20.01.2015
- The development of shale gas and the resulting low prices for natural gas in the United States have resulted in a major change in the production costs of plastics. According to the...
05.01.2015
- Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings plans to merge its carbon fiber-related businesses, currently part of separate group companies, during 2015. The Japanese conglomerate said the move is...
17.12.2014
- The US Chemical Safety Board has identified process safety management (PSM) as a key area in which it sees scope for improvement in facilities dealing with chemicals. Appointed by...
25.11.2014
- During the last decade especially, globalization has resulted in stretched supply chains and increased risk. Because of the inherent lack of control across the multiple external...
24.11.2014
- Several sources, both among our consulting clients and among industry experts, have remarked that recently, domestic chemical companies have been able to achieve faster sales...
19.11.2014
- The two words on everyone's lips in recent years in the energy industry have been "shale boom." This article will lay out JBC Energy's view of the future of the U.S. shale boom and...
10.11.2014
- In a Manifesto on the Competitiveness of the Plastics Industry in Europe presented at a conference held in Brussels on Nov.4, the two organizations representing plastics producers...
05.11.2014
- Dow Chemical has closed its last remaining production facility in the Teesside area of northeast England. Some 30 workers will be made redundant in the shuttering of the amines and...
17.10.2014
- Jean-Pierre Clamadieu was elected president of the European Chemistry Council CEFIC at the chemical trade body's annual meeting on Oct. 17 in Paris, France. He succeeds BASF...
17.10.2014
- The US shale gas boom is leading to construction of petrochemical and plastics production facilities in regions that have never before seen similar investment. US plastics...