Clariant to debut new striking shade for transforming applications
Clariant product designers and engineers visiting Aluminium 2018 to heighten their creativity with the latest high-durability, sustainable color solutions for aluminum finishing.
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New Products from Proell KG
Proell KG's core business lies in the development of custom-made chemical products for coating/decorating plastics and other materials, as well as innovative ink systems for IMD/FIM technology, and screen and pad printing inks.
Ascend Performance Materials acquires Britannia Techno Polymer
Ascend Performance Materials, the largest global fully integrated producer of nylon 6,6 resin, announced today the purchase of Britannia Techno Polymer (BTP), an engineering plastics compounder based in the Netherlands.
BASF boosts capacity for highly chromatic yellow pigments
BASF will extend its production capacities for isoindoline yellow pigments by around 70% by 2020, as the demand for high-performance pigments grows. Bright yellow tones that offer a high degree of weather resistance and temperature stability are sought after, particularly in demanding applications involving industrial coatings.
Oqema and Leuna-Tenside start distribution partnership
The partnership expands Oqema’s product range and supports the strategy of continual European portfolio expansion and harmonisation.
Neste aiming to use waste plastic as a raw material for fuels and plastics
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, is now exploring ways to introduce liquefied waste plastic as a future raw material for fossil refining.
Lanxess strengthens research and development for aqueous polyurethane dispersions
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will open a new applications development and technical services (AD & TS) laboratory for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) in Latina, Italy.
Borealis to acquire Austrian plastics recycling company Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH
Borealis announces that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH ("Ecoplast"), an Austrian plastics recycler.
BASF to expand production capacity for Irganox 1010
BASF plans to increase the global production capacity for its antioxidant Irganox 1010 by 40% with production expansion projects at its sites in Jurong, Singapore, and Kaisten, Switzerland.
Lanxess presents new solutions for the rubber processing industry
At the DKT 2018 (German Rubber Conference), Lanxess presents a broad range of additives for the rubber processing industry.
Industry comes together at Erema Discovery Days 2018
More than 1.000 guests invited by Erema made their way to Ansfelden, Austria, for the Discovery Days 2018 from 27 to 29 June. Well-known companies from the plastics sector, such as Borealis, Engel, Greiner, Haidlmair and Henkel gave participants an insight into their view of working with plastics in a sustainable way.
EU will look into the proposed acquisition of Solvay's nylon business by BASF
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Solvay's global nylon business by BASF, under the EU Merger Regulation.
