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December 18, 2008
Ube Industries Links with Thailand's PTT in Chemicals Collaboration
Ube Industries (Tokyo) and energy company PTT (Bangkok) have signed a preliminary agreement to study the establishment of jointly owned chemical businesses in Thailand. The study will...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/15972.html
November 21, 2008
Rhodia and Arkema Cut Output in France
Rhodia says it has reduced output of nylon and intermediates at its Chalampe and Valence, France sites due to falling demand from the automobile industry. The company is also...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/15481.html
November 21, 2008
Solutia Idles Nylon Assets
Solutia says it will reduce production at all five of its nylon plants and permanently shut certain bulk continuous filament carpet fiber assets at its Greenwood, SC plant. The recent...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/15565.html
November 19, 2008
BASF to Shutter 80 Plants as Demand Shrinks
BASF is temporarily shutting down about 80 plants worldwide and reducing production at approximately 100 plants as it responds a "massive decline in demand in key...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/15449.html
October 20, 2008
Rhodia to Restructure Nylon Business
Rhodia has announced a major restructuring of its nylon businesses in Europe. The program is designed “to help these businesses adapt to changes in the nylon market, which is...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/14825.html
October 17, 2008
BASF Slashes Caprolactam Production
BASF says it has reduced production of caprolactam worldwide by 35% in response to lower demand, and steep rises in raw material and energy costs. The company, one of the leading...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/14800.html
October 8, 2008
Rhodia to Restructure Its Nylon Business
Rhodia has announced a major restructuring of its nylon businesses in Europe to improve their competitiveness. The program is designed "to help these businesses adapt to changes...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/14683.html
July 14, 2008
DuPont Boosts Nylon Resins Capacity
DuPont says it will boost compounding capacity of nylon-6 and -6,6 resins by 30,000 m.t/year, and HTN...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12947.html
July 14, 2008
Solutia Considers Possible Sale of Nylon Business
Solutia says it has retained HSBC Securities USA (New York) to explore strategic alternatives for its nylon business, including a possible sale. The company says it is the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12962.html
June 30, 2008
Arkema Announces Raw Material and Energy Surcharge for Engineering Plastics
Arkema says it will apply a raw material and energy surcharge to the company's engineering plastics products, effective July 14. The surcharge will be applied to the Kynar, Rilsan...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12776.html
June 30, 2008
Solutia to Explore Strategic Alternatives for Nylon Business
Solutia says it has retained HSBC Securities to explore strategic options, including a potential sale, of the company’s nylon business. “Given the strength of our...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12781.html
June 2, 2008
Evonik Boosts Laurolactam Capacity in Germany
Evonik Industries says it will “significantly” expand capacity for laurolactam, an intermediate used to produce nylon-12...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12242.html
June 2, 2008
Lurgi Zimmer Lands Nylon-6 Contract in China
Lurgi Zimmer says it has been awarded a contract by Tianjin Haijing Polymerization Co. (Tianjin, China) to supply its nylon-6 manufacturing technology and services for a new plant to...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12277.html
April 21, 2008
Solutia Boosts Nylon Prices
Solutia says it will increase prices for all its Ascend and Vydyne brand nylon-6,6 resins in North America by 10 cts/lb. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/11478.html
March 3, 2008
Lurgi Zimmer Lands Nylon Contract in China
Lurgi Zimmer says it has been awarded a contract by Zhejiang Huajian Nylon Co. (Ruian, China) to supply a nylon-6...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/10625.html
March 3, 2008
Invista Builds Nylon R&D Center
Invista says it will make a multimillion-dollar investment to build a pilot facility at Kingston, ON to develop next-generation nylon...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/10638.html
February 19, 2008
Invista Builds Multi-Million-Dollar Nylon R&D Facility
Invista says it will make a multi-million-dollar investment to build a pilot facility at Kingston, ON to develop next-generation nylon products. Invista expects the facility to be...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/10428.html
February 18, 2008
Uhde Inventa-Fischer Awarded Nylon-6 Contract in Russia
Uhde Inventa-Fischer says it has been awarded a contract by Kuibyshev Azot (Kuibyshev, Russia) to build a 54,000-m.t./year...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/10392.html
December 19, 2007
Invista Signs Land Agreement for Nylon-6,6 Plant at Shanghai...
Invista, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, says it has signed a land reservation agreement with the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Development Co., paving the way for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/9416.html
November 29, 2007
Court Approves Solutia’s Bankruptcy Plan
Solutia says a federal court has approved its reorganization plan, paving the way for the company to emerge from bankruptcy by early next year. Solutia filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/9193.html
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