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BASF
Plasticiser expansion to meet growing demand in Asia / Nanjing plant to be debottlenecked
15.01.2008
FLAME RETARDANTS
EU risk review confirms safety of products containing brominated deca-BDE / Basis for REACH registration
09.01.2008
ALBEMARLE
New flame retardant plant in China
12.12.2007
BASF
Plasticisers capacity to increase by 40,000 t/y
30.11.2007
SONGWON
BPC appointed as distributor for stabilisers
28.11.2007
ROHM AND HAAS
Turkish additives plant to start up in 2008
12.11.2007
BAERLOCHER
New office opens in Moscow / Booming Russian additives market
27.09.2007
ALBEMARLE
Second Saytex capacity expansion in Arkansas
20.09.2007
ALBEMARLE
Controlling stakes acquired in Chinese jvs / Plans for exports to other Asian countries
12.07.2007
ICL
Acquisition of flame retardant manufacturer Supresta
04.07.2007
ALBEMARLE
Austrian flame retardant capacity doubled
18.06.2007
BASF
Capacity for specialty plasticiser quadrupled / Now approved for food contact applications
13.06.2007
CHEMTURA
Site closures planned in Italy and France / Restructuring of standard antioxidant production
11.06.2007
JINHAAS
JV to produce plastics additives in China / Rohm and Haas holds 51% share
16.01.2007
BAERLOCHER
Capacity increase for calcium-based stabilisers / New production lines in Malaysia and India
14.12.2006
CLARIANT
"Licocene" plant opened in Germany / 20,000 t/y low-molecular polyolefins
27.11.2006
BASELL
Catalyst capacity hike completed in Italy
27.09.2006
CIBA
Global consulting service for additives
22.08.2006
FLAME RETARDANTS
First VECAP emissions report
21.06.2006
PLASTICISERS
Main application in PVC / Migration can cause problems / Phthalates given negative evaluation / Alternative additives in demand / World consumption of 5.5m t / European market on the decline
17.05.2006
RAPRA
New study: “Flame Retardants for Plastics”
17.11.2005
FLAME RETARDANTS
World demand to approach 2.2m t in 2009 / Fast growth in Asia-Pacific / New Freedonia study
17.11.2005
PLASTICS ADDITIVES
New Rapra report with data for 2000-2004
08.09.2005
SPECIALITY ADDITIVES
Consumption driven by plastics demand / Freedonia sees USD 6.8 bn market by 2009
08.09.2005
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