Bayer MaterialScience: 321 articles – Plastics Information Europe

Good start to 2015 buoyed by lower euro / BMS lifts EBITDA by nearly 16% / Dekkers says polymers sub-group will earn full cost of capital this year / Flotation still on track

05.05.2015

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Supply agreement with BioAmber for bio-based succinic acid / Applications in polyurethanes

29.04.2015

GEBA

Carbon-reinforced TPU developed / Key properties include impact toughness and tensile strength

07.04.2015

DSM

Polymer Intermediates and Composite Resins businesses spun off as NewCo / Global investor CVC holds majority stake / Caprolactam supply ensured for 15 years / Focus on Performance Chemicals

18.03.2015

INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Most producers see sales and earnings improvement in 2014 / Cautious optimism for 2015 / Falling raw materials prices and strengthening demand provide impetus / Currency shift will boost European companies

06.03.2015

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Acquisition of composites specialist TCG / Output expanded / Exploring polycarbonate applications

05.03.2015

BAYER

New group performance records last year / MaterialScience battered by market turbulence in Q4 / Plans for a carve-out on track for mid-2016 but Dekkers does not exclude outright sale

27.02.2015

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

PC sheet plant starts up in Guangzhou

19.12.2014

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane Feedstocks December 2014: MDI declines slightly / TDI rolls over / Polyols stable / PO tightness eases / More corrections likely / Demand slack at year end

18.12.2014

NORDMANN, RASSMANN

Distributing Stepan's polyester polyols across Scandinavia / Germany and Austria to be added next year

11.12.2014

POLYMER PRICES

China Engineering Thermoplastics November 2014: All feedstock costs down / Some starter materials hit lows not seen in years / Import prices soft / PC stabilises following BPA turnaround / MMA declines put a brake on PMMA hikes

10.12.2014

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

New TDI line in Dormagen now officially on stream / Position as global market leader reinforced

10.12.2014

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

PIE speaks to PlasticsEurope's president Patrick Thomas / Fracking is an important energy source / Industry needs leadership and brokerage from Brussels / TTIP likely to bring gas prices down

09.12.2014

ASSOCIATIONS

World Plastics Council elects Sabic's Mosaed Al Ohali as chairman / Lays out focus on marine debris, post-consumer solutions

01.12.2014

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Introducing "Bayblend" FR4000 PC/ABS flame-retardant blends / Environment-friendly technology

26.11.2014

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Klaus Schäfer to head Industrial Operations and Technology

14.11.2014

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Hi-Bis joint venture doubles special bisphenols output in Germany / Feedstock for “Apec” PC production in Antwerp

13.11.2014

DSM

Dutch chemical group may spin off or sell plastics business / Acrylonitrile and caprolactam in view

11.11.2014

PLASTICS INDUSTRY

PlasticsEurope and EuPC launch “Manifesto on the competitiveness of the plastics industry in Europe” / Identify challenges to European industry and issue recommendations / "PolyTalk" event in Brussels

06.11.2014

BAYER

CEO lifts overall forecast for 2014 / BMS sales rise on volume gains but EBITDA margin recedes

31.10.2014

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Private equity investors said to be considering takeover bids / Holding as yet focused on IPO

24.10.2014

COMMENT

BMS bits soon sailing under different flags?

26.09.2014

UPDATE - BAYER

Supervisory board unanimously approves flotation of Bayer MaterialScience division / IPO by 2016 at the latest / Focus on HealthCare and CropScience

18.09.2014

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Raising TPU output in India amid higher demand / Expansion due to be completed in Q2 2015

11.09.2014

BAYER

Full-year earnings guidance for 2014 upheld / Moderate earnings rise expected / “Significantly higher” volume sales seen at MaterialScience in Q2

31.07.2014

BAYER Good start to 2015 buoyed by lower euro / BMS lifts EBITDA by nearly 16% / Dekkers says polymers sub-group will earn full cost of capital this year / Flotation still on track	05.05.2015
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Supply agreement with BioAmber for bio-based succinic acid / Applications in polyurethanes	29.04.2015
GEBA Carbon-reinforced TPU developed / Key properties include impact toughness and tensile strength	07.04.2015
DSM Polymer Intermediates and Composite Resins businesses spun off as NewCo / Global investor CVC holds majority stake / Caprolactam supply ensured for 15 years / Focus on Performance Chemicals	18.03.2015
INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS INDUSTRY Most producers see sales and earnings improvement in 2014 / Cautious optimism for 2015 / Falling raw materials prices and strengthening demand provide impetus / Currency shift will boost European companies	06.03.2015
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Acquisition of composites specialist TCG / Output expanded / Exploring polycarbonate applications	05.03.2015
BAYER New group performance records last year / MaterialScience battered by market turbulence in Q4 / Plans for a carve-out on track for mid-2016 but Dekkers does not exclude outright sale	27.02.2015
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE PC sheet plant starts up in Guangzhou	19.12.2014
POLYMER PRICES Polyurethane Feedstocks December 2014: MDI declines slightly / TDI rolls over / Polyols stable / PO tightness eases / More corrections likely / Demand slack at year end	18.12.2014
NORDMANN, RASSMANN Distributing Stepan's polyester polyols across Scandinavia / Germany and Austria to be added next year	11.12.2014
POLYMER PRICES China Engineering Thermoplastics November 2014: All feedstock costs down / Some starter materials hit lows not seen in years / Import prices soft / PC stabilises following BPA turnaround / MMA declines put a brake on PMMA hikes	10.12.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE New TDI line in Dormagen now officially on stream / Position as global market leader reinforced	10.12.2014
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PIE speaks to PlasticsEurope's president Patrick Thomas / Fracking is an important energy source / Industry needs leadership and brokerage from Brussels / TTIP likely to bring gas prices down	09.12.2014
ASSOCIATIONS World Plastics Council elects Sabic's Mosaed Al Ohali as chairman / Lays out focus on marine debris, post-consumer solutions	01.12.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Introducing "Bayblend" FR4000 PC/ABS flame-retardant blends / Environment-friendly technology	26.11.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Klaus Schäfer to head Industrial Operations and Technology	14.11.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Hi-Bis joint venture doubles special bisphenols output in Germany / Feedstock for “Apec” PC production in Antwerp	13.11.2014
DSM Dutch chemical group may spin off or sell plastics business / Acrylonitrile and caprolactam in view	11.11.2014
PLASTICS INDUSTRY PlasticsEurope and EuPC launch “Manifesto on the competitiveness of the plastics industry in Europe” / Identify challenges to European industry and issue recommendations / "PolyTalk" event in Brussels	06.11.2014
BAYER CEO lifts overall forecast for 2014 / BMS sales rise on volume gains but EBITDA margin recedes	31.10.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Private equity investors said to be considering takeover bids / Holding as yet focused on IPO	24.10.2014
COMMENT BMS bits soon sailing under different flags?	26.09.2014
UPDATE - BAYER Supervisory board unanimously approves flotation of Bayer MaterialScience division / IPO by 2016 at the latest / Focus on HealthCare and CropScience	18.09.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Raising TPU output in India amid higher demand / Expansion due to be completed in Q2 2015	11.09.2014
BAYER Full-year earnings guidance for 2014 upheld / Moderate earnings rise expected / “Significantly higher” volume sales seen at MaterialScience in Q2	31.07.2014