Keyword: Plastics and Polymers
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20.06.2014
- (CHEManager International 1-2/2014) World plastics production In the second half of the 20th century, plastics became one of the most universally-used and multipurpose materials in...
Chemistry & Life Sciences
06.06.2014
- Controversy And Competition - The Soccer World Cup from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil will captivate millions of people. However, such a big event is not without controversy...
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29.05.2014
- Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to sell German PVC producer Vinnolit to Houston, Texas-based US petrochemical producer Westlake for €490 million ($668...
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21.05.2014
- Scientists at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands have registered patents for a new type of thermoset plastic, called glycix, said to be the only thermoset that is both...
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16.05.2014
- Germany's plastics producers organized in the association PlasticsEurope increased production volumes in 2013 following a setback of 3.5% in 2013. Sales also rose, but association...
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15.05.2014
- Borealis, provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, recorded a net profit of €102 million in the first quarter of 2014...
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29.04.2014
- Total has not put its liquefied petroleum gas unit Totalgaz up for sale, the group said after Paris daily newspaper Les Echos reported that the French oil and petrochemicals major...
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25.04.2014
- At the mammoth plastics trade fair Chinaplas, Celanese announced plans to expand compounding capacity for "Fortron" PPS compounds at its integrated site at Nanjing, China up to the...
