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Archives :: World News and Views :: Asia/Pacific
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April 2, 2013
Songwon Industrial (Ulsan, South Korea) says it appointed Thomas Schmutz as the director of global technical service effective 1 April. He succeeds Joachim Bayer, who has moved into a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Songwon-appoints-new-director-of-global-technical-service_50882.html April 2, 2013
DSM says it has opened an application development technical center for engineering plastics at Yokohama, Japan. The center will focus on highly functional engineering plastics used in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/DSM-opens-application-development-center-for-engineering-plastics-in-Japan_50878.html April 2, 2013
The Ministry of Commerce, PRC (Mofcom; Beijing) says it extended antidumping measures for nonylphenol (NP) imported from India and Taiwan for a further five years, starting...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/taiwan/China-extends-antidumping-measures-on-nonylphenol-from-India-and-Taiwan_50877.html April 1, 2013
Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG; Tokyo) has sold its 6.25% stake in FMC Wyoming, which contains most of FMC's soda ash and alkali operations, back to FMC for $80 million, NSG says. NSG...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Nippon-Sheet-Glass-sells-soda-ash-stake-back-to-FMC_50828.html March 28, 2013
Ube Industries announced today that it will merge its two consolidated subsidiaries in the machinery business—Ube Machinery (Ube, Japan), and Ube Techno Eng (Ube). The merger...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Ube-to-merge-machinery-business-subsidiaries_50785.html March 28, 2013
Clariant Chemicals India (Mumbai) says its board of directors, on 26 March, approved a proposal to divest its textile chemicals, paper specialties, and emulsion products businesses...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/Clariant-India-subsidiary-to-sell-three-businesses_50784.html March 28, 2013
Sumitomo Chemical says it has established a new wholly owned subsidiary called Sumitomo Chemical (Asia Pacific) at Singapore as its regional headquarters for the Southeast Asia, India...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/singapore/Sumitomo-Chemical-establishes-new-subsidiary-in-Singapore_50782.html March 27, 2013
Metabolix reported fourth quarter 2012 results today, citing increased revenue and a slight gain in net income—though net income was reported as a loss for the quarter. Sales of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Metabolix-releases-fourth-quarter-results-announces-Chinese-film-distribution-deal_50756.html March 27, 2013
Bayer says it has appointed Markus Steilemann as the new head of its polycarbonates business unit. He succeeds Michael Koenig, who will join the board of management of Bayer on 1...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Bayer-appoints-new-head-of-polycarbonates-business_50759.html March 27, 2013
BASF says it will establish its regional headquarters for the electronic materials business unit at Seoul, in order to strengthen the business in Asia/Pacific. The regional...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/BASF-to-establish-regional-headquarters-for-electronic-materials-business-at-Seoul_50758.html March 26, 2013
OECD (Paris), in its latest Economic Survey of China report, says that the country must move toward greener growth. To achieve this greener growth, further improvement is needed in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/OECD-urges-China-to-enact-carbon-tax_50736.html March 26, 2013
Showa Denko says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a controlling stake in Sinosteel Sichuan Carbon (Guangyuan, Sichuan Province, China), an integrated...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Showa-Denko-establishes-graphite-electrode-subsidiary-in-China_50735.html March 26, 2013
BASF says it has set up a new Coatings Technical Competence Center Asean at Bangkok. This new facility supports technical and laboratory activities mainly in motorcycle coatings...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/BASF-opens-coatings-technical-competence-center-in-Thailand_50734.html March 25, 2013
Sinopec’s chemicals segment reports a 2% fall in revenues for 2012 compared with 2011, to 411.9 billion renminbi ($66.5 billion). This decline was primarily due to the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Sinopecs-chemicals-segment-reports-fall-in-profits-and-sales_50712.html March 22, 2013
The new capacity will easily outpace shale-based expansion in North America...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/IHS-WPC-China-coal-based-olefins-MEG-investment-surging_50710.html March 22, 2013
Global styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) prices are expected to be torn in the first half of this year between soft demand downstream from tire manufacturing, as the automotive sector...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Export-opportunities-will-drive-SBR-markets-during-the-second-half-of-2013_50701.html March 22, 2013
Fine and specialty chemicals company CABB (Sulzbach, Germany), Jining Gold Power (Jining, China), and Jinwei Huasheng Chemical (Jining) have signed a memorandum of understanding to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/CABB-to-establish-MCA-joint-venture-in-China_50694.html March 22, 2013
Ministry of Commerce, PRC (Mofcom; Beijing) will impose antidumping duties on imports of resorcinol from Japan and the United States for five years starting 23 March, the Chinese...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/China-slaps-antidumping-duties-on-resorcinol-from-Japan-and-US_50693.html March 22, 2013
The Chinese government says that the new China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA; Beijing) has begun operating today. The government announced earlier this month that it would create...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Chinas-new-food-and-drug-safety-watchdog-CFDA-becomes-operational_50692.html March 21, 2013
As new investments come into North America, production will increase, and much of it will be directed to international markets, says Gary Adams, chief advisor at IHS Chemical....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/IHS-WPC-State-of-the-industry-is-a-matter-of-feedstock-opportunities-Adams_50658.html |
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