Keyword: Plastics and Polymers
News
12.09.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has announced plans to add a 3,500 t/y production train to its Desmopan thermoplastic elastomers (TPU) plant at Cuddalore in India'sTamil Nadu state...
News
09.09.2014
- US plastics compounder and distributor A. Schulman has paid $6.7 million to acquire Australian plastics producer Compco. The company based at Melbourne with sales of just under...
Chemistry & Life Sciences
28.08.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience's research into carbon dioxide as a new raw material for making plastics is delivering further successes. In laboratory tests, the company has succeeded in...
News
15.08.2014
- Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding its Gastonia, North Carolina, compounding facility for high-tech plastics by adding a second production line. The expansion...
News
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...
News
01.08.2014
- US-based Westlake Chemical has completed its acquisition of German PVC producer Vinnolit from private equity investor Advent International, making it by its own calculation world's...
News
11.07.2014
- US plastics compounder and distributor A. Schulman has completed its acquisition of a "selected majority" of Ferro's Specialty Plastics assets for $91 million in cash. The deal...
News
25.06.2014
- BASF is significantly expanding compounding capacity for its Ultramid PA and PBT in Asia to meet demand from automotive industry customers. Additionally, it is widening output of...
