Keyword: Plastics and Polymers

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Natural Resource Base in the Chemical Industry, Growing Markets for Bio-Based Polymers, Lubricants and Surfactants

20.07.2012 - Bio-Based Chemicals - As raw materials become increasingly scarce and expensive and the effects of global warming become progressively evident, the scientific, business and...

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Ditribution agreement between Flow Polymers and Ter Group

17.07.2012 - Flow Polymers announced that they have signed a distribution agreement with European distributor Ter Group. Flow Polymers has been working with the group for almost a year now...

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Univar Signs Agreement to Distribute BASF Additives and Polymers in the Turkey

01.06.2012 - Univar announced it has signed a new agreement with BASF to market and distribute its plastic additives and polymers in Turkey. The agreement includes over forty BASF products such...

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Lanxess builds new polyamide plant in Belgium

31.05.2012 - Lanxess is investing €75 million in the construction of a new plant for high-tech plastics in Antwerp. The world-scale facility for polyamide plastics is designed for an annual...

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Aramco, Sumitomo Chemical Plan $7 Billion Petrochemical Expansion

25.05.2012 - Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical plan to go ahead with a $7 billion expansion of a petrochemical project in the kingdom, the Japanese firm said on Friday, quelling doubts over...

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BYK Additives & Instruments Opens New Lab Building

24.05.2012 - As part of the global Marketing & Sales conference and the site's 50th anniversary, BYK Additives & Instruments is today officially opening its new lab building in Wesel, Germany...

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Solvay's Profit Goal Threatened by Europe Crisis

23.05.2012 - Brussels-based chemicals and plastics company Solvay wants to increase profits by nearly half in the next four years but some analysts consider this target ambitious given the...

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Borealis Q1 Profit Down

11.05.2012 - Borealis, a provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, recorded a net profit of €140 million for the first quarter of 2012 compared to €174 million in the same quarter...