With immediate effect, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, will (as contracts allow) raise prices by up to 20% for all paper and board dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
BASF is increasing prices for oxo-alcohols, solvents and plasticizers in Europe and Asia with immediate effect or as contracts allow.
Metso Paper will supply a new fiber line to Century Pulp & Paper’s integrated pulp and paper mill in Uttaranchal state in northern India, near the border to Nepal. The line is scheduled to start up at the end of 2009. The value of the order is close to EUR 23 million.
Flint Group announces sales price increases for printing inks effective 1st of July, as a conse-quence of strongly increasing raw material costs.
Customers in the coatings market will be introduced to Sun Chemicals new SunMetallics product lines at the American Coatings SHOW 2008.
ShengdaTech Inc. (“ShengdaTech” “the Company”) (NASDAQ:SDTH) a leading manufacturer of nano precipitated calcium carbonate (NPCC) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and a major manufacturer of coal-based chemical products in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, PRC, today announced that it plans to acquire Jinan Fertilizer Co., Ltd., a nitrogenous fertilizer company based in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province.
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