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November 5, 2008
Sabic Slashes Engineering Plastics Production by Up to 20%
Sabic Innovative Plastics (Pittsfield, MA) says it will reduce production of its engineering thermoplastics, including polycarbonate (PC) resins, by up to 20%, effective...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/15185.html
September 29, 2008
Bayer MaterialScience Declares Force Majeure at Baytown
Ike Hit: Baytown without raw materials supply. Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products made by the company’s polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/14477.html
September 19, 2008
Bayer Material Science Declares Force Majeure at Baytown
Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products produced by its polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, specialties; polycarbonates; and inorganic chemicals business...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/14296.html
September 17, 2008
Industry Dismisses Study Linking BPA to Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) links exposure to bisphenol a (BPA) to increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and liver enzyme...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/14255.html
September 4, 2008
Study Finds BPA Can Alter Brain Function in Primates
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, CT) have released a study showing low levels of bisphenol a (BPA) can affect brain activity in monkeys, the first study to...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13993.html
August 19, 2008
California Assembly Rejects Two Bills Banning Chemicals
California’s Assembly rejected one bill that would ban bisphenol a (BPA) in products intended for children under the age of three, and another bill that would ban perfluorinated...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13702.html
August 18, 2008
FDA Review Finds BPA Safe to Use in Food Contact Materials
The FDA says an “adequate margin of safety” exists for bisphenol a (BPA) at current levels of human exposure from food contact uses, according to a draft assessment...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13691.html
July 16, 2008
Dow-Kuwait JV Appoints CEO, Selects Michigan for HQ
Dow Chemical and Kuwait Petroleum’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC; Kuwait City) have named James R. Fitterling as CEO of their proposed petchem joint venture. The 50-50...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13033.html
June 23, 2008
Sinopec and Sabic Extend Scope of Tianjin JV
Sinopec and Sabic say they have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to extend the scope of their previously announced petrochemical joint venture at...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/12635.html
May 19, 2008
Sinopec and Mitsubishi Form BPA and Polycarbonate JV
Mitsubishi Chemical says it has agreed to form a joint venture with Sinopec to produce 150,000 m.t./year of bisphenol A and 60,000 m.t./year of polycarbonate...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/11984.html
December 13, 2007
Dow and Kuwait Petroleum to Form Petrochemicals JV
Dow Chemical says it plans to form a 50-50 petrochemical joint venture with Kuwait Petroleum’s Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC; Kuwait City) subsidiary. PIC will pay about $9.5...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/9369.html
December 5, 2007
polycarbonate
Prices U.S.: $1.85-$2.05/lb del, injection molding; $1.75-$2.00/lb del, extrusion EUROPE: €2,900-€3,150/m.t. del, general purpose ASIA: $2,750-$2,780/m.t. cif Hong Kong...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/9128.html
November 30, 2007
Health Officials Say BPA Poses ‘Minimal’ Risk to Human Reproductive Systems
A panel of experts convened by the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, MD) toxicology program released its final report on suspected human health effects...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/9192.html
November 6, 2007
Bayer Announces Major Restructuring at Bayer MaterialScience
Bayer has announced a major restructuring of its Bayer MaterialScience unit, which is intended to save the company an annualized €300 million by the end of 2009. Announcing the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/8676.html
October 17, 2007
Engineering Plastics Makers Seek Higher Ground
Engineering plastics makers are targeting higher-performance and higher-margin applications, directing commercial development closer to customers that are growing faster than the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/8302.html
July 11, 2007
New Concerns Raised Over Government BPA Review
The Environmental Working Group (EWG; Washington) has raised concerns about changes to the National Institute for Environmental Health Services’ (NIEHS; Research Triangle Park...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/6775.html
June 27, 2007
Bayer Delays Polycarbonate Start Up in China …
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) says it has delayed completion of the second 100,000-m.t./year polycarbonate (PC) production line it is building at Caojing, China, near...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/6703.html
May 2, 2007
Aramco and Sumitomo Plan Further Rabigh Expansion
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, equal partners in PetroRabigh, a refining and petrochemicals project worth more than $9.8 billion at Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, have begun studying a...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/6268.html
February 21, 2007
GE, PetroChina Suspend China Polycarbonate Project
GE Plastics and PetroChina have suspended plans for a world-scale polycarbonate (PC) joint venture plant in China, officials with GE say. The outlook for demand in China remains...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/5649.html
January 24, 2007
Bayer MaterialScience
Bayer MaterialScience LLC (BMS; Pittsburgh), the North American subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience AG, is counting on more robust R&D and innovation efforts to drive above-GDP...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/5471.html












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