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ALBIS PLASTIC
Distributing Styrolution's copolymers in Russia
11.01.2013
ADVANCED
Turkey PP project with Bayegan is scrapped
10.01.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Final go-ahead received for new gas-phase TDI plant at Dormagen / Start-up on track for mid-2014
09.01.2013
SAUDI KAYAN
MoU with Petrokemya for 35,000 t/y UHMW-PE plant at Al Jubail / Operation as 50:50 joint venture
09.01.2013
KERMANSHAH HDPE
New HDPE line in north-western Iran goes on stream / Additional plants due to follow along West Ethylene pipeline
07.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos cracker in Lavera is down / Reports of forces majeures for downstream products / So far FM only confirmed for C4 chain
04.01.2013
EXXONMOBIL
Mega polyolefin complex in Singapore is commissioned / Naphtha cracker in start-up phase / US group now world's largest polyolefin producer
04.01.2013
ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
Balance of worldwide capacity has shifted to Asia / Polyamide is a rare exception / European market holds up relatively well / Massive expansion in China likely to continue
02.01.2013
PERTAMINA
MoU with SK Global, PTT and Mitsubishi for petrochemical joint venture in Indonesia / Commissioning expected in 2017
02.01.2013
STANDARD THERMOPLASTICS
Global capacities exceed 252m t/y / PET output spearheads expansions in 2012 / More than half of global output found in Asia / China will continue to extend its lead in the coming years / Sabic still slightly ahead of Sinopec
21.12.2012
BASF
PA 6 film capacity upgrade in Ludwigshafen / Total output slightly lifted
21.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Iran commissions first stretch of ethylene pipeline / Massive Kavian cracker complex starts up in Assaluyeh
20.12.2012
KEM ONE
Raising emulsion PVC capacity in Spain / New COO for Vinyls business
19.12.2012
REVERDIA
Commercial production kicks off at new bio-based succinic acid plant in Italy / Focus on footwear and packaging applications
18.12.2012
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Borealis' executive vice president Polyolefins Alfred Stern talks to PIE about the global and European market situation and the company's experiences with “Borstar”
17.12.2012
RELIANCE
LyondellBasell's “Lupotech T” technology selected for Jamnagar LDPE/EVA plant
17.12.2012
SOUTH KOREA
Petrochemicals capacity to rise by about 6m t/y to 2016 / Expansions expected in olefins and aromatics segments
14.12.2012
ENGRO POLYMER
Plans to debottleneck Pakistani PVC plant / USD 15m investment / Financial turnaround in first three quarters of 2012
13.12.2012
MITSUBISHI RAYON
Acquisition of US-based Aldila expands position in graphite golf club shafts and carbon fibre intermediates
12.12.2012
3M
Fluoroelastomer capacity expansion in the US / Cooperating with DSM on PA-based light-weight blends
11.12.2012
POLYURETHANE FOAMS
GM joins claimants in massive US price fixing case
10.12.2012
NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
License from Ineos for two new PE plants / Commissioning in 2015
07.12.2012
SHANDONG SHENGQUAN CHEMICAL
Building new 200,000 t/y phenolic resins complex / Commissioning scheduled for July 2013
07.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Imminent consolidation of European HDPE production / Rising global competition
05.12.2012
ARGENTINA
Petrochemicals capacity to remain flat to 2016, GlobalData reports / Dow upgrades Bahia Blanca PE operations
04.12.2012
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