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February 13, 2012
Global demand for polycarbonate (PC) is expected to grow about 5%/year to 2016, to about 4.5 million m.t., driven the new developments in the automotive glazing and consumer...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Global-Demand-for-Polycarbonate-Led-by-Auto-and-Electronics-Industries_41324.html January 26, 2012
A health and environment advocacy group has released a report calling for increased federal oversight of bisphenol A (BPA), detailing short- and long-term action on U.S. federal...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Report-Details-Action-Federal-Authorities-Can-Take-to-Regulate-BPA_40792.html December 23, 2011
The light vehicle industry is a customer of growing importance for the chemical industry in North America, according to ACC's latest Chemistry and Light Vehicles report, released this...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Relationship-Between-Light-Vehicles-and-the-Chemical-Industry-Grows-Stronger_39967.html December 19, 2011
The U.S. FDA says it will decide by April of next year whether it will restrict bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging. The decision is part of a settlement with the Natural Resources...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Settlement-Requires-FDA-Take-Action-on-BPA-in-Food-Packaging-by-March-31_39899.html December 8, 2011
Shell has announced plans to build a 500-m.t./year demonstration unit at the company's Jurong Island, Singapore site to manufacture diphenyl carbonate (DPC), a raw material for...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Shell-Builds-Plant-in-Singapore-to-Demonstrate-DPC-Technology_39604.html December 1, 2011
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says recent findings by the French food safety authority Anses does not change EFSA’s 2010 assessment of bisphenol A (BPA), saying Anses...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Officials-French-Findings-Do-Not-Alter-EFSAs-2010-BPA-Assessment_39437.html November 3, 2011
Sabic’s Innovative Plastics business, along with Chongqing Xiyong Micro-electronics Industrial Park (Chongqing, China) and the Chongqing Economic and Information Commission...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Sabic-and-Chongqing-Government-Sign-MoU-to-Build-Engineering-Plastics-Compounding-Plant_38813.html October 14, 2011
Shell Chemical is in discussions with polycarbonate manufacturers to determine the commercial prospects for its novel, low cost route to manufacture diphenyl carbonate (DPC), an...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Shell-Nears-Commercialization-of-Game-Changing-Polycarbonate-Intermediate_38306.html October 10, 2011
ACC is asking the U.S. FDA to amend federal regulations to state that bisphenol A (BPA) may not be used in baby bottles and sippy cups. The FDA regulation at issue governs the use...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/ACC-Petitions-FDA-to-Modify-Regulations-for-Polycarbonate-Resins_38176.html June 6, 2011
Advocacy group, the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR; Washington, DC), has published a white paper in which it has criticized the chemical industry for mounting a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/U-S-Advocacy-Group-Criticizes-Industry-for-Creating-Myths-about-Bisphenol-A-update_35239.html June 3, 2011
The polycarbonate and bisphenol section of industry group Plastics Europe (Brussels) has emphatically rejected claims made by advocacy group the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Industry-Hits-Back-at-Advocacy-Groups-Claims-on-Bisphenol-A_35266.html May 31, 2011
Al Mady: Requires investment of over $1 billion. Sabic has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sinopec to build jointly a polycarbonate (PC) plant at Tianjin, China. The new...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Sabic-and-Sinopec-to-Build-Polycarbonate-Plant-in-China_35047.html May 24, 2011
Sabic announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sinopec to build a previously announced polycarbonate plant at their joint venture complex at Tianjin...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Sabic-and-Sinopec-Sign-MoU-to-Build-Polycarbonate-Plant-at-Tianjin_34886.html May 4, 2011
Bayer MaterialScience says it plans to invest about $120 million at its Baytown, TX facility to upgrade its isocyanates and polycarbonate units and increase capacity through a series...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-MaterialScience-to-Invest-$120-Million-for-Baytown-Upgrades_34541.html May 3, 2011
Bayer MaterialScience says it will invest about €90 million to expand polycarbonate (PC) capacity at the company's Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany site. The project will increase PC...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-to-Expand-Polycarbonate-Capacity-in-Germany_34524.html May 2, 2011
Perstorp (Perstorp, Sweden) says its Warrington, U.K. plant has resumed caprolactones monomer production following an unexpected technical problem that forced the site offline on April...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Perstorp-Restarts-Caprolactones-Production-After-Production-Outage_34516.html February 3, 2011
PolyOne reported fourth-quarter net income of $16.4 million (17 cts/share), up 34% from the year-ago quarter, beating analysts’ estimates of 15 cts/share, as reported by...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/PolyOnes-Income-Rises-on-Increased-Sales-and-Selling-Prices_32618.html January 6, 2011
Bayer MaterialScience says it has expanded polycarbonate film production at its South Deerfield, MA site, adding the ability to produce gloss-gloss and textured Makrofol polycarbonate...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-MaterialScience-Expands-Polycarbonate-Films-Capacity_31954.html December 9, 2010
Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest about €1 billion by 2016 to increase capacity at its manufacturing complex at Caojing, China near Shanghai. Capacities for methylene...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-MaterialScience-to-Double-MDI-and-PC-Capacity-at-Shanghai_31464.html November 26, 2010
The European Union (EU) has banned polycarbonate that contains bisphenol A (BPA) in baby feeding bottles from June 1, 2011. The ruling has been made due to health concerns relating to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Europe-Bans-Bisphenol-A-in-Baby-Bottles-from-Mid-2011_31209.html |
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