Keyword: feedstock

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Innovation Makes A Difference

21.11.2016 - The biggest – listed – European chemical manufacturers (Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel, Arkema, BASF, Bayer, Covestro, DSM, Evonik, Johnson Matthey, K+S, Lanxess, Solvay, Syngenta...

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BASF Expanding MDI in North America

18.11.2016 - BASF is in the process of expanding its North American MDI output to take advantage of the abundance of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock on the US Gulf Coast. The German chemical...

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BASF Addresses Questions of Ludwigshafen Blast

28.10.2016 - Ten days after the deadly explosion that rocked its Ludwigshafen, Germany, headquarters site on Oct.17, BASF executives held a press briefing on the current state of play. As of...

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Technip to Supply Ethylene Furnaces to Kazanorgsintez

21.10.2016 - French engineering contractor Technip has been awarded a contract by Kazanorgsintez, Russia’s largest PE producer and one of the country’s biggest chemical companies, to provide...

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Recticel First User of Covestro CO2 Polyol

18.07.2016 - Belgian foam products specialist Recticel has signed an agreement with German engineering plastics producer Covestro – the former Bayer MaterialScience – to use Covestro’s CO2...

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Covestro Expands Coating Raw Materials

11.07.2016 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro, which has a sideline in coatings raw materials, has expanded production of HDI, an important feedstock for its coatings portfolio, in...

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Evonik to Acquire Norel’s Probiotics Lines

06.07.2016 - Evonik has agreed to buy the probiotics business of Spanish animal feed ingredients producer Norel for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes the company’s probiotics portfolio as...

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Decision Delayed in Grangemouth Road Fight

26.04.2016 - Ineos has stalled in the first round but could still win its fight to permanently close a public road that runs through its Grangemouth complex in Scotland. At a hearing held by...