10.08.2018
- Reacting to what it said is strong local demand for the intermediate used to produce PA 6.6, US nylon giant Invista has begun engineering work on a world-scale adiponitrile (ADN)...
10.08.2018
- PET market leader Indorama Ventures is acquiring French recycler Sorepla for an undisclosed sum. The company with 58 employees is one of the largest recyclers in Europe, operating...
09.08.2018
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is selling its half of the 50:50 joint venture Arlanxeo to its Middle East partner Saudi Aramco and exiting the synthetic rubber...
08.08.2018
- Ascend Performance Materials, which regards itself as the largest fully integrated producer of nylon 6.6 resin, has bought its engineering thermoplastics compounder Britannia...
08.08.2018
- EU safeguards for member states whose companies want to invest in Iran – colloquially known as the “blocking mechanism” –officially entered into the bloc’s legal statutes on Aug. 7...
07.08.2018
- The bigger they come, the harder they – potentially can – fall. Up to now, nothing has fallen except share prices, though these usually quickly recover. However, as the round of...
06.08.2018
- Arkema has opened its new 3D Printing Center of Excellence at the Exton, Pennsylvania, site of US business line Sartomer. As part of the facility’s work, the French chemical...
06.08.2018
- Indian chemical contractor Nuberg EPC has secured a $53 million project to build a chlor-alkali and chlorine derivatives complex for Saudi Factory for Chlorine and Alkalies (SACHLO...