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TREFFERT
Light-stable colour systems for the WPC market / Following consumer trend
25.04.2007
AZELIS
Launch of European composites business
23.04.2007
APTIFORM
PET added to self-reinforcing portfolio
19.04.2007
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
New PPS plant to be built in Texas
05.04.2007
INVIBIO
Carbon fibre reinforced grade of PEEK
07.03.2007
EARTHSHELL
Bankrupt biodegradable product pioneer to be auctioned / Licensee makes initial bid
01.03.2007
BASF
New DHDPS plant at Ludwigshafen to provide PES feedstock / "Ultrason E" capacity to double
20.02.2007
BIODEGRADABLES
Annual growth rates of 22% forecast for biodegradable packaging / Fresh foods leads
14.02.2007
REICHHOLD
Univar appointed UK distributor
07.02.2007
INEOS
Investment in US polybutene plant / Materials handling system to optimise production assets
24.01.2007
POLYVINYL BUTYRAL
Global manufacturing oligopoly / Annual market growth above 5% / Volume sales around 200,000 t/y / Greater safety with glass-polymer laminate
16.01.2007
LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS
Polyplastics to increase "Vectra" LCP capacity / Demand escalating / Further expansion planned
09.01.2007
BIODEGRADABLE FILMS
Plasticiser improves flexibility of PLA products / Rapid film degradation
14.12.2006
CARBON FIBRE
Reinforced plastics sales to grow 37% in next five years / More tow capacity will stimulate demand further
13.12.2006
BIOPLASTICS
Booming European market / Some segments seeing 100% growth
05.12.2006
LITERATURE
"Fluoroplastics" report from Rapra
05.12.2006
DUPONT
Construction of Singapore "Vespel" unit under way
28.11.2006
GE PLASTICS
Launch of "Extem" thermoplastic polyimide / USD 280m for production plants / Rollout in Q1 2007
24.11.2006
LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS
Recovery from the slump / Production restricted to the US and Japan / Demand expected to exceed planned capacity / Producers seek to reduce dependence on E+E segment
20.11.2006
POLYONE
New TPE facility on stream in Spain
16.11.2006
TEKNOR APEX
TPE production site in Europe from 2008 / New plant in China under construction / Three offices opened
08.11.2006
SOLVAY ADVANCED POLYMERS
PEEK offensive with expansion of Indian production base / New high-performance family
24.10.2006
APTIFORM
Moulding business for self-reinforced plastic parts / Special forming technique developed
04.10.2006
DYNEON
Expansion of fluoroelastomer production in Germany
29.09.2006
SUMITOMO
PES capacity increase to meet aerospace demand
15.09.2006
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