Keyword: capacity expansion

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BASF to Raise German Pigment Capacity

26.03.2015 - BASF will invest about €10 million to expand capacity in Ludwigshafen, Germany, for Paliocrom effect pigments. The investment, which BASF said has been prompted by recent color...

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Evonik to Expand Global Silicone Footprint

26.03.2015 - Evonik is planning to invest "triple-digit" millions of euros in the coming years to expand global production of specialty silicones. Patrik Wohlhauser, executive board member and...

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SABIC to Expand Its Global Innovative Plastics Business

25.03.2015 - SABIC announced a number of investments in its core product portfolio as well as its high performance offerings. Over the next five years, SABIC's innovative plastics business will...

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Arkema to Expand PEKK Output in France and the US

10.03.2015 - To meet growing demand from the carbon fiber composites industry and the 3D printing sector, Arkema plans to double production capacities in France for its new Kepstan PEKK...

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Wacker Widens US Capacity for Dispersions

10.03.2015 - Germany's Wacker Chemie is expanding its vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions production facilities by 85,000 t/y at its Calvert City, Kentucky site in the US. The...

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Arkema Acquires Italian Peroxide Producer Oxido

05.03.2015 - To bolster its already strong position in the peroxides market, French chemical producer Arkema has acquired Oxido, an Italy-based specialist in the formulation of organic...

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Styrolution Consolidates Indian Holdings

29.11.2013 - Germany-based styrenics producer Styrolution, the joint venture of Ineos and BASF, is merging its two Indian subsidiaries, Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd and Styrolution India PVT Ltd...

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Solvay inaugurates silica capacity expansion in France

30.11.2012 - Solvay inaugurated its highly dispersible silica capacity production expansion and its modernized R&D facility at its Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or site in France. This investment follows...