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BASF
Sales of EUR 25 bn targeted in Asia through 2020 / Strategy creates 9,000 jobs
07.06.2013
BOREALIS
EUR 100m “Sirius” catalyst plant now open / “Central pillar” of polyolefins growth strategy
06.06.2013
SPOLANA
Plants along Elbe River shut down as cautionary measure to rising water levels
06.06.2013
SYNTHOS
Rising flood levels force shut down of Czech PS and EPS facilities
05.06.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Propylene: PetroLogistics declares force majeure
05.06.2013
EXXONMOBIL
Singapore mega cracker now producing ethylene / New PE and PP plants
04.06.2013
BASF / SINOPEC
Plans to expand EO capacity and build NPG plant at Nanjing JV / Start-up expected in 2014
03.06.2013
ORPIC
USD 3.6 bn investment in integrated olefins project / Annual capacity of 1m tonnes / Country's first polyethylene production site
31.05.2013
OXEA
Plan calls to expand US oxo production / Project leverages shale gas boom / Start-up of carboxylic acids plant in Germany
31.05.2013
PETKIM
Socar to invest EUR 7-8 bn in Turkish chemical park / Earnings rebound in Q1 2013
29.05.2013
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Port Arthur, steam cracker processes ethane from shale gas / Revamp allows use of cheaper feedstocks
29.05.2013
CELANESE
Acetic anhydride plant in France and VAM plant in Spain up for sale
28.05.2013
UBE
Plastics see lower sales, earnings / Strong PA volumes not enough to compensate caprolactam slump
27.05.2013
INEOS NITRILES
Joint venture with Tianjin Bohai Chemical to build world-scale acrylonitrile facility in China / Initial capacity of 260,000 t/y to come on stream in 2016
24.05.2013
TOTAL
Planned EUR 1 bn modernisation of Antwerp refinery and petchems site / Closure of uncompetitive PE unit by end-2014
24.05.2013
ASCEND
UOP licenses C3 Oleflex process to Ascend in US / New plant to be built on Gulf Coast
23.05.2013
BOREALIS
Profits hit by Borouge turnaround / Soft market conditions add to pressure on earnings / Final work on third stage at Ruwais JV is underway
17.05.2013
CORRECTION - BASF / TORAY / GENOMATICA
German group purchases technology licence for renewable BDO / Japanese prepare for scale-up
15.05.2013
OMV
Austrian giant invests EUR 230m in butadiene production / Targets Burghausen refinery / Upgrades Schwechat plant
13.05.2013
INEOS
PVC joint venture with Solvay / Combined projected sales of EUR 4.3 bn / Potential to be in the global top three
08.05.2013
PETROCHINA
No start date set for Sichuan cracker following quake / USD 6 bn facility commissioning delayed again
08.05.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Sale of US polyester resins businesses to Stepan / Columbus site to be expanded
03.05.2013
VERSALIS
Ambitious recovery plan for Italian producer / Set to reduce commodity dependency
02.05.2013
INEOS
Q1 profits fall by 11% following Lavera cracker outage / North America business benefits from low-cost feedstocks
30.04.2013
JIANGSU SAILBOAT PETROCHEMICAL
Chinese olefins, polyolefins units licence Honeywell and LyondellBasell processes
30.04.2013
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