19.11.2014
- BASF has completed its withdrawal from the commodity styrenics market with the sale of its share in the 50:50 joint venture Styrolution to its partner, Ineos, which will operate...
12.11.2014
- Styrenics producer Styrolution - until the end of this year a joint venture of Ineos and BASF - plans to close its 80,000 t/y polystyrene plant at Trelleborg, Sweden, by the end of...
01.07.2014
- BASF has decided to exercise the put option in its 2011 joint venture agreement with Ineos and sell its 50 % stake in Frankfurt, Germany-based styrenics producer Styrolution to the...
10.06.2014
- Styron, the US styrenics, latex and rubber producer also known as Trinseo, has kicked off its long awaited initial public offering on the New York stock exchange. The former Dow...
28.05.2014
- US styrenics producer Styron, alternately known as Trinseo, has said it plans to close its only North American polycarbonate plant, at Freeport, Texas, by the end of 2014 and exit...
21.05.2014
- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the body that administers REACH, has opened a public consultation on proposed continued use of the flame retardant chemical...
17.03.2014
- Trinseo, the former Dow Chemical styrenics, engineeering and synthetic rubber business trading until recently as Styron, filed for an initial public offering (ipo) on Mar.14. The...
28.02.2014
- Styrolution, the 50:50 styrenics joint venture of BASF and Ineos, has announced plans to mothball its 150,000 t/y polystyrene plant at Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, in the U.S. by...
