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December 17, 2010
Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem) says it has awarded the engineering design, procurement, and construction contract for a previously announced ethylene vinyl acetate...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Koreas-GS-E-and-C-to-Build-EVA-Plant-for-Sipchem_31704.html December 15, 2010
Dynasol, a joint venture of Repsol and the Kuo Group (Mexico City) says it has signed an agreement with Shanxi Northern Xing’an Chemical Industry (Xing’an) to jointly...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Dynasol-to-Form-Synthetic-Rubber-JV-in-China_31591.html December 14, 2010
Sasol Polymers says it has agreed to a R 111.6 million settlement ($16.4 million) with the South African Competition Commission in relation to its existing propylene supply agreement...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Sasol-Polymers-Settles-Price-Fixing-Suit_31577.html December 14, 2010
Lanxess says it has agreed to acquire DSM’s Elastomers unit for €310 million ($411 million). The purchase price is about 6 times estimated 2010 Ebitda. The business is...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Lanxess-to-Buy-DSM-Elastomers-for-&euro310-Million_31576.html December 9, 2010
Indorama Ventures (Bangkok) says it has agreed to acquire assets from SK Chemicals (Seoul) in Poland and Indonesia. Indorama will buy SK Eurochem, which has capacity for 140,000...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Indorama-Buys-PET-Polyester-Assets-in-Poland-and-Indonesia_31496.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/plastics/methylene_dipara_phenylene_isocyanate/Bayer-MaterialScience-to-Double-MDI-and-PC-Capacity-at-Shanghai_31464.html December 7, 2010
Italy’s minister for economic development, Paolo Romani, says he is satisfied with a bid made by investment fund Gita (Zurich) for Vinyls Italia, the manufacturer of polyvinyl...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Swiss-Bid-for-Vinyls-Italia-Receives-Government-Green-Light_31397.html December 7, 2010
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) manufacturers have welcomed a recent ruling by the European Parliament to allow the continued use of PVC without restrictions in electronic goods. The ruling...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/EU-Industry-Welcomes-Continued-Use-of-PVC-in-Electronics_31394.html December 1, 2010
BASF and Ineos announced today that they have agreed to to combine their global styrenics operations into a new equally owned joint venture, Styrolution whose combine sales will be in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polystyrene/BASF-and-Ineos-Combine-Styrenics-Businesses-into-a-$6-6-Billion-Company_31262.html November 26, 2010
Italy’s minister for economic development Paolo Romani has met with the three government-appointed commissars at Vinyls Italia (Porto Marghera) to discuss offers they have...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Decision-Time-Looms-for-Vinyls-Italia_31205.html November 26, 2010
Roquette (Lestrem, France), the world’s fourth largest producer of starch, says it plans to start producing commercial volumes of a range of bioplasticisers and biopolymers...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Roquette-Develops-Low-Toxicity-Bio-Alternatives-to-Phthalates-Bisphenol-A_31207.html November 25, 2010
India has imposed definitive antidumping duties on imports of polypropylene (PP) from Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. The Ministry of Finance (New Delhi) slapped provisional...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/India-Slaps-Definitive-Antidumping-Duties-on-PP-from-Oman-Saudi-Arabia-and-Singapore_31202.html November 25, 2010
Sumitomo Chemical says it has decided to construct a plant for the manufacture of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) in the Merbau area of Jurong Island, Singapore...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Sumitomo-to-Build-S-SBR-Plant-in-Singapore_31200.html November 22, 2010
An explosion and fire on Saturday evening at a chemical manufacturing complex at Yushe Chemical Industry Co’s site in Yushe, Shanxi Province have killed four workers, says...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Four-Die-in-Chemical-Plant-Fire-in-China_31117.html November 19, 2010
Brazilian petrochemicals firm Braskem (São Paulo) and trading company Toyota Tsusho (Nagoya, Japan) say a life-cycle assessment of Braskem’s polyethylene (PE) made from...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Life-Cycle-Assessment-of-Braskems-Green-PE-Shows-70-percent-Savings-in-GHG-Emissions_31101.html November 19, 2010
La Seda de Barcelona says it has agreed to sell its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant at San Roque, Spain to Cepsa Química (Madrid) for an undisclosed amount. The deal is...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Cepsa-to-Acquire-PET-Plant-from-La-Seda_31081.html November 17, 2010
Several new high performance ethylene-based polymers were in the spotlight at the SPF 2010 plastics films conference. Products included the latest metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene from ExxonMobil Chemical and Ineos, high-stiffness terpolymers from Borealis, extensions to DuPont's ionomer resin family, and new tie-layer technology for multilayer barrier films from LyondellBasell....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/SPF-Films-Conference-Highlights-Materials-Advances_31003.html November 12, 2010
Indorama Ventures (IVL; Bangkok) says it has agreed to acquire Invista’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and resins manufacturing plants at Spartanburg, SC and Querétaro...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Indorama-Acquires-Two-PET-Plants-From-Invista_30930.html November 11, 2010
Solutia says it has sold its Perkalink anti-reversion agent business to Lanxess for an undisclosed sum. The company says it has also entered into a definitive agreement to sell select...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Solutia-Sells-Perkalink-Business-and-Select-Primary-Accelerators-to-Lanxess_30770.html November 10, 2010
Dow Chemical says it has started production of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) on its new solution LLDPE II train (SPE II) at Map Ta Phut, Thailand. LLDPE from SPE II will be...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Dow-Starts-up-LLDPE-Train-at-Thailand-JV_30668.html |
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