Keyword: Plastics and Polymers
Markets & Companies
21.11.2016
- The biggest – listed – European chemical manufacturers (Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel, Arkema, BASF, Bayer, Covestro, DSM, Evonik, Johnson Matthey, K+S, Lanxess, Solvay, Syngenta...
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10.11.2016
- BASF has announced plans to invest more than €200 million in its global plastic additives business over the next five years. The world’s largest chemical producer said the focus...
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31.10.2016
- In response to megatrends such as Industry 4.0, LED lighting and the digital networking of building services engineering, household appliances and entertainment electronics, German...
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26.10.2016
- Solvay is building a compounding unit in Mexico for its Technyl range of polyamide (PA) resins. The plant in San Luis Potosí will have an initial capacity of 10,000 t/y when it...
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21.10.2016
- US thermoplastics manufacturer Polymer Technology & Services (PTS) has signed a technical collaboration and licensing deal with India’s Formulated Polymers Limited (FPL) to supply...
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18.10.2016
- At least two workers were killed, six others seriously injured and another two declared missing following a powerful explosion and fire that broke out during the late morning of...
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10.10.2016
- Italian bioplastics producer Novamont has started up what is said to be the world’s first commercial plant for bio-production of a major intermediate, 1,4-butanediol (BDO). The...
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08.09.2016
- SABIC has sold its Polymershapes business to US investment firm Blackfriars Corp. for an undisclosed price. Polymershapes is a major distributor of plastic sheet, rod, tube and...
