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Baker Hughes Opens Chemicals Plant in Singapore

19.08.2022 -

US energy technology company Baker Hughes has opened a new oilfield services chemicals manufacturing facility in Singapore, boosting its local capabilities and expanding...

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Kolb Takes on the KLK OLEO Identity

05.04.2016 - In 2007, Hedingen, Switzerland-based performance chemicals manufacturer/distributor Kolb became a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), a company incorporated in Malaysia...

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BASF Declares FM for EO-Based Care Chemicals

22.05.2015 - BASF has declared force majeure for ethylene-oxide (EO)-based products in its Care Chemicals portfolio, due to a captive shortage of the ethylene derivative. The restrictions apply...

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Sasol Board Approves $8 Billion Louisiana Cracker

28.10.2014 - After receiving all permits, the board of South African chemical producer Sasol has given the green light to begin construction on the company's planned $8.1 billion, 1.5 million t...

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La Seda Liquidation Seen to Be at Advanced Stage

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...

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ECHA Review Finds No Need to Tighten TDI Restrictions

06.12.2013 - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has concluded that there is no need for farther-reaching restrictions on the use of polyurethane chemical TDI in European work places if...

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La Seda Asset Sale Now in Progress

06.11.2013 - The disposal of assets belonging to insolvent Spanish PET producer has been approved by the Barcelona commercial court handling the proceedings. Authorities have now given the...

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Linde to Invest €70 million in Managing Sibur’s Gas Infrastructure

18.06.2013 - Gases and engineering group Linde has signed a contract with Russian petrochemical giant Sibur to manage the gas supply infrastructure at Sibur's Dzerzhinsk site in the Nizhny...