Keyword: Polyester

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GF Biochemicals Starts Worldscale Levulinic Acid Unit

03.08.2015 - At Caserta, Italy, GFBiochemicals has brought a 10,000 t/y worldscale plant for levulinic acid, claimed to be world’s largest and the first to produce the bioplastics feedstock...

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Indorama Buys New Polyplex's Turkish PET Plant

14.01.2015 - In a deal set to close during the first quarter of this year, Thai polyester giant Indorama, world's largest producer of PET packaging resins, plans to acquire a 252,000 t/y...

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Indorama Acquires 51% Stake in Turkish PET Producer

17.04.2014 - Indorama Ventures (IVL), world's largest PET producer, appears to be building a strong foothold in the Turkish market through acquisition. The Dutch subsidiary of the Thailand...

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Coim Breaks Ground for Italian Polyols Plant

14.03.2014 - Italian polyester polyols producer Coim has broken ground for a new 35,000 t/y aliphatic and aromatic polyester polyols plant at Offanengo, Italy. Completion of the facility is...

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Sinopec Petrochemicals Unit to Boost Capacity, Tackles Pollution

13.11.2012 - Asia's largest refiner, China's Sinopec, will boost refining capacity at its Yangzi Petrochemical unit by more than half to 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) in mid-2014, and may...

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Saudi SABIC Unit Awards Deals To CTCI, Sinopec

03.01.2011 - Arabian Industrial Fibers Co (Ibn Rushd), an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), signed contracts with Taiwan's CTCI and China's Sinopec Engineering to expand its...