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Chevron Phillips to Expand Texas Alpha Olefins Unit

03.07.2014 - Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) has received approval from its board of directors and obtained an environmental permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)...

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LG Chem Signs MOU to Build China EV Battery Plant

03.07.2014 - South Korea's LG Chem has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a factory for electric vehicle batteries in China by 2015, betting on growing demand in the world's top car...

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Lanxess Starts New 90,000 t/y PA Plant in Belgium

02.07.2014 - German chemical producer Lanxess has started up its new world-scale polyamide plant at Antwerp, Belgium. The 90,000 t/y facility was built at a cost of €75 million and will supply...

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ExxonMobil Begins Texas Cracker Construction

20.06.2014 - After receiving all regulatory approvals, ExxonMobil Chemical has begun construction of its new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker project and related plastics facilities in Baytown...

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Chevron Phillips Starts World’s Largest 1-Hexene Plant

13.06.2014 - Chevron Phillips Chemical has started up what it says is the world's largest on-purpose 1-hexene plant. The new unit at the petrochemical producer's Cedar Bayou complex in Baytown...

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KSB Invests €12 Million in French Production Site

11.06.2014 - The KSB Group is investing in its La Roche-Chalais plant in western France to strengthen and expand its position on the global cryogenic valves market. The new building, due to be...

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Ineos Technology for New EPS Plant in Qatar

06.06.2014 - Ineos Technologies has licensed its process for regular and flame retardant expandable polystyrene to EPS Qatar for use in a new production complex to be built in the Doha region...

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BASF to Build New PAG Plant at Ludwigshafen

28.05.2014 - BASF plans to invest a "double digit million euro" sum in a new plant at Ludwigshafen for lubricants based on polyalylene glycol (PAG) and blends. The facility, for which no...