We provide custom color concentrates in several technologies, inlcuding the ability to provide color for the "traditional" resins as well as most any engineered polymer systems.
Market Snap-Shots • Ineos finally does deal with Sartor - Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has announced that Ineos and Italian company Safi have signed an agreement at the Ministry for Economic Development for the sale by Ineos of its VCM and PVC production facilities in Italy to Safi, owned by Fiorenzo Sartor.
• Arkema sells Italian PVC compounding - French materials major Arkema is selling one of its two Italian PVC compounding facilities to Italian machinery and distribution company Industrie Generali. The facility in Vanzaghello, close to Malpensa airport, generates sales of about €22m per annum, Arkema says, and employs 19 people. Industrie Generali is headquartered in Samarate, just 6km away. The acquisition is effective from 1 March.
• U.S. PVC pipe, conduit makers -
PVC pipe and conduit makers are going into full-fledged survival mode in 2009. Price-driven competition combined with free-falling resin pricing near the end of 2008 created a brutal environment for pipe and conduit extruders as they were forced, in some cases, to sell pipe for less than they paid for the resin to make it.
PVC Plant Available
Documentation: Mostly electronic & excellent for equipment, operating procedures and P & ID’s
Upgrades: Plant was modified in 1995 to include the EVC technology stripping system ($30MM Project)
Major Equipment:
(2) Stripping Columns with 34 dual flow trays: Duplex 2205, 230 gpm, 5.3 ft dia x 35 ft h x 0.3150”
Successful companies are pro-active during difficult times. At times like these it’s vitally important to stay connected, brush up on best practices (some of which can pay immediate financial dividends), and gather crucial business intelligence about markets, materials and management.
Chlor-Alkali Business Training Seminar
May 5 - 8, 2009
Hôtel Mercure Thalassa, Port - Fréjus, France The seminars have an emphasis on providing the tools and methodologies that managers can use to evaluate the dynamics of the industry and to enable a better understanding of trends, competitive behaviour, and especially of competitive advantages and disadvantages.
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