Keyword: capacity expansion
News
03.11.2015
- Evonik is raising capacity at Changchun, China, for its polyetheretherketone (PEEK) high-performance polymer in order to meet increasing global demand. Capacity details and a...
News
02.11.2015
- Mexico’s Alpek will boost capacity for expandable polystyrene (EPS) at Altamira by 75,000 t/y, taking total production to 240,000 t/y. Construction work is scheduled to start next...
News
30.10.2015
- Evonik has started up its newly expanded production facilities for specialty silicas at Ako, Japan. The investment will increase by half capacity at the site of DSL, the German...
News
29.10.2015
- Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical is spending altogether 20 billion yen ($166 million) to upgrade silicone output at its two Japanese plants by 2017. At the same time, it will establish a...
News
22.10.2015
- Germany’s Wacker Chemie has officially started its new reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene co-polymer (VAE) dispersions at Calvert City, Kentucky, USA. In expanding its capacity by...
News
05.10.2015
- BASF has expanded its production site at Littlehampton, UK, to meet growing global demand for biological solutions for agriculture and horticulture. Capacity for beneficial...
News
02.10.2015
- Evonik has announced plans for a new world-scale production facility for the amino acid DL-methionine at Singapore’s Jurong Island. If approved by the relevant company committees...
News
29.09.2015
- Thanks to its location on the US Gulf Coast with its booming shale gas industry and generous investment incentives to investors, the state of Louisiana is rapidly becoming a mecca...
