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OLTCHIM
Feedstocks and capital remain sparse / 840 employees have to stay home
06.02.2012
ARKEMA
Follow-up: Acquisition of HiPro Polymers and Casda Biomaterials wrapped up
03.02.2012
LANXESS
Official inauguration of new Jhagadia facilities / Catering to rising Indian demand
01.02.2012
LYONDELLBASELL
“Hostalen” ACP process licensed to China / Start-up of new HDPE plant in 2014
31.01.2012
BRAZIL
Chemicals trade group calls for investments to stem rising imports / Trade deficit reached record levels in 2011
30.01.2012
LOTTE
Asian Development Bank supports Honam Petrochemical's polyolefin project in Uzbekistan / Start-up scheduled for 2015
30.01.2012
UHDE INVENTA-FISCHER
Building new PET plant for Etana in the northern Caucasus
30.01.2012
HDPE
China accounted for almost one third of global demand in 2011 / Middle East has become world's third-largest production region / Emergence of bimodal resins allows for higher-value applications / Latest GlobalData report
27.01.2012
POLYMERA
Expansion of wood polymer composites compounding plant in USA
27.01.2012
KEYUAN PETROCHEMICALS
Constructing new ABS plant in China's Guangxi province
26.01.2012
ALBIS PLASTIC
Distribution pact for PS in Russia
25.01.2012
IMCD
Distributing Altropol's “Neukapol” polyols in Europe and South Africa
25.01.2012
ARKEMA
Functional polyolefins range restructured / Production of certain “Evatane” and “Lotryl” copolymers to discontinue
24.01.2012
NOVOMER
Agreement with Penford to develop bio-based polymer composites
24.01.2012
SULZER CHEMTECH
New PLA demonstration plant in Switzerland
24.01.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for certain “Purell” PE grades from Wesseling
24.01.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Explosion takes out LyondellBasell LDPE line in Wesseling
23.01.2012
MITSUI CHEMICALS
Raising PP output at Thai joint venture / Additional capacity to cater to rising regional automotive demand
23.01.2012
SIBUR
Raising Perm-based EPS capacity / Second production phase to go on stream this summer
19.01.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Styrolution's ABS and SAN production in Ludwigshafen almost back to normal / FM remains in place for now
19.01.2012
REICHHOLD
European price hike / New plant commissioned in China
18.01.2012
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Optimism at recent “Fourth German WPC” congress / Double-digit growth rates / US still world's largest WPC producer / China set to dominate the global market by 2015
18.01.2012
BASF
Building new TDI line in Ludwigshafen / Commissioning scheduled for 2014 / Schwarzheide TDI plant to close / EUR 1 bn investment
18.01.2012
JNC
New plant for long GF reinforced PP resins in China
13.01.2012
SINOPEC
New PP unit commissioned at relocated refinery in south China
11.01.2012
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