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March 19, 2013
DSM has acquired SolarExcel (Venray, Netherlands) and the company will be integrated into DSM Advanced Surfaces, part of the DSM Innovation Center, DSM announced today. DSM Advanced...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/DSM-acquires-light-trapping-technology-firm_50623.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/home/top_of_the_news/UOP-selected-to-provide-technology-for-propylene-project-in-China_50620.html March 19, 2013
The Mosaic Co. has entered into a heads of agreement with the Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma'aden) and Sabic under which the companies intend to establish a joint venture to develop...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Maaden-Mosaic-and-Sabic-sign-agreement-for-$7-billion-phosphate-complex-in-Saudi-Arabia_50619.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/home/top_of_the_news/Toyobo-takes-stake-in-Chinese-polyester-film-production-joint-venture_50614.html March 19, 2013
Versalis, the chemicals arm of ENI (Rome), and the tire major Pirelli have entered into a memorandum of understanding to carry out joint research into the use of guayule-based natural...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Versalis-and-Pirelli-sign-R-and-D-agreement-to-use-guayule-based-natural-rubber-in-tire-production_50612.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/home/top_of_the_news/Teijin-and-partners-to-dissolve-para-xylene-joint-venture-TS-Aromatics_50609.html March 19, 2013
Toyo Engineering (Narashino, Japan) says that it has been awarded a contract by Noltex (La Porte, TX), a subsidiary of Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. (Nippon Gohsei; Osaka), to...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Nippon-Gohsei-expands-EVOH-capacity-in-US-Toyo-Engineering-awarded-contract_50608.html March 19, 2013
Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui & Co. have signed an agreement to commence studies to produce linear alpha-olefins in the United States. The partners plan to set up a 50-50 joint...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Idemitsu-Kosan-and-Mitsui-and-Co-plan-alpha-olefins-project-in-the-US-Update_50584.html March 18, 2013
Dow Chemical announced plans to build four downstream polymer and elastomer units that would be fed from its planned Freeport, TX, cracker....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Dow-plans-four-US-plastics-plants_50594.html March 18, 2013
Samsung Engineering has signed a contract worth $650 million to build a nitrogen fertilizer complex for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (Socar; Baku). The contract, Samsung’s...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Samsung-Engineering-signs-$650-million-fertilizer-plant-contract-in-Azerbaijan_50580.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/home/top_of_the_news/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/home/top_of_the_news/Pertamina-confirms-PTT-Global-Chemical-as-partner-in-$5-billion-petchems-project_50578.html March 18, 2013
Italmatch Chemicals (Genoa, Italy), a producer of phosphorus derivatives and specialty additives for plastics, lubricants, and water management, has acquired the Dequest phosphonates...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Italmatch-buys-Thermphoss-Dequest-and-phosphorus-chlorides-businesses_50577.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/home/top_of_the_news/BASF-to-restructure-leather-and-textile-chemicals-operations-focusing-on-AsiaPacific_50590.html March 18, 2013
The European Commission says that “no qualified majority was reached” in a vote by member states concerning the possible ban of three neonicotinoids: clothanidin and...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/European-Commission-fails-to-reach-majority-in-neonicotinoids-vote_50588.html March 18, 2013
Synthomer (Harlow, UK), formerly known as Yule Catto, reported a 2% rise in full-year 2012 profit before tax, to £98.1 million ($148.2 million), on 12.4% lower sales, of...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Synthomer-reports-flat-profits-on-lower-sales-nearing-completion-of-restructuring-in-Europe_50587.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/home/top_of_the_news/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/home/top_of_the_news/HPCL-to-build-a-$6-9-billion-refinery-and-petrochemical-complex-in-Rajasthan-India_50554.html March 14, 2013
Dow Chemical says it plans to divest up to $1.5 billion worth of businesses over the next 18 months, including its polypropylene licensing and catalysts business and its plastic...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Dow-details-$1-5-billion-divestiture-plan_50507.html March 14, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries said today that it will add 800 million lbs/year of ethylene capacity at its Corpus Christi, TX, site by late 2015. Company officials also announced plans to add as much as 1.2 billion lbs/year of polyethylene (PE) in the United States by 2016 at an analyst meeting in New York today....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/LyondellBasell-details-ethylene-boost-at-Corpus-Christi-plans-PE-unit_50474.html |
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