Keyword: Plastics and Polymers

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Bayer's Plastics Chief Sees Room to Raise Prices

10.05.2013 - Bayer suggested there was room to lift prices at its high-tech plastics and chemicals business this year to counter soaring raw material costs that squeezed first quarter margins...

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Solvay Casts Off PVC Unit with Ineos Deal

07.05.2013 - Belgium's Solvay took a first step towards casting off its PVC business by agreeing a joint venture with privately-hold Ineos, which will ultimately take full control of the unit...

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Dow Chemical Sees Farm Products Driving Profit This Year

25.04.2013 - Dow Chemical posted a better-than-expected 33% jump in quarterly profit as farmers in the Americas bought more of its seeds and pesticides, overshadowing a decline in European...

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Lanxess Opens Application Development Center for Asian Plastics Industry

18.04.2013 - The specialty chemicals company Lanxess has opened a new Asia-Pacific Application Development Center for its high-tech plastics in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park. It is...

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Arbitrator Sets Final Dow Chemical Payout from Kuwait Venture

04.03.2013 - Dow Chemical said an arbitrator has ruled it is owed $2.48 billion by a Kuwaiti firm that scuttled a 2008 joint venture, though it is not clear when the funds will be paid. The...

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NBGI Private Equity Acquires Stiplastics

26.02.2013 - NBGI Private Equity today announces the acquisition of Stiplastics for an undisclosed sum. Stiplastics is a specialist manufacturer of injection-molded plastic dosing, packaging...

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Science Driven By the Market

22.02.2013 - When new company chieftains say they want to be a catalyst for change, many listeners brush it off as a tired cliché. Patrick Thomas is proof that it needn't be. Stepping into his...

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Change of Leadership in the North Region of PlasticsEurope

08.02.2013 - PlasticsEurope, the pan-European trade association representing European plastics manufacturers, has announced the appointment of Kim Michael Christiansen as North Regional...