Keyword: Plastics and Polymers

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Solvay and Ineos Submit Application for Clearance of Proposed Joint Venture

19.09.2013 - Further to the signing of a letter of intent to form a 50/50 Joint Venture, Ineos and Solvay have submitted their application for competition clearance to the European Commission...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chinese Chemical Industry and Environmental Protection

02.09.2013 - Getting Serious About Pollution? - According to a report by the World Health Organization, seven of the 10 most polluted cities in the world are in China. Depending on the method...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Korea’s Songwon is Now World’s Number Two Polymer Stabilizers Producer

20.08.2013 - Eight years ago, the family-owned Korean additives and specialty chemical producer Songwon made a bold decision to pursue a new strategy for extending the company's focus beyond...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Peter Greven Starts Up new Production Facility for Ester Lubricants

06.08.2013 - Peter Greven, a leading producer of oleochemical additives with sites in Germany, the Netherlands and Malaysia, is starting up a new production facility for ester lubricants at its...

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BASF’s Realigned Plastics Portfolio Focuses on Growth Markets

28.06.2013 - In an overview of its recently realigned plastics activities ahead of the K 2013 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, in October, BASF said that by bundling all specialty polymers in...

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Lanxess Reports Successful PBT Trials with Bio-based BDO Feedstock

28.06.2013 - Trial production of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) at the Hamm-Uentrop, Germany, plant of specialty chemicals producer Lanxess, using bio-based 1.4 butanediol (BDO) made...

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Peter Greven Starts Up New Production Facility for Ester Lubricants

21.06.2013 - Peter Greven, a leading producer of oleochemical additives with sites in Germany, the Netherlands and Malaysia, is starting up a new production facility for ester lubricants at its...

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German Chemical and Plastics Producers Have Modest Expectations for 2013 Growth

17.05.2013 - For Germany's chemical producers, 2013 began without the hoped-for improvement in business, but at least there was no further deterioration, the industry association Verband der...