Keyword: Plastics and Polymers
News
13.01.2016
- Solvay has hired investment banker Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for the polyamide business it picked up for the most part with the acquisition of Rhodia in 2011, the Belgian...
News
08.01.2016
- Italian bioplastics developer Bio-on has joined forces with Eridania Sadam’s Gruppo Industriale Maccaferri (S.E.C.I) to build the world’s first plant for the production of...
News
01.12.2015
- BASF plans to expand its compounding capacities for engineering plastics in Europe from 2017, adding production lines for as much as 70,000 t/y to its Ultramid polyamide and...
Chemistry & Life Sciences
19.11.2015
- 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) is an important chemical intermediate product and raw material for plastics, solvents and synthetic fibers. The alcohol’s production capacities have been...
Strategy & Management
28.10.2015
- The European chemical industry has warned that doubts about proposed changes to the European Union’s carbon emissions trading system (ETS) could hold back investment in...
Sites & Services
28.10.2015
- The Swiss chemical industry has been dominated by worry and uncertainty in 2015. In 2011, the industry was severely affected by the downturn in the global economy and the...
Markets & Companies
28.10.2015
- It is estimated that more than 60% of German companies attempting USA market penetration, subsequently fail and withdraw from the market. Europeans often incorrectly attribute this...
News
14.10.2015
- Belgian chemical producer Solvay has acquired the long-fiber thermoplastics (LFT) technology of Germany’s EPIC Polymers to complement its offering of high performance light...
