alex Celik, ...
Dow opens new PU laboratory in Spain.(Dow Inc.)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Milan, Italy -- Dow has inaugurated a new formulation and prototyping development laboratory in Ribaforada, Spain. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The laboratory, part of an existing Dow Polyurethane Systems House, will focus on developing differentiated systems formulations ...
BASF brings nitric acid plant on stream.
Jun 01, 2008 ... Ludwigshafen, Germany -- BASE SE has started operating its new 500 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) nitric acid plant at Antwerp, the group announced 14 May, adding that the plant's output of 68-percent concentrated acid will mainly be used to make polyurethanes. The 68-percent ...
Corrections.(european newslines)(Correction notice)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Cannon Group has pointed out that the figures we gave for its turnover in polyurethanes and total turnover in the machinery survey in our April/May issue were wrong. Cannon's sales in PU equipment for 2007 were 130 million [euro], while its total company sales were 200 million ...
Graco to close sole GlasCraft plant.(europe newslines)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Graco Inc. has confirmed that it is to close the Indianapolis plant it acquired when it bought spray machinery manufacturer GlasCraft Inc. for $35 million in December 2007. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The operation employs about 70 people: 15 of ...
Apex Millwork back to normal after fire.
Jun 01, 2008 ... Red Lion, Pennsylvania -- Apex Urethane Millwork was back to normal manufacturing operations and running at full capacity on 12 May 2008, following a 6 May fire that caused an estimated $1.3 million in damage, announced the Red Lion-based company's chief operating officer Michael Sampere ...
Deep Down buys Flotation Technologies.(us newslines)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Houston, Texas -- Deep Down Inc. has bought Flotation Technologies Inc., which specialises in production of deepwater buoyancy systems, in a deal worth about $23.3 million, and finalised 9 June. Two specialities of Biddeford, Maine-based Flotation Technologies are Flotec ...
Foamex results drop as US economy falters.(us newslines)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Linwood, Pennsylvania -- Revenue for the first quarter of 2008 for major US polyurethane foamer Foamex International Inc. dropped to $241 million from $306 million in the first quarter of 2007. Foamex said this decrease was largely a result of lower sales volumes across all segments, as ...
Amerityre: first commercial PU tyres.
Jun 01, 2008 ... Boulder City, Nevada -- Amerityre Corp. announced 1 May that it has started commercial production of solid polyurethane elastomer tyres, for Oxbo International Corp., a major manufacturer of specialised agricultural equipment. The US developer of PU tyres has a contract to make ...
Arnco expanding 50 percent in Ohio.(US newslines)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Berea, Ohio -- Arnco Inc., which makes polyurethane flatproofing products, is expanding capacity by about 50 percent at its processing plant in Berea, to handle present and anticipated industry needs. It's the second expansion at the facility since it started up in 2005. ...