New material combination for wound care
Bayer MaterialScience is introducing a new product combination for advanced wound care and NPWT applications.
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Wacker expands facility for insulation systems
Wacker Group has built a new test facility for certifying modern external thermal insulation composite systems at its Burghausen site.
DuPont increases ethylene copolymers production in Texas
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced its intent to increase production capacity of its ethylene copolymers assets.
New milestone in bio-based acrylic acid production
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes achieved another milestone in development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.
Hunstman developed prepolymer for RHM adhesives
Prepolymer Suprasec LM 4702 will be unveiled at Feica conference, from 17 to 19 September.
New high-performance biopolymers
Lanxess' Levotan X-Biomer technology effectively utilizes biopolymers for a more sustainable production of high quality leather.
Ultrafiltration creates clear conditions
Multibore membranes from the BASF subsidiary inge improve water treatment.
Borealis acquires specialty polymers producer
Borealis signs an agreement to acquire full ownership of Speciality Polymers Antwerp N.V.
Evonik builds new dispersant plant
Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for polymer dispersants at the Goldschmidtstrasse site in Essen
Wacker raises prices for dispersions
The company is to raise its prices for vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in Americas and China.
New dispersible polymer powder from Wacker
Wacker has developed a novel dispersible polymer powder for modifying cementitious and gypsum-based dry-mix mortars.
Ineos and Evergas wtih new deal for US shale gas transportation
Ineos expands its contract with Evergas to six vessels for the transportation US shale gas to its European cracker complexes.
