Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced today that the company’s ParamaX technology is to be used at the petrochemical plant being planned for the Atyrau Refinery in... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/16172.html
NAPHTHA Naphtha prices in Asia pegged stable to firm - Dec 29, 2008 Crude futures opened firm on Monday in Asia on the back of the weekend attacks by Israel on the Gaza strip... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/16116.html
Shin-Etsu Chemical has warned that its earnings and sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 will be lower than previously forecast. “The market environment in a wide... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/16000.html
Global textile chemical demand will increase by 2.8% per year until it reaches $19 billion in 2012, according to a study released last week by the Freedonia Group, an industry research firm... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/16076.html
Ube Industries (Tokyo) and energy company PTT (Bangkok) have signed a preliminary agreement to study the establishment of jointly owned chemical businesses in Thailand. The study will... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/15972.html
Shin-Etsu Chemical has warned that its earnings and sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 will be lower than previously forecast. "The market environment in a wide range... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/15956.html
BASF says it has acquired the concrete admixture business of Kejie Admixture Science & Technology Co. (Guangzhou, China) for an undisclosed amount. Kejie produces a wide range of... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/15943.html
The planned merger of Nippon Oil (Tokyo) and Nippon Mining Holdings (Tokyo) will have a big impact on Japan’s petrochemical industry because both companies have major petchem... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/15877.html
Mitsubishi Chemical is considering plans to reduce its olefins capacity by closing permanently one of its naphtha crackers in Japan or coordinating its output with that of another... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/15878.html
Shell Chemicals and its partners have made significant progress on several previously announced projects in Asia and the Mideast, which will contribute to the company’s plans to... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/15873.html
Toray Industries and China National BlueStar Group (Beijing) say they have agreed to establish a water treatment joint venture next May, capitalized at $35 million, to produce and... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/15808.html
The merger of refining company Nippon Oil, and mining and oil firm Nippon Mining Holdings will have an impact on Japan's petrochemical industry, analysts say. The merger--announced... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/japan/15706.html
LG Chem has approved plans to spin off its industrial materials business into a separate entity, effective April 1, 2009. LG Chem's shares will be split into two entities with an... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_asia/korea/15650.html
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