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Flowserve opens manufacturing facility in IndiaFlowserve Corp., Irving, TX, USA, recently opened its new pump manufacturing facility in Coimbatore, India. The company said it invested approximately USD 8.5 million in the project. The facility will nearly double Flowserve’s production capabilities for single stage, multi-stage, barrel and vertical engineered and industrial pumps. It employs about 200 persons. |
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Dow completes Hyperlast acquisitionDow Polyurethanes has announced today that it has completed the acquisition of British Vita’s PU systems business, Hyperlast Ltd. This acquisition includes elastomer systems enterprises in the UK and North America as well as Autothane Ltd, a manufacturer of automotive suspension components. The acquisition expands Dow’s ability to produce innovative spray cast elastomers for the marine, engineering resin, oil and gas pipeline and automotive industries. “Our acquisition of Hyperlast further underscores our commitment to provide our customers with the most advanced polyurethane system technologies. As a market leader in the polyurethanes industry, we continually strive to be at the forefront of industry innovation and development in order to offer our customers a broad portfolio of tailo |
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Chemtura names new group president, polymer additivesChemtura Corporation has appointed Anne P. Noonan as group president, polymer additives. In addition to her business leadership role, she is also responsible for flame retardant advocacy initiatives, including continuous evaluation of the environmental, health and safety profile of new and existing flame retardants and the promotion of fire prevention through flame retardant use. Before Crompton Corporation and Great Lakes Chemical Corporation formed Chemtura in 2005, Ms. Noonan worked for Great Lakes Chemical for 19 years as vice president and general manager of the brominated flame retardants business. Prior to that, she served as vice president of marketing, technology and advocacy for the business. She received her master's degree in organometallic chemistry from University Coll |
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Dow announces North American MDI and TDI price increasesThe Dow Chemical Company has increased its prices in the United States and Canada for the following polyurethane products effective 1 April 2007: Voranate TDI by USD 0.10/pound. MDI by USD 0.05/pound. Tight supply conditions globally, along with continued volatility in raw materials and energy costs are the driving forces behind this price increase, according to a company spokesman. |
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Stegh new spokesperson of Elastogran’s management boardAs from 1 June 2007 Wolfgang Stegh will become the new spokesperson of the management board of the BASF subsidiary Elastogran GmbH, Lemfoerde, Germany. In this function he will also assume direct responsibility for all functional units such as finance, human resources, purchasing, law and engineering throughout the European Elastogran companies. Prior to his appointment Stegh was a member of the board of directors of BASF Japan in Tokyo where he was responsible for finance & corporate services. He will succeed Dr. Helmut Rödder, who has headed Elastogran since 2001 and who moved to BASF Coatings AG as a member of board and índustrial relations manager as from 1 April 2007. Stegh, born in 1951, started his professional career with BASF in 1977. Until 1987 the graduate in business admini |
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Interview with Peter Vanacker, Bayer MaterialScienceIn an exclusive interview with the editor in chief of PU Magazine International the member of the executive committee of BMS and head of business unit polyurethanes, talks about strategic focus for sustained growth and innovation. Peter Vanacker is satisfied with the ongoing restructuring process in the last three years and defines the strategic focus for Bayer MaterialScience’s business unit polyurethanes with the label “global and innovating”. He talks about the technological breakthrough BMS has made with the process of the gas phase phosgenation for the manufacturing of TDI. Future plans concerning the BMS systemhouse strategy and portfolio consolidation, especially the sale of Hennecke, are discussed. Further on Peter Vanacker provides an insight into the BMS innovation schedule an |
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Strategic alliance formed between SpecialChem and PU2PU.comThe online information services SpecialChem and PU2PU.com have announced their cooperation to better serve the global polyurethane industry. This partnership between the two Paris based companies is said to definitely strengthen PU2PU.com services and enhance the ability of SpecialChem to efficiently serve polyurethane markets and communities. “SpecialChem is proud to partner with PU2PU.com. We will offer our services with efficiency on plastics, adhesives, paints and coatings markets and reinforce our offer to the very specific and targeted community of polyurethanes, especially for cast elastomers and foam applications, that PU2PU.com has built over time”, said Dr. Hervé Heinrich, SpecialChem Business Leader Polyurethanes. PU2PU.com allows access to specific technical information |
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BASF increases pricesBASF will raise its prices for Polyetheramines and Isophoronediame in Europe with immediate effect, or as existing contracts allow. Product | Euro/kg Polyetheramine D 230 | 0,10 EUR/kg Polyetheramine D 2000 | 0,10 EUR/kg Polyetheramine D 400 | 0,10 EUR/kg Polyetheramine T 403 | 0,10 EUR/kg Isophoronediamine | 0,20 EUR/kg |
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Maintenance turnaround at Dow’s Freeport MDI facilityDow Polyurethanes has announced today that it will conduct a seven-day turnaround at its polymeric MDI production facility in Freeport, Texas, beginning April 15th. This system maintenance is said to help to ensure that global Dow customers supplied from this site will continue to receive high quality PMDI in a consistent and reliable manner. Tom Feige, North American product marketing manager, Dow Polyurethanes, says that the company anticipate no disruptions to its customers receiving MDI shipments from Freeport during this shutdown. |
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Krauss-Maffei office in BogotàKrauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH is expanding its sales and service network in South America. In February 2007, the company has opened an office in the Colombian capital Bogotá, as a centre from which to serve countries in the Andean Community (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia), Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela. The new office will initially be manned by a team of three. Only a few weeks ago, Krauss-Maffei booked a large order for four MX injection moulding machines from a customer in Colombia – a first for the company in this country. |
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