December 2009

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Special features

  • New developments in pigments, colorants and special effects
  • PP compounds: markets trends and innovative applications
  • Combating corrosive wear in twin-screw extruders
  • Special report from the Leistritz Masterbatch Workshop
  • Brand new PVC plasticiser technology from ISP

Regular items

  • Busines news including Schulman, Clariant, PVC additives cartel, Nanocyl, LyondellBasell, Berstorff
  • Latest machinery launches from Sino-Alloy, Buss, Reduction Engineering and Erema
  • New polymers and additives from Albemarle, Foster, Colloids, Americhem and CalciTech
  • Compounder of the month: Teknor Apex
  • Dates for your diary - we look ahead to the major plastics industry exhibitions of the next 12 months, plus the most important conferences for the compounding market

Editorial index

A. Schulman acquiring ICO Polymers 4
A. Schulman: AgriPlas wheat-straw-filled PP 6
AC Treuhand - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Adam Dreiblatt, CPM Century Extrusion 26
Akzo - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Albemarle Earthwise GreeArmor flame retardant 39
Albemarle Earthwise GreeArmor flame retardant 39
Al-Zamil expanding antioxidant capacity 8
Americhem PCR Renewal Additive 40
Anton Fuerst, Leistritz 32
Arkema - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Arkema nanotubes investment Mont, France 5
Automatik - new offices in China and Malaysia 7
Baerlocher - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
BASF / Ciba DPP CI Pigment Red 254 19
BASF Glacier Frost White EH 682 21
BASF Lumogen 4280 and 4281 heat management 20
Bayer nanotubes expansion Levewrkusen 5
Bill Smith, technical manager, Clariant 19
Borealis - BMW 7 series back seat carrier 13
Borealis - BMW 7 series dashboard carrier 13
Borealis - BMW X5 and X6 fenders in Daplen PP 13
Borealis - Daplen PP compounds for Opel Insignia 17
Borealis - PP air intake manifold for VW 13
Borealis - PP compounds markets 15
Borealis Borcom BG055AI high-gloss PP compound 15
Borealis opens Innovation Headquarters in linz 9
Brian Guhde, technology dev manager, Americhem 10
Buss Kneaders - two-stage system for XLPE 42
Calcitech CalciRC100S synthetic calcium carbonate 40
Carbon nanotube capacity expansions 2009 2010 5
Chemson - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Chemtura expanding Al Jubail antioxidant capacity 8
China XD Plastics - Harbin Xinda 7
Christian Guckel, Ciba / BASF, pigment dispersion 31
Ciba - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Clariant buys Russian compounder, Euromaster 6
Clariant closes Huntingue, Pontypridd, Civac plants 9
Clariant Licocene waxes as carrier materials 31
Clariant Masterbatches Enigma Fade 22
Clariant PV Fast Yellow HG, CI Pigment Yellow 180 19
CNano Technology nanotubes plant, Beijing 5
Colloids D-K masterbatch for biodegradable plastics 40
Corrosive wear in twin-screw extruders 26
Crompton/ Chemtura - PVC additives cartel 4
Day-Glo Color NGX-19 NightGlo photo-luminescent 21
Dow - PP compounds markets 15
Eckart Effect Pigments - Resist copper pigments 21
Effect pigments - achieving the best results 30
Elementis - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Elizabeth Ponte, Teknor Apex bioplastics 10
EMD Chmeicals - new effect pigments 21
Emerald Performance Materials deal with Struktol 7
Equitech International - in-line colour monitoring 32
Erema ecoSave technology 42
Euromaster, Tatarstan-based masterbatch maker 6
European Chemicals Agency ECHA: REACH update 6
European Commission - PVC stabilisers cartel 4
ExxonMobil - PP compounds markets 15
ExxonMobil PP compounds exansion, Lillebonne 16
Faci - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Flexible Vinyl Alliance - new PVC organisation 8
Ford using wheat-straw-fille PP on Flex 6
Foster Corp Bismuth Subcarbonate radiopaque filler 39
Frank Noeltgen, LyondellBasell VP Asia Pacific 10
Fujian Integrated Refining and Ethylene JV Project 5
GEA/ACW - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Gregory Anderson, Teknor Apex bioplastics 10
Gulf Stabilizer Industries Saudi plant expansion 8
Hermann Diem, Clariant 31
Heubach Vynamon Red 325401, Yellow 118001 20
Holliday Pigments, Premier and Prestige ultramarines 22
Hyndai Engineering Plastics - LyondellBasell deal 10
ICO Polymers being bought by A Schulman 4
Inno-Comp - leading independent PP compounders 16
International Specialty Products (ISP) - Flexidone 37
Jake Axel, president Axel Plastics 10
Joseph Gingo, president, A Schulman 4
Kay T Yoon, Teknor Apex agent in Korea 10
KraussMaffei - new office in Pune, India 5
KraussMaffei Berstorff - barrel inspections 4
Leistritz - new developments for ZSE Maxx 32
Leistritz Masterbatch Workshop report 30-34
LyondellBasell - Ford Kuga tailgate and spoiler 12
LyondellBasell - Hostacom PP for Opel Insignia 16
LyondellBasell - PP compounds markets 15
LyondellBasell signs Indian PP compounding deal 10
Mahle Filtersystems - PP intake manifold for VW 13
Marc Dumont, global product manager, BASF 19
Marchant / Waste Not compostable mulch film 40
Marcy Shay, regional sales manager, Teknor Apex 10
Mario Ditted, BASF, effect pigments 30
Mark Kaptur, Chroma Corporation 10
Merck Laserflair and Colostream effect pigments 21
Michael Thummert, Leistritz 32
Mixaco ECO-Mixing Tool for masterbatch premixes 32
Nanocyl - new nanotubes plant in Sambreville 5
NaturalNano Halloysite clay nanotubes free samples 40
Neelie Kroes - EC - PVC stabilisers cartel 4
NPE moving from Chicago to Orlando 5
Nubiola Nubiperf FCP ultramarine pigments 24
Omtec - milled straw filler for Schulman 6
O'Neil Color & Compounding plant expansion 8
Organic pigments - achieving good dispersion 31
Pausch Messtechnik - in-line colour monitoring 32
Peter Fleming, Songwon Middle East sales director 10
Pigments and colorants - technology review 18-24
Plastinum Polymer Technologies - Blendymer 7
Polymer-Chemie selling Polymer-Tec 5
Polypropylene compounding market trends 12
PP Compound demand in Europe by end-use market 12
PP compounds consumption by product type 13
Raul Pires, head of nanotubes Bayer Materialscience 10
Ravago - leading independent PP compounders 16
REACH - new chemicals on SVHC list 6
Reagens - fined for PVC additives cartel 4
Redeuction Engineering Black Ice cryogenic mill 42
Residence times in twin-screw extruders - new study 34
Rod Fischer, Vinyl sales director, Teknor Apex 10
Ruediger Winkens, Mixaco 32
Sabic - PP compounds markets 15
Sabic PP compounds expansion Genk, Belgium 16
Schulman acquiring ICO Polymers 4
Sekisui Alveo buying Polymer-Tec 5
Shepherd Color Arctic Infrared Reflecting Pigments 20
Showa Denko nanotubes plant Oita, Japan 5
Silberline Glitter Flake Series 21
Silberline Sparkle Silver Ultra effect pigments 21
Sino-Alloy PSM20A twin-screw laboratory extruder 42
Sirmax - leading independent PP compounders 16
Steer Engineering appoints Taurus Comtrade 7
Struktol: antioxidants deal with Emerald 7
Sumika Polymer Compounds - PP markets 16
Teknor Apex - compounder of the month 44
Titanium dioxide pigment price forecasts 8
TZMI - TiO2 prices forecast to rise, market trends 8
Wacker Chemie - new technical centre in Mumbai 5

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