Keyword: Plastics and Polymers

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Mixed-feed Cracker Starts up at Sadara

31.08.2016 - The mammoth Sadara complex at Al Jubail Industrial City II, Saudi Arabia, has started up its mixed feed cracker, which will form the core for the $20 billion project operated by a...

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Eni and SK Capital Scrap Versalis Deal

23.06.2016 - Italian state-owned oil, gas and petrochemicals group Eni and US private equity company SK Capital have broken off talks over the sale of a majority stake in Eni’s chemicals and...

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BASF Expands European Acrylates Output

09.06.2016 - Citing rising demand, BASF said it will expand production facilities for its Laromer UV/EB acrylates, at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, headquarters from the third quarter of this year...

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Solvay Engineering Plastics With New Chinese Lab

11.05.2016 - Solvay Engineering Plastics is establishing a dedicated part-testing laboratory in Shanghai, China, to support the growth of customers in Asia. The Belgium-based producer’s first...

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US Silica Rules Set to Take Effect

20.04.2016 - A new federal rule aimed at protecting an estimated 2.3 million workers in the US from silica exposure could affect the plastics and compounding industries. The legislation is set...

Markets & Companies

Adding Value to Plastics

05.04.2016 - Demand is growing around the world for plastics to be made with varying physical and chemical characteristics which can be tailored to specific end-uses. Additives are added to...

Strategy & Management

On Track and Ready for Growth

04.04.2016 - WeylChem is one of three major platforms in the portfolio of the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG). With its non-GMP Fine Chemicals and Custom Manufacturing businesses...

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Metabolix and CheilJedang in PHA Deal

31.03.2016 - US bioplastics company Metabolix has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CJ CheilJedang (CJ), a Korean industrial biotechnology firm, to commercialize production of...