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MATRICA
First biochemical plant begins operations in Porto Torres / Additional downstream facilities set to start up in near future
18.06.2014
HYOSUNG
Commercial polyketone production to commence in South Korea in 2015 / Small orders of compounds already available / Röchling extrudes semi-finished parts
17.06.2014
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
US-residential construction helps drive up demand by 9.8% annually / Market to reach USD 5.5 bn in 2018 / Freedonia report
11.06.2014
BIOFIELDS
Mexican group appoints Helm as exclusive distributor of its castor oil / Feedstock for long-chained bio-polyamides
10.06.2014
TORAY
Producing bio-polyester based on Gevo's renewable isobutanol / Scale-up evaluation and market development
06.06.2014
BIOAMBER
Take-or-pay bio-succinic acid contract with Thai PBS producer PTTMCC Biochem / Three-year deal for more than 10,000 t/y
08.05.2014
MEREDIAN
Pilot success indicates potential for commercial production of biodegradable plastics
05.05.2014
CELANESE
PPS compounding plant in China to be expanded
25.04.2014
POLYOLS MARKET
Global green and bio polyols sector growing at 10.8% per year / Strongest growth in Asia / Corn and soybean most common feedstock / Markets and Markets report
24.04.2014
RUSSIA
Specialty chemicals market to grow by 5.6% to 2018 / Government targets reduction in imports to 12% / TechSci Research report
23.04.2014
DOW
Start-up of new chlor-alkali joint venture in Texas / Facility replaces older unit
04.04.2014
THERMOSET RESINS
South African and Kenyan demand to rise by 3.9% per year to 2017 / Infrastructure developments boost growth / Frost & Sullivan report
26.03.2014
COMPOSITES MARKET
Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth
25.03.2014
SUCCINITY
Follow-up: BASF-Purac joint venture begins commercial biobased succinic acid production
04.03.2014
AMIANTIT
Saudi pipe giant invests heavily in Norwegian Flowtite Technology subsidiary / 25 global production sites for GRP pipes
03.03.2014
K.D. FEDDERSEN
Bioplastics can help solve Europe's plastic waste problem, says distributor
14.02.2014
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Court dismisses lawsuit against German environmental group over PLA-based bioplastic bags
12.02.2014
CELLULAC
Plans for sustainable lactic acid production in converted brewery / Up to 100,000 t/y output from Irish facility
05.02.2014
BIOAMBER
100,000 t/y bio-based BDO facility planned in North America / Offtake agreement with Vinmar extends for 15 years / Market breakthrough
04.02.2014
BASF
“Ultrason” high-performance thermoplastics plant starts up in Korea
22.01.2014
BIESTERFELD
Distribution agreement for Solvay's polysulfones in Scandinavia
16.01.2014
BRASKEM
Agreement with Genomatica to develop bio-based butadiene process / Genomatica butadiene programme extended into the Americas
16.01.2014
SUCCINITY
Spanish succinic acid plant production underway / Commercial volumes expected in Q1
13.01.2014
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Decking is biggest application for WPC / European market nearing maturity / Industry battles against image problems due to water absorption / China catching up to world market leader North America / WPC Congress in Cologne
08.01.2014
INVISTA
PA 12 pilot testing set to soon begin / New monomer technology / Commercial production as soon as 2015 likely
03.01.2014
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