11.08.2014
- Subject to approval by all relevant authorities, Borealis will acquire full ownership of Speciality Polymers Antwerp. The polymer producer based at Zwijdrecht, Belgium, near...
01.08.2014
- Indian steel and plastics manufacturer Essar is in talks with BASF about a $2 billion petrochemicals joint venture, the newspaper Economic Times reports. Quoting "people directly...
29.07.2014
- French chemical producer Arkema has started up a 45,000 t/y plant for MMA at its Clear Lake, Texas site. The company said the new production unit represents the last phase of a...
28.07.2014
- BASF Shanghai Coatings, a joint venture between BASF and Shanghai Huayi Fine Chemical Co., has opened the €50 million expansion of its automotive coatings plant at Shanghai, China...
22.07.2014
- Germany's Evonik and AkzoNobel of the Netherlands are discussing plans for joint construction and opearation of a membrane electrolysis plant for potassium hydroxide solution and...
18.07.2014
- It appears that Marl, Germany-based PVC producer Vestolit may be up for grabs again. Private equity investor Strategic Value Partners (SVP) Global is said to be looking to sell the...
17.07.2014
- Germany's Evonik and its Chinese partner, Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, have signed a letter of...
14.07.2014
- World's largest chemical producer BASF and Mexico's Alpek have agreed to restructure their 50:50 Mexican joint venture Polioles. Under the terms of the transaction set to close in...
