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May 22, 2013
Elix Polymers (Tarragona, Spain) has signed an agreement with Velox (Hamburg) for the distribution of Elix's acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and styrene acrylonitrile...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/acrylonitrile_butadiene_styrene_san/Elix-Polymers-signs-ABS-distribution-agreement-with-Velox_52233.html May 21, 2013
A fire at Formosa Plastics’ Point Comfort, TX, on 2 May injured 16 people and shut down the PE-1 high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit, which produces Formolene...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/high_temperature_polymers/Formosa-Point-Comfort-fire-impacts-US-HDPE-supplies_52096.html May 15, 2013
Invista has announced it has signed a land reservation agreement with the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Development Co. for a previously announced nylon-6,6 polymer site at the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Invista-purchases-more-land-for-Shanghai-nylon-66-project_52020.html May 10, 2013
European margins for caprolactam could swing back to a loss as fundamentals for May are expected to be unfavorable, IHS chemical says in its latest Global Nylon Fibers & Feedstocks...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/European-caprolactam-margins-under-pressure_51848.html May 2, 2013
Arkema has launched production of Rilsan T, a biobased nylon-10,10 processed from castor oil, at the company's production facility at Serquigny, France, the company has announced. The...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Arkema-launches-production-of-biobased-nylon-1010_51687.html May 2, 2013
DSM's core net profit fell 13.4%, to €129 million ($170 million) during the first quarter of 2013, compared with the same period last year when it stood at €149 million, the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/DSMs-net-profit-falls-13-percent-in-the-first-quarter-as-performance-materials-sales-decline_51661.html May 1, 2013
Saudi Kayan, a Sabic affiliate, says that its polycarbonate manufacturing facility at Al Jubail has been brought back onstream following maintenance. Kayan announced end of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Saudi-Kayan-brings-polycarbonate-plant-back-online-amines-units-to-follow_51629.html April 30, 2013
Solvay says it has decided to invest an undisclosed sum to build a production unit for the biobased nylon polymer PA6,10 at the company's site at Saint-Fons, France. The plant is...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Solvay-to-build-biobased-nylon-facility-in-France_51598.html April 30, 2013
Brenntag has extended its cooperation with Evonik Industries for the distribution of nylon polymer products in Scandinavia, the company announced today. The region covered by the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Brenntag-extends-nylon-distribution-cooperation-with-Evonik_51591.html April 24, 2013
Rennovia (Menlo Park, CA) has announced that hexamethylenediamine (HMD) will be its second commercial target, having demonstrated a chemocatalytic process to produce HMD from renewable...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Rennovia-unveils-renewable-HMD-route_51424.html April 23, 2013
Polymer manufacturer Nizhnekamskneftekhim (Nizhnekamsk, Russia) formally commissioned a 60,000-m.t./year acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) unit, during a visit by Rustam...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/acrylonitrile_butadiene_styrene_san/Nizhnekamskneftekhim-commissions-60000-m-t-year-ABS-unit_51364.html April 5, 2013
Polycarbonate continues to face margin pressure as PC production costs increase on tighter supply and higher prices for feedstock benzene, an IHS Chemical report says. The demand...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/IHS-Chemical-Subdued-demand-volatile-benzene-likely-to-hurt-polycarbonate-margins_50922.html March 26, 2013
Owens Corning (Toledo, OH), a producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems, joined a strategic alliance with BASF and TenCate Advanced Composites (Morgan Hill, CA) to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/thermoplastic_polyester/BASF-Corning-and-TenCate-form-team-to-develop-thermoplastic-composites_50562.html March 19, 2013
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is seeing tightening in the polyurethane (PU) and polycarbonate (PC) markets, a situation that should ease with the company’s investment plans. Patrick Thomas, CEO of BMS, on the sidelines of Bayer’s results briefing in Leverkusen late last month said that last year’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) growth rates were more than 6%....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-expands-PC-and-PU-production-as-markets-tighten_50458.html March 1, 2013
Arkema is betting strongly on the Asian and North American markets, focusing its investments on the high-performance materials and coating solutions areas, to remain on track toward...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Arkema-bets-on-Asian-North-American-markets-on-track-with-2016-road-map_50187.html February 27, 2013
Ascend Performance Materials (Houston) is proceeding with plans to build a $1.2-billion propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility in at its Alvin, TX, site. The PDH unit will use propane...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Ascend-plans-$1-2-billion-on-purpose-propylene-plant-at-Alvin-TX-site_50088.html February 22, 2013
Oversupply and sluggish demand will continue to impact the price of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) in Europe throughout 2013 with changes mostly dictated by feedstock prices, a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/acrylonitrile_butadiene_styrene_san/European-ABS-prices-likely-to-remain-stagnant-during-2013-due-to-poor-demand-oversupply_49993.html February 14, 2013
Invista started production at its expanded nylon salt polymer facility in Rozenburg, Netherlands. “The addition of a salt facility in Rozenburg will provide our customers a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Invista-starts-production-at-nylon-salt-plant-in-the-Netherlands_49830.html February 14, 2013
Solvay achieved a 79% increase in its net income, group share, for the fourth quarter of 2012, to €203 million ($273 million) from €184 million in the fourth quarter a year...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/Solvays-fourth-quarter-net-income-soars-79-percent_49823.html January 9, 2013
Americhem (Cuyahoga Falls, OH), has announced the acquisition of Infinity Compounding (Swedesboro, NJ), a supplier of specialty filled and reinforced engineering thermoplastic...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/acrylonitrile_butadiene_styrene_san/Americhem-acquires-engineered-polymers-manufacturer-Infinity-Compounding_48837.html |
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