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Archives :: World News and Views :: Asia/Pacific
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March 19, 2013
SK Gas (Seoul), South Korea’s largest importer and distributor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), has signed a deal with Lummus Technology to use Lummus’s Catofin process in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/SK-Gas-selects-Lummus-Catofin-technology-for-PDH-plant-in-Korea_50462.html March 19, 2013
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (Beijing) has approved a $4.3-billion investment in a refinery and aromatics complex by Zhejiang Hengyi at Pulau Muara Besar...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/China-approves-Hengyis-refinery-and-aromatics-investment-in-Brunei_50461.html March 19, 2013
Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co. (Markor; Korla, China) plan to establish two joint ventures for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF) at Korla, Xinjiang Uygur Region, in northwest China. The companies have signed the jv agreements and are waiting for regulatory approvals...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/BASF-and-Markor-link-in-BDO-and-PolyTHF-projects-in-China_50460.html March 19, 2013
UOP, a Honeywell subsidiary, says it has been selected by Fujian Meide Petrochemical to provide technology to produce propylene in China. Fujian Meide will use the UOP C3 Oleflex...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/UOP-selected-to-provide-technology-for-propylene-project-in-China_50620.html March 19, 2013
Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE; Mumbai) has won a contract to provide project management at Dangote Group's (Lagos) planned $1.9-billion fertilizer plant at Edo, Nigeria, TCE...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/Tata-Consulting-Engineers-to-project-manage-fertilizer-complex-in-Nigeria_50615.html March 19, 2013
Toyobo (Osaka) says it is investing $8.8 million in SKC (Jiangsu) High Tech Plastics Co. (Nantong, China), a joint venture set up in August 2011 to produce polyester film. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Toyobo-takes-stake-in-Chinese-polyester-film-production-joint-venture_50614.html March 19, 2013
Teijin and its partners, Showa Shell and Mitsubishi Corp., will dissolve their para-xylene (p-xylene) production and marketing joint venture TS Aromatics (Matsuyama, Japan). Sources at...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Teijin-and-partners-to-dissolve-para-xylene-joint-venture-TS-Aromatics_50609.html March 18, 2013
Hambana Petrochemicals ltd. (HPL; Colombo), a company owned by Peak Energy (Singapore), says its previously announced polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant will be build in the Magam...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/Sri-Lankan-PET-project-will-back-integrate-to-PTA-manufacture_50579.html March 18, 2013
Pertamina (Jakarta), Indonesia’s state-owned energy major, has confirmed the selection of PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC; Bangkok) as its partner in a previously announced...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/Pertamina-confirms-PTT-Global-Chemical-as-partner-in-$5-billion-petchems-project_50578.html March 18, 2013
BASF says it will reshape its leather and textile chemicals business with increased focus on growing Asia/Pacific and high-value-adding applications, such as those for the leather...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/BASF-to-restructure-leather-and-textile-chemicals-operations-focusing-on-AsiaPacific_50590.html March 18, 2013
PetroChina says that it appointed Yu Yibo as the company’s new CFO, effective 14 March. Zhou Mingchun stepped down from his position as CFO to take up the role of chief...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/PetroChina-appoints-new-CFO_50585.html March 18, 2013
PolyOne says it will expand its Geon VBX Series vinyl powder solutions business with new production lines at the company’s existing manufacturing facilities at Kutno, Poland; and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/PolyOne-builds-production-capacity-for-vinyl-powder-compounds-in-China-and-Poland_50582.html March 18, 2013
Toray Industries says that it has agreed to purchase in April all shares of Dome Carbon Magic (DCM; Maibara, Japan) from the Dome group, a racing-car designer and manufacturer, in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/Toray-to-acquire-carbon-fiber-reinforced-plastic-businesses-in-Japan-Thailand_50581.html March 15, 2013
State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL; Mumbai) says it has signed a memorandum of understanding on 14 March with the local government in the state of Rajasthan, India, for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/HPCL-to-build-a-$6-9-billion-refinery-and-petrochemical-complex-in-Rajasthan-India_50554.html March 14, 2013
Lubrizol says it will invest more than $400 million over the next four years to expand its chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) resin and compounding manufacturing capacity globally...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/Lubrizol-to-invest-$400-million-to-expand-chlorinated-PVC-capacity-globally_50498.html March 14, 2013
Huntsman Corp. says it has acquired a 20% stake in Nippon Aqua (Yokohama, Japan), a spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation company, and that it has entered into a 10-year supply...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Huntsman-acquires-stake-in-Japanese-spray-polyurethane-foam-insulation-firm_50501.html March 13, 2013
Neuland Laboratories (Hyderabad, India), a pharmaceutical manufacturer providing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), complex intermediates, and contract manufacturing services...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Chemical-subsidiary-partners-with-Indian-pharma-ingredients-firm_50469.html March 13, 2013
Cabot says that it has completed a significant investment to establish a new plastics applications development laboratory at Shanghai. The investment in plastics processing, testing...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Cabot-establishes-plastics-applications-development-laboratory-at-Shanghai_50472.html March 13, 2013
Ube Industries (Tokyo), Mitsubishi Corp. (Tokyo), Lotte Chemical (Seoul), and its wholly owned Lotte Chemical Titan (Kuala Lumpur) subsidiary have established a joint venture at Pasir...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/Ube-Lotte-Chemical-and-Mitsubishi-Corp-form-synthetic-rubber-JV-in-Malaysia_50466.html March 12, 2013
Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a contract by Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical for the design of a sulfuric acid regeneration plant at Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Jacobs-awarded-contract-for-sulfuric-acid-regeneration-plant-in-China_50442.html |
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