LyondellBasell plans to permanently close one of its two polypropylene (PP) plants at Brindisi, Italy, due to increasingly difficult market conditions and a poor outlook...
Borealis has signed an agreement to acquire Rialti, a producer of mechanically recycled polypropylene (PP) compounds for injection molding and extrusion.
Polish chemicals and plastics producer Grupa Azoty has started up what it says is the first new polypropylene plant to be built in Europe in 15 years, while also...
France’s TotalEnergies said it plans to build a new production line for high-performance recycled polypropylene used in automotive applications at its polymer production...
US nylon giant Ascend Performance Materials has acquired an undisclosed majority stake in compatriot Circular Polymers, a recycler of post-consumer high-performance...
27.06.2017
- The board of directors at Brazilian petrochemicals producer Braskem has formally approved the construction of a 450,000 t/y polypropylene (PP) plant at its site in LaPorte, near...
15.07.2016
- Dow Chemical has become the first foreign company to receive a trading license from the government of Saudi Arabia. The status allows the US group to hold a 100% stake in the...
23.06.2016
- Dow Chemical has become the first foreign company to receive a trading license from the government of Saudi Arabia. The status allows the US group to hold a 100% stake in the...