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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 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 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 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/polycarbonate/Americhem-acquires-engineered-polymers-manufacturer-Infinity-Compounding_48837.html January 7, 2013
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) says it will recommend to its board that it reject a citizens' petition for a ban on the use of bisphenol...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Maine-DEP-recommends-rejection-of-citizen-BPA-petition_48736.html January 4, 2013
University of Missouri (MU) researchers say they have been unable to reproduce the results of a previous study that had linked exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) to increased rates of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Researchers-fail-to-duplicate-study-linking-BPA-to-obesity-diabetes_48734.html December 7, 2012
Researchers reviewing datasets compiled by the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) say in a recent study that they have been unable to establish a link between...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Study-questions-validity-of-methods-used-to-link-BPA-exposure-and-heart-disease_48216.html October 10, 2012
France’s Senate, on 9 October, unanimously voted in favor of a measure to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging and medical devices, beginning July 2015. The measure...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Frances-Senate-approves-ban-on-BPA-in-food-packaging-medical-devices_46854.html September 27, 2012
Health Canada says its reassessment of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging indicates exposure levels are not high enough to cause concern about adverse health effects in adults or...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Health-Canada-Review-Supports-Use-of-BPA-in-Food-Packaging_46556.html September 18, 2012
A study published in the most recent version of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) links exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) to increased obesity in children. However...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/ACC-Disputes-Findings-of-Study-Linking-BPA-and-Childhood-Obesity_46332.html July 17, 2012
The U.S. FDA announced today it will prohibit bisphenol A (BPA) from being used in baby bottles and sippy cups. Manufacturers several years ago stopped using BPA in these...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/U-S-FDA-Bans-BPA-in-Baby-Bottles-Sippy-Cups_44938.html July 2, 2012
An advocacy group has asked EPA to place bisphenol A (BPA) on the list of contaminants it may regulate under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The 1996 statute requires EPA to keep a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Group-Seeks-Review-of-BPA-Under-Safe-Drinking-Water-Act_44597.html June 28, 2012
An advocacy group has asked EPA to place bisphenol A (BPA) on the list of contaminants it may regulate under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The 1996 statute requires EPA to keep a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Group-Petitions-EPA-to-Regulate-BPA-Under-Safe-Drinking-Water-Act_44514.html May 7, 2012
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA; Parma, Italy) says it has begun work on a scientific assessment of bisphenol A (BPA) that will focus on the potential for adverse health...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/EFSA-Begins-Review-of-Bisphenol-A_43258.html April 30, 2012
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA; Parma, Italy) says it has begun work on a scientific assessment of bisphenol A (BPA) that will focus on the potential for adverse health...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/EFSA-Begins-Review-of-BPA-with-Focus-on-Low-Dose-Effects_43116.html April 12, 2012
Bayer MaterialScience says it will acquire Arkema’s polycarbonate sheet business in the U.S., including the Tuffak-brand line of products used in aerospace, transportation and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-MaterialScience-to-Buy-Arkemas-U-S-Polycarbonate-Sheet-Business_42647.html April 7, 2012
The U.S. FDA has rejected a petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington) requesting restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging. NRDC...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/FDA-Declines-NRDC-Petition-for-Stricter-BPA-Rules_42570.html April 3, 2012
Sabic and Sinopec say that their Sinopec Sabic Tianjin Petrochemical Co. (SSTPC) 50-50 joint venture at Tianjin, China, has today broken ground on the previously announced...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Sabic-and-Sinopec-Begin-Construction-of-$1-7-Billion-Polycarbonate-Plant-in-China_42448.html March 28, 2012
The U.S. FDA has through March 31 to respond to a petition seeking restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/FDA-Response-to-BPA-Petition-Due-by-April-1_42352.html February 21, 2012
Global demand for polycarbonate (PC) is expected to grow about 5.3%/year to 2016, to about 4.7 million m.t., driven by developments in the automotive glazing and consumer electronics...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Auto-and-Electronics-Drive-Polycarbonate-Growth_41418.html |
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