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Polyamide 6: BASF announces force majeure for deliveries from Antwerp
Baspar / IranPolymer After a fire in the production plant for PA 6 in Antwerp Belgium, BASF has declared force majeure. Deliveries of the polyamide 6 types “Ultramid B24”, “Ultramid B27” and qualities with low viscosity are affected, a spokeswoman…
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Raw material markets in the USA: Bumpy restart of polymer production
Baspar / Iranpolymer After the massive outages caused by the onset of winter in large parts of the USA, there are obviously delays in restarting refineries, petrochemical complexes and the downstream polymer production lines. A renewed delivery of US products…
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Styrene: Covestro / LyondellBasell declare force majeure
IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR “Unpredictable damage” is the reason for the failure of the styrene and propylene oxide plant at Lyondell Covestro Manufacturing Maasvlakte VOF in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, on February 11, 2021. A spokesman confirmed both the failure and the directly…
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Polyamides: DuPont declares global force majeure
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR The numerous failures of pre-product plants in the value chains of essential engineering thermoplastics force DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware / USA) to declare force majeure for their own products. From Monday, February 22, 2021, DuPont will initially stop all deliveries…
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Ineos Styrolution: higher prices for ABS specialties and ASA
IranPolymer / Baspar For January 1, 2021 Ineos Styrolution (Frankfurt) has announced higher prices for ABS specialties (brands “Novodur” and “Novodur HH”) and ASA (“Luran S”). In Europe, the company intends to raise prices by EUR 350 / t each.…
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Continental: Specializing in plastics expertise for e-vehicles
IranPolymer/ Baspar The automotive supplier Continental (Hanover) focuses the research and development of plastics for the thermal management of electric and hybrid vehicles in Germany at three locations. The experts in the new plastics competence center in Hamburg concentrate on…
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EXPANSION AT DENROY PLASTICS LEADS TO NEW BRAND: DENPRO
Iranpolymer/ Baspar During the COVID-19 pandemic, injection moulder Denroy Plastics has employed all its expertise in aviation, medical and automotive thermoplastics to design and manufacture clinical-grade PPE, supplying over 1 million units of its new Denpro HeroShield visor to…
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SABIC releases LEXAN CLINIWALL AC6200 sheet for hospitals and public facilities
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR SABIC has launched a non-chlorinated and non-brominated opaque sheet, to provide a hygienic sanitary solution to several industries around the world. The launch comes as the rising need for infection prevention and sanitation control across the world continues to…
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Setback or shock: when will plastics demand bounce back from coronavirus?
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR The plastics industry entered the new decade on an optimistic note. The US-China trade war was pointed towards resolution, concerns over the fallout of Brexit had abated and demand expectations had improved following a lacklustre 2019. Then the coronavirus…
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Extended Lockdown Scenario Forecasts 18% Drop in Global Vehicle Sales
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR IHS Markit is projecting an 18% drop in global new vehicle sales year-on-year under an extended COVID-19 lockdown scenario to 73.3 million units. Regionally, that breaks out to a 26% U.S. vehicle sales decline year-on-year to 12.6 million units;…
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