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Archives :: World News and Views :: Asia/Pacific
Displaying 41 - 60 of 4494 stories.
May 2, 2013
India is cutting subsidies on phosphate and potash fertilizers in fiscal year, which began in April, in an effort to cut fiscal deficit. The Indian government said on Wednesday that...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/India-cuts-phosphate-and-potash-subsidies-move-could-hit-consumption-and-imports_51664.html May 2, 2013
The petrochemical business segment of Idemitsu Kosan reported a 34% rise in operating profits for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2013, compared with the previous fiscal year, to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Idemitsu-Kosans-petrochemical-business-reports-rise-in-profits-and-sales_51659.html May 1, 2013
BASF India (Mumbai), a BASF subsidiary, reports a 66.7% rise in net profits for the company’s fourth quarter, ended 31 March, compared with the year-ago quarter, to 133.1 million...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/BASF-India-reports-rise-in-profits-and-sales_51631.html May 1, 2013
Mitsubishi Rayon and Daicel say their joint venture, Toyama Filter Tow (Toyama City, Japan), which produces acetate tow for cigarette filters, started functioning today...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Mitsubishi-Rayon-and-Daicel-outline-plans-for-acetate-tow-JV_51626.html May 1, 2013
Mitsubishi Chemical; its wholly owned Japan Polychem Corp. (JPC; Tokyo) subsidiary; and JNC (Tokyo), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chisso (Tokyo), have decided to transfer the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Mitsubishi-Chemical-and-JNC-to-transfer-PP-compound-businesses-to-Japan-Polypropylene_51624.html April 30, 2013
Tokuyama (Tokyo) has reported a net loss of ¥37.9 billion ($388 million) for the fiscal year ended 31 March, compared with a net profit of ¥9.3 billion in the previous fiscal...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Tokuyama-swings-to-loss_51586.html April 30, 2013
BASF says it will establish a new regional R&D center for electronic materials at Seoul. The new center will be BASF’s first electronic materials R&D center in South...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/BASF-to-establish-R-and-D-center-for-electronic-materials-in-South-Korea_51584.html April 29, 2013
KMG Chemicals has agreed to acquire OM Group’s electronic chemicals business in a $60-million deal, the company says. The business, known within OM Group as ultrapure chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/singapore/KMG-to-acquire-OM-Groups-electronic-chemicals-business_51564.html April 29, 2013
SK Global Chemical, the petrochemical business of SK Innovation (Seoul), formerly SK Energy, recorded a 28.5% rise in operating profits for the first quarter of 2013 compared with the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/SK-Global-Chemical-reports-rise-in-quarterly-profits_51517.html April 29, 2013
Specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor IMCD Group (Rotterdam) says it has opened an office at Bangkok. The office in Bangkok currently employs four people, covering the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/IMCD-opens-office-in-Thailand_51554.html April 29, 2013
PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC; Bangkok) says it will buy the 40% it does not already own in PTT Phenol from parent PTT for 4.97 billion baht ($169.88 million). The transaction...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/thailand/PTT-Global-Chemical-to-acquire-full-control-of-PTT-Phenol_51553.html April 29, 2013
Tronox says it has appointed Minelco Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) as its primary distributor for zircon in China. “China is the world's largest market for zircon ore, an essential...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Tronox-appoints-Minelco-as-distributor-for-zircon-In-China_51549.html April 29, 2013
Sinopec’s chemicals segment posted an 87.4% fall in operating profits in the first quarter of 2013, to 164 million renminbi ($26.6 million), compared with the year-ago quarter...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Sinopecs-chemicals-segment-reports-huge-fall-in-profits_51544.html April 26, 2013
The country’s spirits have been lifted since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who returned to office in December, launched aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus to reverse nearly 20 years of deflation and flat economic growth....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/Japan-hopes-for-recovery_51494.html April 26, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries has licensed its Lupotech T and Lupotech A process technologies to Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical (JSPC; Lianyungang, China) for a low-density polyethylene...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/LyondellBasell-licenses-PE-technology-to-China_51482.html April 26, 2013
Solvay says it will build a large alkoxylation facility in Singapore that is expected to start operations by 2015 and serve the fast-growing Asian market for home- and personal-care products, coatings, agchems, and oil and gas....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/singapore/Solvay-to-build-alkoxylation-plant-in-Singapore-Shell-to-supply-feedstock_51481.html April 26, 2013
India’s chemical industry, including its specialty chemicals sector, has huge potential to grow. However, issues such as poor infrastructure; slow progress in the establishment...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/india_pakistan/Bottlenecks-hamper-Indias-chemical-industry-PCPIRs-yet-to-be-implemented-effectively_51469.html April 26, 2013
SK Innovation (Seoul) plans to enter the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) battery market via a joint venture at Beijing with two state-owned Chinese partners, Beijing Automotive Industry...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/SK-Innovation-to-form-car-battery-JV-in-China_51467.html April 26, 2013
China is in the midst of a surge in coal-to-chemicals investment, says Paul Pang, managing director of IHS Chemical China....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/China-Location-is-the-key-to-Chinas-new-generation-of-coal-chemicals_51465.html April 26, 2013
Asahi Kasei Chemicals (AKC), an Asahi Kasei subsidiary, says it will expand capacity for the company’s Duranate hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)–based polyisocyanate at...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/china/Asahi-boosts-HDI-based-polyisocyanate-in-China_51431.html |
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