ColorMatrix has introduced new Amosorb high performance PET barrier technology. 30 June 2009
Huntsman Advanced Materials has a new global management team. 16 June 2009
Mike Nichols has been appointed business manager – Physical Testing for independent polymer consultants Smithers Rapra. 12 June 2009
Frank Heinen has been appointed commercial director at Transmare Compounding in Roermond, The Netherlands. 11 June 2009
Clariant has made changes to its executive committee. 10 June 2009
German company Momentum International has introduced new foaming agents for applications in PP, HDPE, TPU and nylon. 08 June 2009
The HallStar Company has acquired two product lines from Dow Hyperlast, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company. 05 June 2009
Lanxess has completed de-bottlenecking operations of its Mesamoll and other alkyl sulphonic ester derivative plasticizers. 03 June 2009
US-based PolyOne Corporation and Zyvex Performance Materials have been awarded a $4.9 million grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Commission to fund further development and production of carbon-nanotube compounds. 02 June 2009
Global Thermoplastics, LP, a manufacturer of engineered compounds for plastic moulding applications based in Texas, USA, has been acquired by a US private equity fund. 01 June 2009
A Schulman Inc has opened a new plastics additives manufacturing plant in Akron, Ohio, USA. 01 June 2009
German company BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg GmbH has supplied eleven underwater pelletizing lines to an Indian compounder. 01 June 2009
Polypropylene (PP) clarified with Milliken Chemical’s Millad® NX8000 has been selected for a new line of food storage containers. 30 May 2009
Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, has developed two new grades of GUR® ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) incorporating vitamin E biocompatible antioxidant for sampling and testing in orthopaedic implants. 30 May 2009
Silvergate CCM, a masterbatch which uses calcium carbonate as a filler/polymer carrier substitute, has been launched by Silvergate Plastics. 30 May 2009
PolyOne Corporation has developed OnForce™ LFT, a new range of long-fibre thermoplastic compounds which can retain their performance and properties across a temperature range from -20°C to 160°C. 30 May 2009
A new silver masterbatch which gives a metallic effect to plastic has been developed by Italian company Frilvam SpA. 30 May 2009
Performance Masterbatches (PMB) and antimicrobial additive producer SteriTouch Ltd have developed an antimicrobial masterbatch for use in a range of polypropylene (PP) chairs, designed for the contract, education and residential markets by UK-based Origin Furniture. 30 May 2009
Custom engineered thermoplastic compounder RTP Company has commercialized a line of melt processable fluoropolymer (MPFP) colour masterbatches for the wire and cable industry. 30 May 2009
A new line of colorants that add marble and swirl effects to polyolefin products has been developed by Techmer PM. 30 May 2009
Honeywell has developed a liquid blowing agent for energy-efficient polyurethane foam insulation that has a lower global warming potential than previous products. 30 May 2009
Atlas Material Testing Technology has developed a new, ultra-accelerated exposure testing device which can provide approximately 63 years of South Florida UV radiation exposure in a single year. 30 May 2009
The Brabender® Mini-Compounder TSE 12/36 is a new miniature twin screw extruder which is suitable for research and development in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. 30 May 2009
The Shepherd Color Company has introduced Black 20F944, a chromium-free, high-temperature pigment which has been approved for indirect food contact use by the US FDA (Food & Drug Administration). 30 May 2009
Arkema Inc has added two new grades to its existing line of Thermolite® tin stabilizers for rigid PVC used in thin-wall agricultural pipes, high-shear pipes, large diameter pipes and sewer pipes. 30 May 2009
Holliday Pigments has developed new ultramarine pigments for plastics. 30 May 2009
Inorganic materials specialist Applied NanoWorks (ANW) has developed FlexB™, a boron-based, non-halogenated flame retardant (FR) additive for nylon and epoxies. 30 May 2009
Global Thermoplastics, LP, a manufacturer of engineered compounds for plastic moulding applications based in Texas, USA, has been acquired by a US private equity fund. 30 May 2009
A new, low-cost, modular polymer melt control system, OptTrol from Dynisco, gives users the ability to control pressure and temperature precisely on most extrusion lines. 27 March 2009
Teknor Apex Company has separated production of medical-grade PVC compounds containing DEHP and other phthalate plasticizers from that of compounds plasticized with non-phthalate alternatives. 26 March 2009
Machinery manufacturer Farrel Corporation has been purchased by Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH, part of the German-based Possehl Group. 26 March 2009
Alfa Laval has developed the P2 decanter centrifuge range as separation devices for a wide range of processes in the polymer industry 26 March 2009
Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. has appointed new distributors in India - Jayvee Organics Private Ltd. and Qualichem Specialties Private Ltd. 25 March 2009
Huntsman Corporation’s Pigments Division plans to close its titanium dioxide plant located in Grimsby, U.K. 25 March 2009
Teknor Apex Company has separated production of medical-grade PVC compounds containing DEHP and other phthalate plasticizers from that of PVC compounds plasticized with non-phthalate alternatives. 25 March 2009
RTP Company has established a controlled manufacturing environment dedicated to the production of clean compounds for sensitive applications at its Winona, Minn., headquarters in the USA. 25 March 2009
SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed a complete range of glass-filled Super High Flow Valox SHF resins that offer twice the flow length of standard glass-filled polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). 24 March 2009
Sachtleben Chemie has developed an additive method of marking materials, such as polymers, to offer a high level of anti-copying security. 24 March 2009
New Ultrason® E2010 HC, a BASF PESU (polyether sulphone), has recently been used in a high performance firefighter’s helmet. 23 March 2009
Arkema Inc.’s PVC Additives Group has introduced Durastrength® 619 acrylic impact modifier to the PVC market. 23 March 2009
Chroma Corporation and Resinal S.A de C.V have entered into an agreement where Resinal S.A. de C.V. in Mexico becomes a stocking distributor and sales agent for the entire line of compounded products offered by Chroma Corporation. 23 March 2009
ENTEK Machinery Inc, the North American-based supplier of co-rotating twin-screw extruders, has launched ENTEK Plus. 23 March 2009
Hyperion Catalysis International, Inc. has concluded a patent licence and supply agreement with Showa Denko K.K. of Japan. 23 March 2009
A weather and UV resistant TPO compound from German compounder TechnoCompound has been used for the front spoiler lip on Volkswagen's new Golf VI model. 23 March 2009
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