Mitsui Chemicals says that its overseas R&D unit, Mitsui Chemicals Asia Pacific Technical Centre (Singapore), as well as the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (Astar... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/13781.html
Drilling products and services company Imdex (Perth, Australia) says it has signed a heads of agreement to acquire all shares in specialty chemicals firm Wildcat Chemicals Australia... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/13746.html
Earnings were mixed among Asian petrochemical firms for the quarter ended June 30. Some firms say they were helped by price and volume increases, despite high oil and raw material... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/13408.html
Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (PCS), a joint venture between Shell Chemicals and a Japanese consortium led by Sumitomo Chemical, is working on several value-adding investment... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/13436.html
The Vietnamese government has granted a license to Petrovietnam (Hanoi) and Siam Cement to build a previously announced petrochemical complex and chlor-alkali plant in Vietnam (CW... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/13262.html
Recent M&A deals of firms with large paints and coatings operations are altering the structure of this sector’s additives supplier base, particularly in Asia, says a new Asia... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/13275.html
BASF today confirmed its outlook for 2008 despite signs of weakening growth in the chemical industry. "Assuming there are no changes to BASF's portfolio, we aim to increase... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/12878.html
Kuraray (Tokyo) says it has established a wholly owned subsidiary dubbed Kuraray Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd (Singapore), to oversee the group’s activities in the Asia-Pacific region... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/12811.html
Toyo-Thai Corp. says it has been awarded a lump-sum engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract by PTT Phenol Co. for a previously announced 150,000-m.t./year bisphenol A... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/12746.html
BASF says it will most likely not invest in a previously announced hydrogen peroxide-propylene oxide (HPPO) joint project planned by Dow Chemical and Siam Cement at Map Ta Phut... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/12473.html
Van Beurden: Asia has a deep pool of talent. Shell Chemicals is considering plans to build a world-scale propylene oxide-styrene monomer (POSM) plant in Asia or the Mideast, executive... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/southeast_asia/12218.html
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