1. Recticel shareholder cuts stake to below 3 %
Brussels – Belgian foam group Recticel SA/NV has announced that the shareholding of Spain-based investor group Bestinver Gestion S.A. SGICC inn the company has dropped to under 3 percent.Bestinver, wh...
11 March 2010
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2. Trailer floor strengthened with PU resin
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Success with its Eko-Flor composite flooring products has seen Conforce International Inc. adapt its cs-4 module for use in trailers, to give a strong, lightweight floor of...
10 March 2010
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3. Bigger Perstorp to present expanded range for PU coatings in US
Perstorp, Sweden -- Recent acquisitions "have transformed Perstorp into a key-supplier for the entire PU chain," the company said in an 8 Mar statement.These acquisitions, in isocyanates, caprolactone...
10 March 2010
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4. SoyThane launches ExpandoThane website
Yulee, Florida – US spray foam and polyurea supplier SoyThane Technologies Inc. sees the novel idea of a foamed polyurea, expanding five to seven
times its volume to bridge gaps and holes, as an indus...
10 March 2010
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5. LyondellBasell rejects Reliance's final offer
A Plastics News ReportNew York -- As expected, Reliance Industries Ltd’s $14 500-million bid to buy LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA has been rejected.LyondellBasell disclosed the decision in an 8 Mar...
10 March 2010
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6. Malkiewicz, Van Dyke win bedding industry accolades
Charlotte, North Carolina - Raymond (Ray) Malkiewicz of Wickline Bedding Co., and Sanford (Sandy) Van Dyke, president of Interwoven Group, were honoured for exemplary service 9 March at an ISPA (Inter...
10 March 2010
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7. KraussMaffei opens new surface treatment centre in Munich
Munich, Germany -- KraussMaffei opened a Euro 4-million ($5.4 million) Surface Treatment Center (STC), which replaces its old paint shop, at its headquarters in Munich-Allach, Germany, on 5 March 2010...
09 March 2010
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8. Graco equipment used in China’s high speed railway project
Minneapolis, Minnesota – Spray polyurethane equipment supplier Graco Inc. says the latest
high-speed rail project in China, the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed
Railway, is using massive amounts of polyure...
09 March 2010
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9. Bayer MaterialScience acquires US's Artificial Muscle
Leverkusen, Germany – US-based Bayer MaterialScience llc has acquired Artificial Muscle Inc. (AMI) of Sunnyvale, California, which it says is a leader in electroactive polymers for the consumer electr...
09 March 2010
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10. 3M to acquire MTI PolyFab unit
St Paul, Minnesota -- 3M is to buy MTI PolyFab Inc., a manufacturer of thermal and acoustic insulation for the aerospace industry.The MTI PolyFab unit designs and manufactures light-weight thermal and...
08 March 2010
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