Keyword: Plastics & Polymers

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Avantium Buys Liquid Light CO2 Technology

12.01.2017 - Dutch renewables group Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light, a US company using waste CO2 to produce chemical, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which effectively...

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Corbion and Total in PLA Joint Venture

18.11.2016 - Netherlands-based Corbion and French energy and petrochemicals group Total are linking up in a bioplastics joint venture in Thailand. The 50:50 joint venture, to be located in the...

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Tecnimont Wins Petronas HDPE Project

15.11.2016 - Italy’s Tecnimont and its joint venture partner HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC) of China have been awarded a contract by Malaysia’s PRPC Polymers for a high...

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Foster to Distribute Solvay Sulfone Resins in US

03.11.2016 - Solvay has appointed US-based Foster Corporation to distribute its Udel polysulfone and Radel polyphenylsulfone resins in the North American healthcare market. Based in Putnam...

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Arkema Hikes China Fluoropolymer Capacity

31.10.2016 - Growing demand has prompted Arkema to boost capacity for its Kynar polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in Changshu, China. The French chemical producer said the 25% increase in output...

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Celanese to Acquire SO.F.TER. Group

19.10.2016 - US chemical producer Celanese is beefing up its plastics compounding portfolio with the planned acquisition of Forli, Italy-based SO.F.TER. Group, one of the world’s largest...

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Badlands Plans US Gulf Alpha Olefins Plant

04.10.2016 - Denver, Colorado-based gas producer Badlands NGLs is planning to build a merchant alpha olefins plant on the US Gulf Coast. A decision on the plant’s location is expected in the...

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ELIX Upgrades American Styrenics Supply

16.09.2016 - As part of an effort to enhance its presence in North America, ABS specialist ELIX Polymers is opening a central warehouse in the US state of New Jersey to enable shorter lead...