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October 30, 2009
Global demand for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) is forecast to rise 6%/year to reach 4.2 million m.t. by 2013, says a recent report from The Freedonia Group (Cleveland). Growth in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Automotive-Sectors-Recovery-Drives-Thermoplastic-Elastomers-Demand_22448.html October 30, 2009
Mexichem (Mexico City) has acquired from PolyOne the 50% stake it did not previously own in Colombian vinyl compounding firm Geon Polímeros Andinos (GPA; Cartagena). Purchase...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Mexichem-Ups-Colombian-Stake_22449.html October 30, 2009
Cabot Corp. says it has doubled carbon at its Tianjin, China facility to about 300,000 m.t./year. The facility is a project of Cabot Chemical (Tianjin) Co., an equity joint venture...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Cabot-Ups-Carbon-Black_22450.html October 30, 2009
Arkema says it will increase the price of oxygenated solvents in Europe by about 5% on October 26 due to rising raw material costs. Diacetone alcohol, hexylene glycol, isophorone and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Arkema-Hikes-Prices_22451.html October 30, 2009
U.S. consumers recycled 27% of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers last year, say the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and the Association of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/PET-Recycling-Rates-Rise_22452.html October 30, 2009
Equistar Chemicals, a LyondellBasell subsidiary, is seeking to abandon its olefins unit at Chocolate Bayou, TX in a motion recently filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/LyondellBasell-Files-to-Abandon-Chocolate-Bayou-Olefins-Unit_22453.html October 30, 2009
With volumes and sales down by around 20% in the first half of 2009, shippers, carriers, and third-party logistics providers attending the second-annual Elemica supply-chain conference...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Producers-Seek-Profitable-Responses-to-Demand-Declines_22454.html October 16, 2009
Ethylene glycol markets have been tumultuous through the first five years for MEGlobal, a 50:50 ethylene-glycol (EG) venture between Dow and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/MEGlobal-A-Positive-Outlook_22104.html October 2, 2009
Korea Kumho Petrochemical (Seoul) plans to build an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) compounding plant at Foshan, China by the end of 2010, local media reports say. Initial...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Kumho-Builds-Compounding_21838.html October 2, 2009
Celanese says it will increase the prices of several solvents on October 1, or as contracts allow, by about 4%-5%. Acetic acid, ethyl acetate, methyl isobutyl carbinol, methyl isobutyl...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Celanese-Ups-Prices_21839.html September 4, 2009
Equistar Chemicals, a subsidiary of LyondellBasell, says its olefins plant at Corpus Christi, TX will transition to a feedstock slate of nearly all natural gas liquids (NGLs) by the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Equistar-to-Shift-Toward-NGLs-at-Texas-Olefins-Plant_21228.html September 4, 2009
Olin says it has completed a $170-million conversion and expansion project at the company’s St. Gabriel, LA chlor-alkali facility. The project includes expanding chlor-alkali...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Olin-Upgrades-Technology-Boosts-Capacity-at-LA-Site_21229.html September 4, 2009
Average operating rates at U.S. chlor-alkali plants jumped for the second consecutive month, rising to 79% in July, a two-percentage point increase from June, says the Chlorine...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/U-S-Chlor-Alkali-Operating-Rates-Increase-in-July_21230.html September 4, 2009
Asian and Mideast caustic soda suppliers and Australian alumina producers have reached a price agreement for the second-half 2009, settling the second-half caustic soda supply contract...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Asia-and-Mideast-Settle-Caustic_21231.html September 4, 2009
South Hampton Resources (Silsbee, TX), a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co. (Dallas), says it has signed a contract with LyondellBasell for a total of about 4 million...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/South-Hampton-Inks-Supply-Deal_21232.html September 4, 2009
BASF says it will increase prices for glacial acrylic acid and several acrylic esters by about 5% on September 1, or as contracts allow. Glacial acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, ethyl...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Basic-Chemicals-Price-Watch_21233.html August 21, 2009
The London Metal Exchange (LME; London) continues efforts to broaden adoption of plastics futures, and brokers say there have been some recent signs of improvement. Markets in energy...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/LME-Works-to-Brighten-PP-LLDPE-Futures_20695.html August 7, 2009
Kraton Polymers says it will increase prices for styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) and styrene-isoprene-butadiene-styrene (SIBS) thermoplastic elastomers on August 15, or as contracts...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Kraton-Hikes-Prices_20696.html August 7, 2009
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says that it increased off-list prices on several solvents on August 1, or as contracts allow. N-butanol, isobutanol and 2-ethylhexanol increased by...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Basic-Chemicals-Price-Watch_20697.html July 10, 2009
LyondellBasell says it will continue to produce high-density polyethylene (HDPE) at its Chocolate Bayou plant near Alvin, TX through September 30. The company had announced earlier...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/LyondellBasell-Extends-HDPE-Run-at-Chocoate-Bayou_20118.html |
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