Plastics
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11 Dec 2007
CHEMTURA ANNOUNCES PRICE INCREASES FOR CERTAIN BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS, MARK® TIN PVC HEAT STABILIZERS AND EPOXIDIZED SOYBEAN OIL PVC PLASTICIZERS
In response to significant raw material cost inflation and mounting regulatory expenses, Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) will increase prices on a range of polymer additives used primarily in the Building & Construction and Consumer Products industries. Specific product lines affected are:
11 Dec 2007
AVERY DENNISON GRAPHICS AND REFLECTIVE PRODUCTS APPOINTS
Leiden, The Netherlands - Avery Dennison has appointed Jelle Kroes as General Manager of Avery Graphics and Reflective Products Europe, based in Hazerswoude, The Netherlands, and reporting directly to global Vice President and General Manager, Helen M Saunders.
SHANGHAI, CHINA, December 7, 2007 - Rohm and Haas’s (NYSE: ROH) Packaging and Building Materials business today announced a price increase for all products sold in the Asia-Pacific Region to the adhesives, plastic additives, textiles, non-woven, graphic arts, paper and leather industries. The increase of 10% for all tin-based heat stabilizers, and between 5-10% for all other products including acrylics and modified acrylics, styrenics and modified styrenics, polyurethanes, polyesters and complementary technologies, will take effect from January 1, 2008 or as contracts allow. 
URMOND (NL), December 6, 2007 - DIMENSION-POLYANT and DSM Dyneema today announced the successful performance of the new D4® membrane sailcloth that features Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™. The innovative D4® sails were used by Marc Emig and Bertrand de Broc, racing for the AST Groupe Française in an Open 40 in the 4,300-mile Transat Jacques Vabre race. After enduring the Atlantic crossover from Le Havre, France, to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, the sail was found to be in perfect condition. 
Istanbul, Turkey – December 5, 2007 – SABIC Innovative Plastics is exhibiting here at Plast Eurasia 2007, demonstrating the importance of the Turkish market to its expanding regional and global business strategy. The company offers Turkish customers a strong local team, a local distributor with many years of experience, and the extensive resources of its world-call Global Application Technology (GApT) centers. At its exhibit in booth #701, SABIC Innovative Plastics is showcasing the latest high-performance materials technologies for such key Turkish industries as healthcare, automotive, packaging, and appliances. 
Representatives of Distrupol in the Nordics helped instruct over 100 designers, engineers, moulders and design students from across the region in the finer points of ‘Designing in Plastics’, at an event organised by leading Swedish polymer magazine Plastforum on 20 November. Distrupol was a key sponsor and presenter at the one-day conference held in Stockholm. Other sponsors included polymer supplier DuPont, moulder Plasto of Norway and the German laser-sintering company EOS. The debut event was well received by delegates, sponsors and organisers alike. 