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ASCEND
Set to bring new compounds to European and Asian markets / Company now finalising site for new production plant in Texas
25.10.2013
UBE
More capacity for PA 6 planned in Spain / Investment in the Americas also targeted
25.10.2013
ARKEMA / ADDIPLAST
New toll compounding pact for high-end PA / Bio-sourced and conventional products
24.10.2013
RADICI
Rolls out new polyamide products at K 2013 / Announcement of contract compounding agreement for India
23.10.2013
ASCEND
New compounding plant starts up in Florida
18.10.2013
BASF
Force majeure now over for raw PA 6.6
02.10.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: PA 6.6 "on spec" material by end of September
24.09.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers: Force majeure for high viscosity PA 6 at German site in Guben
26.08.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: Force majeure for PA 6.6 from Ludwigshafen / Compound production also potentially affected
14.08.2013
ASAHI KASEI
PA 6.6 compound production begins in Indonesia / Growing automotive industry / Targets market leadership for performance plastics business
13.08.2013
CHINA POLYAMIDE MARKET
Caprolactam overcapacity likely by 2015 / PA 6 grows presence in engineering plastics sector / Annual growth of 10% forecast for PA 6.6
01.08.2013
EVONIK
Alternative raw material for polyamide 12 / Pilot plant for bio-based ALS in operation in Slovakia
31.07.2013
BASF
New PA 6 und PA 6.6 plant set for China / Capacity to be 100,000 t/y when commissioned in 2015
30.07.2013
INVISTA
Signs exclusive nylon 6.6 deal with Saudi Arabia's PCC / Ongoing commitment to increase global supply
27.06.2013
DOMO
Takeover of Aquafil's engineering plastics business arm now complete / Forward integration in PA
07.06.2013
SOLVAY
Temporary stoppage at Belle-Etoile site / One production line placed on hiatus
31.05.2013
INVISTA
KBR provides engineering services for US nylon feedstock project
13.05.2013
SOLVAY
Construction on bio-based PA 6.10 unit in France
08.05.2013
BRENNTAG
Agreement with Evonik to expand European cooperation / Italy still not part of distribution
06.05.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
DSM's caprolactam production in Geleen down
25.04.2013
ARKEMA
25% stake in Indian castor oil supplier acquired / Access to bio-polyamide feedstock
16.04.2013
DOMO
Exclusive talks on takeover of Aquafil Engineering Plastics
10.04.2013
INVISTA
New nylon salt plant opens in Rozenburg / Plans to raise PA 6.6 output
18.02.2013
BASF
PA 6 film capacity upgrade in Ludwigshafen / Total output slightly lifted
21.12.2012
AZOTY TARNOW
Polish chemical group could be merged with ZAP in Azoty Holding / Eyeing new EUR 1.5 bn Baltic Sea petchems complex with Lotos
04.12.2012
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