Keyword: Plastics and Polymers

Strategy & Management

Material Solutions for the Automotive Industry

02.04.2018 - Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has...

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Polyplastics USA to Incorporate TOPAS

29.03.2018 - Polyplastics USA, a subsidiary of Japanese-engineering plastics producer Polyplastics, plans to incorporate its US affiliate TOPAS Advanced Polymers (TAP USA) with effect from Apr...

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SABIC Acquires 24.99% Stake in Clariant

26.01.2018 - In a surprise move, Saudi Arabian petrochemicals and plastics producer SABIC has stepped in as a white knight to rescue Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant from the jaws of...

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Bayer Divests More of Covestro

11.01.2018 - As it works toward unloading all of its shareholding in its former plastics subsidiary Covestro – the former Bayer MaterialScience – the Bayer group said it has begun an...

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Celanese Acquiring Custom Compounder

04.01.2018 - US chemicals and plastics producer Celanese is acquiring custom compounder Omni Plastics for an undisclosed sum. The subsidiaries of the Evansville, Indiana-based compounder...

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Europe Calls for Duty Free Bioethanol

18.12.2017 - In the ongoing trade negotiations between the EU and the Mercosur bloc representing South American countries, excessive duties on bioethanol have become a key issue for the...

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Covestro to Hang onto Tarragona MDI Site

14.12.2017 - Engineering plastics producer Covestro has committed itself to continuing production of MDI in Spain rather than close its plant at Tarragona at the end of this year as envisioned...

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ExxonMobil signs MoU for Petchems in China

01.12.2017 - ExxonMobil Chemical has signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with authorities in Huizhou, China, to jointly evaluate plans for...