17.03.2017
- Citing a “significant” increase in demand, Germany-based engineering plastics producer Covestro will keep its 200,000 t/y MDI plant at Tarragona, Spain, on stream rather than...
24.01.2017
- BASF has announced it will widen MDI capacity at its Antwerp, Belgium, production site to 650,000 t/y of the starting material for polyurethane foam from 550,000 t/y currently. The...
21.11.2016
- In the last 12 months, developments in China’s chemical industry have been somewhat contradictory, as illustrated by two different company statements made in September. On the one...
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...
24.10.2016
- With the inauguration of two world-scale production lines, Covestro has doubled production capacity for the engineering plastic polycarbonate from 200,000 to 400,000 t/y at its...
23.01.2015
- The Port of Antwerp continues to attract petrochemical investments, the operating company says in its annual report for 2014. To underscore its position as an integrated cluster...
30.09.2014
- Huntsman has signed a 12-month agreement with Swiss distributor Distona covering distribution of its "Suprasec" MDI products in Switzerland. The contract covers applications in...
08.02.2013
- Air Liquide will invest an additional €65 million in the Rotterdam basin, the second largest chemical and petrochemical basin in Europe The company has recently signed a long-term...
