Flint Group announces sales price increases for printing inks effective 1st of July, as a conse-quence of strongly increasing raw material costs. The price increases will be up to 20% depending on product type.
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Bioplastics are attracting much interest at present – rightly so, according to a recent statement on bioplastics issued by IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. (association of the German manufacturers of plastics packagings and films). Bioplastics broaden the range of raw materials, provide interesting material properties and offer new business fields. The manufacturers of bioplastics packagings are represented in an IK working group “Bioplastics” founded 10 years ago.
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Effective December 1, Basell will increase prices by $200 per tonne on all of its Adflex, Adsyl and reactor-grade Hifax resins produced in Europe for export into US dollar-based markets.
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As of October 1, 2007, BASF will increase prices in Europe for the expanded polypropylene (EPP) Neopolen® P by 300 euros per metric ton. This price adjustment has become mandatory owing to the further rise in raw material costs, transportation and energy costs.
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