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AROMATICS OMAN
World's largest paraxylene plant to begin production in 2009 / 814,000 t/y capacity
18.05.2007
BASELL
50th "Lupotech T" licence granted to Qapco
02.05.2007
BOROUGE
Tecnimont and Tecnicas Reunidas awarded Ruwais expansion contracts worth USD 3 bn
24.04.2007
KAUTEX MASCHINENBAU
Saudi Arabian institute orders 15 blow moulders / Instructor training included
27.03.2007
SABIC
Entry into polycarbonate market / New polyolefins plants in Saudi Arabia
19.02.2007
UHDE
German contractor to build Egyptian PP plant / "Breakthrough" for new propylene-to-PP process
18.01.2007
CHEMTURA
Metal alkyls catalyst plans
30.11.2006
SCOTT BADER
Resin capacity to rise in the Middle East
04.07.2006
RUSSIA
Krauss-Maffei and Berstorff set up joint venture
22.06.2006
AGROLINZ MELAMINE
Melamine resin plant to be built in UAE / Soon to be market leader ahead of DSM
20.04.2006
ISRAEL
Plastics imports rise / Investment in plant and machinery needed
12.04.2006
VISTEON / HALLA
HVAC components in Turkey
27.03.2006
TECHNIP
Contract to build ethane cracker for Kuwait jv / Project to increase ethylene derivatives output
02.02.2006
MIDDLE EAST
Future hub of the plastics world will become the centre of global production for polyolefins / Gas as a cheap raw material base / Naphtha feedstocks are likely to be substituted by ethane
20.10.2005
BOROUGE
Plans for new cracker firmed up / Material for high-end applications / Asian market targeted
28.07.2005
PLASTICS INDUSTRY IN SAUDI ARABIA
Gulf region with strong plastics processing industry / Booming economy fuels Arabplast in Dubai
02.06.2005
TOSAF
Capacity to be increased in Israel and Europe
16.09.2004
BASELL
Arak Petro licenses technology for PE and PP / Tecnimont and Uhde to handle engineering
19.08.2004
DOW CHEMICAL
Petrochemical jv agreed with Oman firm / Cracker and three world-scale PE plants
19.08.2004
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