13.01.2016
- BP has agreed to sell its petrochemical complex in Decatur, Alabama, USA, to Thai PET producer Indorama Ventures, the global market leader. Indorama’s AlphaPet PET plant is co...
04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
18.11.2015
- Thailand’s Indorama (IVL), the current PET market leader, is further strengthening its position with the acquisition of competitor Cepsa Quimica’s assets in Spain. The Spanish...
20.07.2015
- Ineos is close to reaching a settlement of its intellectual property complaint against Chinese state-owned chemical giant Sinopec, Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of the petrochemicals...
29.10.2014
- UOP, a Honeywell company, announced today that Shanghai-based CEPSA Chemical will use UOP's Phenol process technology to produce high quality phenol and by-product acetone, key...
11.02.2014
- As the liquidation process for insolvent Spanish PET producer La Seda proceeds, reports from Spain say the company's 170,000 t/y PET polymerization plant at El Prat Llobregat and...
09.01.2014
- Spanish PET producer La Seda de Barcelona, in insolvency proceedings since June 2013, has filed a request with the Barcelona commercial court overseeing the proceedings to...
