- 16 May 2008 -
Hexion hit by raw material costs in Q1
HExion Specialty Chemicals reports a 2008 first quarter (Q1) net loss of US$6 million compared to a net income of $4 million in the same period in 2007.
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- 14 May 2008 -
Zoltek turns loss to profit in H1
Zoltek Companies Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, USA turns red to black in the first six months of its 2008 fiscal year.
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- 14 May 2008 -
AGY raises E-glass prices
AGY of Aiken, South Carolina, USA, says it is increasing its prices on E-glass yarns from June in response to increasing production costs.
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- 12 May 2008 -
SAERTEX acquires OMFA’s machinery
SAERTEX GmbH & Co. KG of Saerbeck, Germany is acquiring three warp knitting and one coating machine from OMFRA Fabrics of Slovakia.
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- 12 May 2008 -
Gurit divests remaining Swiss winter sport business
Gurit is divesting the remaining part of its winter sport business in Worb, Switzerland, to French group Socrep.
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- 7 May 2008 -
Composites boost OC's Q1 results
Acquisition of Saint-Gobain businesses takes company's first quarter 2008 consolidated net sales to US$1.35 billion.
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- 6 May 2008 -
OC completes sale of plants in Belgium and Norway
Owens Corning finalises sale of two composite manufacturing plants to mergers and acquisitions company Platinum Equity.
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- 2 May 2008 -
FRP Technology opens E-glass plant in Middle East
FRP Technology has opened the first fiberglass factory on the west coast of Saudi Arabia and the biggest in the Middle East.
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- 1 May 2008 -
Quickstep and Vortex form joint venture for pipes
Quickstep Holdings Ltd and Vortex Pipes announce the forging of a joint venture called QuickPipes for high-end, corrosion resistant composites pipes.
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- 1 May 2008 -
METYX and Alcan sign distribution agreement
Turkish reinforcement supplier METYX Composites has become an exclusive distributor of Alcan Airex core materials in Turkey.
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