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July 27, 2011
Braskem Buys Dow's Polypropylene Business for $340 Million; Eyes Further Investments in the Americas
Dow Chemical says it will sell its global polypropylene (PP) business to Braskem for $340 million. The divestiture includes Dow’s PP manufacturing facilities at Schkopau and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Braskem-Buys-Dows-Polypropylene-Business-for-$340-Million-Eyes-Further-Investments-in-the-Americas_36472.html July 27, 2011
The European Commission has cleared a proposed acquisition of the suspension polyvinyl chloride (S-PVC) business of the Tessenderlo Group by Ineos. The commission concluded that the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Europe-Clears-Ineoss-Acquisition-of-Tessenderlo-PVC-Business_36451.html July 26, 2011
BASF has announced plans to double capacity for its innovative, phthalate-free plasticizer, Hexamol Dinch. The company will build a second production line at its Ludwigshafen complex...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/BASF-to-Double-Capacity-for-Phthalate-free-Plasticizer-Hexamoll-Dinch_36417.html July 26, 2011
Two Malaysian companies KNM Group and Zecon Bhd have signed an agreement with Gulf Asian Petroleum Sdn Bhd (GAP; Kuala Lumpur) to build a refinery and polypropylene (PP) plant at Teluk...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Gulf-Asian-Petroleum-Plans-Refinery-and-PP-Complex-in-Malaysia_36414.html July 18, 2011
Sahara Petrochemical Co., says its Jubail, Saudi Arabia based Al Waha, joint venture, had to take its entire complex offline on Saturday July 16, due to a technical fault in the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Sahara-Petrochemical-Co-Takes-Al-Wahas-PP-Complex-Offline-Due-to-Technical-Fault_36190.html July 13, 2011
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh; Rabigh, Saudi Arabia) has delayed until the end of this month the re-commissioning of one of the main units within the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Petro-Rabigh-Delays-Restarting-of-HOFCC-Unit-Expects-Lower-PP-Sales_36116.html July 12, 2011
Mossi & Ghisolfi Group (M&G; Tortona, Italy) says it has selected Corpus Chrisit, TX as the location for a previously announced integrated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/M-and-G-to-Build-PTA-PET-Complex-at-Corpus-Christi-TX_36080.html July 11, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals and its subsidiary Prime Polymer (Tokyo) have announced plans to hike capacity for polypropylene (PP) composites for automotive applications at their U.S. and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Mitsui-Chemicals-Hikes-PP-Composites-Capacity-in-North-America_36072.html July 8, 2011
SRF (Gurgaon, India), a producer of refrigerants, engineering plastics and technical textile yarns, plans to invest about $70 million in a 30,000-m.t./year biaxially oriented...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/SRF-Invests-in-BOPP-Plant-in-South-Africa-Will-Soon-Complete-HFC-134-a-Unit-in-India_36037.html July 7, 2011
Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. (HPL; Kolkata, India), the only petrochemicals producer on India’s east coast, will shut down its entire complex at Haldia, India for a period of about...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Haldia-Petrochemicals-Will-Shutter-Entire-Complex-for-About-Two-Weeks_35974.html July 6, 2011
Burel Industries (Manama, Bahrain) has selected Dow Chemical’s Unipol technology for a 250,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant to be built as part of a previously announced...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Burel-Industries-Awards-Polypropylene-Technology-Contract-to-Dow_35938.html July 5, 2011
BASF has confirmed reports in the German media that it will receive €600 million ($870 million) from Styrolution (Frankfurt), the equally owned styrenics joint venture with...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polystyrene/BASF-to-Receive-&euro600-Million-from-Styrolution-JV-to-Equalize-Assets_35923.html June 30, 2011
Gail India (New Delhi) has made a proposal to build a naphtha cracker at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, one of India’s Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Regions...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Gail-India-Plans-Naphtha-Cracker-in-Andhra-Pradesh_35869.html June 29, 2011
La Seda de Barcelona has agreed to sell its Artenius Portugal polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins plant to Control PE, SGPS, a unit of Imatosgil and Banco Espirito Santo (Lisbon)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/La-Seda-Sells-Portuguese-PET-Plant_35841.html June 27, 2011
The government of the Russian Amur region, which shares its southern border with China, has proposed the construction of a joint ruble217 billion ($7.7 billion) refinery and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Russia-Proposes-a-Russo-Chinese-Refinery-and-Petchems-Project_35800.html June 23, 2011
Westlake Chemical says its subsidiary North American Pipe Corporation has shut down its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe facility at Springfield, KY in an effort to reduce costs and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Westlake-Closes-North-American-Pipe-PVC-Plant-at-Springfield-KY_35703.html June 23, 2011
An Indo-Egyptian joint venture, The Egyptian-Indian Polyester Co., is today launching a $160-million polyethylene terepththalate (PET) resin project in the private free zone area at...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Indian-Company-Launches-Huge-PET-Project-in-Egypt_35691.html June 23, 2011
Asahi Kasei Chemicals (AKC), an Asahi Kasei subsidiary, says it has broken ground on a previously announced plant to produce solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) at...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Asahi-Kasei-Breaks-Ground-on-SSBR-Plant-in-Singapore_35689.html June 21, 2011
National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NatPet), an Alujain Corporation subsidiary, has resumed operations at its Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, complex after completing a scheduled...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/NatPets-Polypropylene-Complex-Back-Onstream-after-Maintenance_35642.html June 16, 2011
PolyOne says it will open a new polymer distribution warehouse and sales facility at Shanghai, China on July 1, marking the entry of the company’s distribution channel into Asia...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/PolyOne-to-Open-Polymer-Distribution-Facility-in-Shanghai_35564.html |
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