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Price reports of plastic granulates: Confusion in the market with plastic granulate as a result of the first phase of the war
- 10.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
The market is confused. The escalating Russian-Ukrainian war is distracting from the deal. An unprecedented situation, market participants do not know how to react. Both Western and Central European polymer producers reacted to the clear monomer price increase in March with varying degrees of price...
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Ampacet SunChill color masterbatch reduces heat build-up in dark plastics exposed to sunlight
- 04.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Additives for plastics
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced SunChill color masterbatches designed to decrease the thermal load of dark plastic items exposed to sunlight and hot weather...
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Price reports of plastic granulates: The war in Ukraine has not yet affected the polymer market
- 03.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
For the time being, the Ukrainian-Russian war has no appreciable impact on the Central European polymer markets. Converters keep waiting. Everyone is aware that rising oil and energy prices will soon have an impact. However, there is a pre-storm silence for now. Most plastics converters are also...
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This year, Slovnaft is investing 52 million euros in the planned maintenance of production facilities
- 02.03.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
Slovnaft will start the planned maintenance of part of its production facilities next weekend. This is the first part of the planned mandatory outages this year, which are expected to affect almost half of the production facilities. The company invests a total of EUR 52 million in mandatory...
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MOL Group 2021 Results: Record high EBITDA driven by oil and gas prices
- 25.02.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
MOL Group announced its financial results for Q4 and full year 2021. In a very volatile external environment, MOL Group generated USD 947mn Clean CCS EBITDA in Q4, bringing full-year clean CCS EBITDA to an all-time high USD 3.531bn, above the updated...
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ORLEN Unipetrol and Pražská plynárenská will work together to develop hydrogen mobility and reduce emissions
- 23.02.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Circular economy
The largest Czech refinery and petrochemical group ORLEN Unipetrol and one of the most important Czech energy companies, Pražská plynárenská, have signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation. The subject of the memorandum is the transfer of experience and future cooperation, especially in the areas...
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Biesterfeld Plastic: distribution of new DuPont™ Delrin® Renewable Attributed grades
DuPont is launching five new grades in its sustainable product family Delrin® Renewable Attributed. These products can be used in medical and food contact applications. Long-standing distribution partner Biesterfeld Plastic will distribute the POM homopolymers in large areas of the EMEA region as...
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Ampacet introduces BioRange+ TUV OK Compost certified masterbatch portfolio
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, announces the launch of BioRange+ masterbatch solutions designed for compostable plastic applications. The BioRange+ portfolio includes white, black and color as well as additive masterbatches that have received TUV OK Compost INDUSTRIAL...
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In the second year of the pandemic, Slovnaft expanded its support to public communities
Even in the second pandemic year, Slovnaft did not slow down in supporting communities, ecology, culture or sports. At the end of the year, they donated more than 10,000 euros to healthcare professionals caring for covid patients at the University Hospital Bratislava. Established CSR programs such...
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RESINEX launches new MyResinex customer portal
RESINEX launches a new MyResinex customer portal to further improve customer service by providing uninterrupted access to all important information. The portal also provides an online check of the order status, all documents (technical sheets, material certificates, safety data sheets, etc.) or an...
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How to protect the metal from corrosion? The answer is the powder coating from ICOSA s.r.o.
- 10.01.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Surface treatment
ICOSA metal powder coating offers high corrosion protection. It has excellent adhesion to the material, does not crack, does not peel and holds on to the metal. Powder coating for metal has almost 100% barrier properties. It does not release any liquid or...
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“The Plastic Age” requires good education of children. The Plastík figure with a magic suitcase should help
- 08.12.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Events
So far, 26 primary schools in the Central Bohemian Region and the Ústí Region have joined the unique ‘Plastík and His Magic Suitcase’ project. It will offer schoolchildren an excursion into the world of chemistry using various entertaining experiments. The educational programme is based on a...
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Ampacet introduces New FRESH+ antifog masterbatch for fresh produce packaging
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced FRESH+ 1032 AF (1001032-E), a new specialty antifog masterbatch for polyethylene flexible applications that offers exceptional slip performance and machinability on packaging...
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Biesterfeld Interowa GmbH&Co KG: distribution of sustainable new DuPont™ Delrin® Renewable Attributed products
Global innovation leader with technology-based materials DuPont is expanding its well-known Delrin® product family with the addition of new, sustainable types under the name Delrin® Renewable Attributed. Long-standing distribution partner Biesterfeld Plastic will distribute the products in large...
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Reduce your company’s carbon footprint with material-smart choices
Polykemi Group is making a major investment to help companies reduce their carbon footprint. The company is using a scientific study to provide customers information on how their material choices affect the...
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Ampacet ThermProtectTM product range reduces recycled PET thermal degradation and yellowing
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced ThermProtectTM PET, a range of rPET stabilizing masterbatches that reduce yellowing due to polymer thermal degradation, enabling processors to increase the content of recycled PET in virgin material without compromising product aesthetics or...
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With the MOL Plugee application, charging electric cars is more advantageous
- 30.09.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Electromobility
Slovnaft has taken another step closer to customers. Customers can pay more for charging cars in the network of electric chargers at Slovnaft filling stations via the MOL Plugee mobile application. The application will find the nearest available electric charger, guide you through the charging...
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Borealis appoints IMCD as Bormed™ healthcare portfolio distributor
- 29.09.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Technical plastics
Borealis announces that it has selected IMCD, a global leader in the distribution of specialty chemicals and ingredients, as its new European distributor of its dedicated grade range of Bormed™ polyolefins for healthcare. The distribution agreement covers most of Europe (with the exception of...
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They will start autumn outages in Slovnaft, contribute to reducing emissions and increase production safety
- 14.09.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Commodity plastics
In September and October, Slovnaft will once again shut down part of its production facilities in order to carry out their mandatory maintenance, repairs and modernization. The aim of this work is to ensure the safe operation of equipment and improve the environmental parameters of production - to...
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Lifocolor presents the trendy colours of 2022 for home-compostable biopolymers
The Lifocolor Group is setting new standards in the colouring of biopolymers. The leading provider of masterbatches for the polymer-processing industry is expanding its LIFOCOLOR BIO range to include bio-C colour concentrates. These are based on a selection of particularly environmentally...
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Ampacet introduces ProVital masterbatches for medical and pharmaceutical applications
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced the ProVital and ProVital + range of masterbatches for healthcare applications. ProVital + is specifically formulated with selected raw materials that have been pre-tested to European Pharmacopeia section 3.1 and biocompatibility according to...
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K.D. Feddersen distributes recompounds from Aurora Kunststoffe GmbH
Since 2014, the Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen has been cooperating with Aurora Kunststoffe GmbH, a manufacturer of high-quality engineering recompounds based in...
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New and Innovative Copolyesters for Medical Applications
Biesterfeld's Interowa GmbH & Co KG partner, company SK Chemicals, has introduced innovative copolyester grades, which set new standards in medical...
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eOrange: New color-stable, cost-effective PA color masterbatch for E-mobility
The striking pastel orange RAL2003 is increasingly being used to identify plastic-sheathed, high-voltage, current-carrying components in E-mobility to warn of the dangers associated with this new...
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The MOL Group will build a rubber asphalt plant in the Tatar Republic
- 13.07.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Rubber
MOL and Tatneft, one of the largest oil and gas companies in Russia, have inaugurated a joint project to build a rubber asphalt plant in the Tatar...
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Ampacet Introduces Nucleating Agent for Improved Stiffness Polypropylene Parts
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced Nucleant PP 4000389-E, a nucleating additive designed to improve polypropylene mechanical properties and...
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K.D. Feddersen distributes Poketone from Hyosung Chemical in Europe
Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is expanding its portfolio with polyketone. Since 2015, K.D. Feddersen Ueberseegesellschaft mbH, with its Polymers & Compounding Technology business unit, is mainly selling the extrusion grades of polyketone from Hyosung Chemical to the compounding...
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Antimicrobial protection of plastic products - solutions offered by IMCD Czech Republic s.r.o.
- 11.05.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Additives for plastics
The coexistence of humanity and microorganisms is ancient, the interconnectedness of these two worlds is enormous and the balance is very fragile. Thanks to the development of science, especially in the last two centuries, we have been able to gradually understand the individual mechanisms of...
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Polykemi Inc opens own plant in Gastonia, North Carolina
- 04.05.2021
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Business economics
Polykemi Group is investing almost 10 million Euro in its own plant in the United States. That is the greatest single investment in the Group’s history. The goal is to launch production of plastic compounds as early as...
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Addiplast acquires a colouring unit from Toyo Ink
The specialist in technical polymers for the plastics industry, based in Haute-Loire, close to Lyon, in France, is taking over the business of the Japanese company Toyo Ink Europe Speciality Chemicals, located in the Oise...
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