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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 November 10, 2010
Teijin says it will enter the high-performance polyethylene (HPPE) market by establishing its first production facility at Emmen, Netherlands, and the plant is expected to start...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Teijin-to-Enter-High-Performance-Polyethylene-Market-Build-Plant-in-Netherlands_30816.html November 9, 2010
Braskem and Ineos Technologies have announced a strategic partnership for polyethylene (PE) technologies covering licenses for Innovene's slurry- and gas phase-process to produce high-density PE (HDPE) and linear-low density PE (LLDPE) in future projects. They will jointly conduct R&D programs for slurry and gas-phase PE platforms....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Braskem-and-Ineos-Sign-Technology-Deal-for-Projects-Including-Mexicos-Ethylene-XXI_30804.html November 5, 2010
Total and China Power Investment Corporation (CPI; Beijing) have signed a letter of understanding to jointly develop a coal-based petrochemical complex in coal-rich Inner...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Total-Signs-Deal-to-Develop-Coal-Based-Petrochemical-Complex-in-China_30749.html November 4, 2010
Eastman Chemical says it has entered into a joint venture with thermoplastics manufacturer Mazzucchelli 1849 (Castiglione Olona, Italy) to produce compounded cellulose diacetate (CDA)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Eastman-Forms-Cellulose-Diacetate-JV-in-China_30730.html November 4, 2010
Huntsman says its third quarter sales and profits rose on higher volumes and selling price hikes. Sales and profits rose across all business segments, except in polyurethanes where...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/methylene_dipara_phenylene_isocyanate/Higher-Volumes-and-Selling-Prices-Lift-Huntsmans-Profits_30722.html November 3, 2010
Univation Technologies has licensed its Unipol polyethylene technology to PuCheng Clean Energy Chemical Co. The process will be used in a 300,000-m.t./year high- to linear low-density...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Chinese-Coal-to-Chemicals-Firm-Licenses-Unipol-Polyethylene-Technology_30686.html November 2, 2010
Moody's Investors Service (New York), the ratings agency, has raised Dow Chemical's credit outlook to 'stable' from 'negative,' on account of the company's improved financial...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Moodys-Raises-Dow-Outlook_30673.html November 2, 2010
Dow Chemical says it will likely retain its leading linear-low density polyethylene (LLDPE) franchise in any future deals involving its plastics business. A planned sale of a 50% stake...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Dow-Chemical-Shifts-Strategy-on-Plastics_30663.html October 29, 2010
Solvay says it is putting a major focus on the devolopment of bio-based products under the company's commitment to sustainability. Solvay Advanced Polymers (SAP; Alphareta,GA) has...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/K2010-Solvay-Focuses-on-Bio-Based-Businesses-Concludes-Deal-with-Mitsubishi-Gas-Chemical_30603.html October 28, 2010
Shin-Etsu Chemical reported a 75.5% rise in net profits for the fiscal first half ended September 30, 2010, to ¥62.3 billion ($769 million), compared with the year-ago period, on...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Shin-Etsu-Reports-Rise-in-Profits-and-Sales_30531.html October 27, 2010
Sabic is finalizing technology-licensing agreements that would enable the company to produce polyurethanes (PU), Mohamed Al Mady, Sabic CEO told a press conference this morning at the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/methylene_dipara_phenylene_isocyanate/K2010-Sabic-to-Enter-Polyurethanes-Business_30477.html October 25, 2010
The “invitation to tender” for the acquisition of Vinyls Italia (Porto Marghera, Italy) closed last Friday. Government-appointed commissars at the company, a producer of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Four-New-Offers-for-Vinyls-Italia_30426.html October 21, 2010
ExxonMobil Chemical says that Japan Butyl, in which ExxonMobil Chemical’s affiliate ExxonMobil Yugen Kaisha holds a 50% stake, has completed the previously announced expansion of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/ExxonMobil-Chemical-Completes-Butyl-Rubber-Capacity-Expansion-in-Japan_30378.html October 20, 2010
The London Metal Exchange (LME) says it will delist all plastics contracts and that the last prompt date for all existing contracts will be Friday 29th April, 2011. The exchange has...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LME-to-Delist-Plastics-Contracts-Because-of-Insufficient-Volumes_30334.html October 20, 2010
Greencol Taiwan Corp. (GTC; Kaohsiung, Taiwan), an equally owned joint venture between China Man-Made Fiber Corp. (Taipei) and the trading group Toyota Tsusho Corp. (Nagoya City...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Taiwan-Builds-Ethanol-to-Ethylene-Complex-as-Part-of-Bio-PET-Supply-Chain_30332.html |
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