1. China’s insulation demand to reach $5227 m in 2013
Cleveland, Ohio -- Consumption of insulation materials in China is expected to grow 8.2 percent a year through 2013 to reach a value of RMB 35 700 million ($5227 million), according to a new market rw...
31 March 2010
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2. Strong performance by Delcam despite tough trading
By Anthony Clark, Plastics & Rubber WeeklyBirmingham, UK – CADCAM software developer Delcam has reported a strong performed in the face of challenging trading conditions during 2009. Sales at ...
31 March 2010
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3. Conzzeta sales drop 35 % in difficult environment
Zurich -- Conzzeta Group, which owns the FoamPartner group of flexible foam businesses, said 30 March that the group was “strongly affected by the economic crisis in the 2009 business year and adapted...
31 March 2010
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4. Rieter announces a CHF 250-million bond issue
Winterthur, Switzerland -- Rieter Holding Ltd has secured a CHF 250-million ($236-million) fixed-rate bond, issued 30 March 2010.This bond matures in five years, expiring 30 April 2015.It is guarantee...
31 March 2010
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5. Recticel shareholder KBC increases stake to above 3 percent
Brussels -- Recticel SA/NV said 31 March that the shareholding of investment fund manager KBC Asset Management NV of Brussels has crossed upwards the statutory threshold of 3 percent.KBC Asset Manage...
31 March 2010
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6. Bayer MaterialScience to partner Solar Impulse
Leverkusen, Germany -- Bayer MaterialScience has become an official partner of the Solar Impulse project, whose founders, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, are developing the first manned aircraf...
31 March 2010
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7. Dow Polyurethanes extends MDI shutdown in Germany
Horgen, Switzerland -- Dow Europe GmbH has decided to shut down its 235-kilotonnes-per-annum capacity methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) plant in Stade Germany, and it expects the plant to be out o...
31 March 2010
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8. Chemtura to raise prices for bromine-based products
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Chemtura Corp. announced 30 March that it will increase prices in all regions on bromine-based products by up to 25 percent, where contracts allow.Anne Noonan, vice presi...
30 March 2010
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9. Bayer to build eco-friendly chlorine production unit
Leverkusen, Germany – Bayer MaterialScience and engineering company Uhde are to build a 20 kilotonne-per-annum (ktpa) plant to make chlorine using common salt. And BMS is also making the technology av...
30 March 2010
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10. Platilon is new name for all Bayer TPU films
Leverkusen, Germany -- In future, Bayer MaterialScience is to market all its thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films under the Platilon name. Previously Bayer’s Epurex Films GmbH & Co. KG subsidiar...
30 March 2010
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