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April 15, 2011
A growing number of chemical plants are on course to restart production in Japan this month, but operations at some major facilities are expected to take longer to resume, companies...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Japanese-Firms-Prepare-to-Restart-Operations_34118.html April 1, 2011
Utsunomiya Facility of Teijin DuPont Films: Expected to restart in late April. A large number of chemical plants are still offstream in Japan, in the aftermath of the earthquake and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Chemical-Production-Remains-Disrupted-in-Japan_33887.html March 25, 2011
The powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11 is likely to cause shortages of some key electronic materials. Electronic component manufacturers are...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Earthquake-May-Cause-Shortage-of-Electronic-Materials_33752.html March 18, 2011
Mitsubishi Rayon and Honam Petrochemical say that their 50-50 Daesan MMA (Daesan, Korea) joint venture will expand production capacity for methyl methacrylate (MMA) and for polymethyl...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Honam-Mitsubishi-Rayon-JV-to-Expand-MMA-Capacity-in-Korea_33514.html March 18, 2011
Emery Oleochemicals (Selangor, Malaysia) says it will invest a total of RM416 million ($137 million) in Malaysia over the next few years in projects to produce biolubricants, green...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Emery-Oleochemicals-Plans-Investments_33515.html March 11, 2011
DSM says its Jinling DSM Resins (JDR; Nanjing, China) joint venture with Sinopec Assets Management will invest €50 million ($70 million) to build a composite resins facility at...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/DSM-Plans-Composite-Resin-JV-Facilities-in-China-and-India_33333.html March 11, 2011
Tosoh recorded net profits of ¥6.7 billion ($82 million) for the nine months ended December 31, 2010, compared with a net loss of ¥4.2 billion in the corresponding period of the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Tosoh-Swings-to-a-Profit_33334.html March 11, 2011
Mitsui Chemicals and Teijin say they have formally established MCT PET Resin (Tokyo), a previously announced joint venture between Mitsui and Teijin’s Teijin Chemicals subsidiary...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Mitsui-and-Teijin-Form-PET-Joint-Venture_33335.html March 11, 2011
Energy company PTT (Bangkok) has confirmed that its board has approved a merger between the company’s PTT Aromatics and Refining, and PTT Chemical subsidiaries. The merger will...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/PTT-Merges-Petchem-Subsidiaries_33336.html March 11, 2011
Sumitomo Chemical says its board has appointed Masakazu Tokura as the company’s next president effective April 1, 2011. He succeeds Hiroshi Hirose, who will become director and vice...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Sumitomo-Appoints-New-President_33337.html February 25, 2011
DSM says it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Shandong ICD High Performance Fibre (ICD; Laiwu, China). ICD is a manufacturer of ultra-high molecular weight...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/DSM-Buys-Stake-in-UHMW-PE-Fiber-Manufacturer-in-China_33018.html February 25, 2011
DIC Corp. (Tokyo) recorded a 93% rise in net profits for the fiscal third quarter ended December 31, 2010 to ¥4.4 billion ($53 million), compared with the year-ago period...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/DIC-Reports-Rise-in-Earnings-Showa-Denko-Swings-to-Profit_33019.html February 25, 2011
Jhagadia: Invested €60 million at the site so far. Lanxess says it will relocate the manufacture of products including leather chemicals and material protection products, as well...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Lanxess-to-Relocate-Facilities-in-India_33020.html February 25, 2011
Chemical company Atul (Valsad, India) says it has formed a 50-50 joint venture with dyestuffs firm M Dohmen (San Vittore, Switzerland). The jv will enable Atul to offer to its...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Atul-Forms-Dyestuffs-JV-with-Swiss-Company_33021.html February 11, 2011
Major Japanese chemical companies swung to profit or reported huge rises in earnings, and posted higher sales for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 mainly due to stronger demand...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Major-Japanese-Firms-Report-Higher-Earnings-and-Sales_32739.html January 28, 2011
Name: Tong Suh Petrochemical's acrylonitrile plant at Ulsan, Korea. Asahi Kasei Chemicals (AKC), an Asahi Kasei subsidiary, says it will construct a world-scale plant for the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Asahi-Kasei-to-Build-Large-Acrylonitrile-Plant-in-Korea_32453.html January 28, 2011
Ambani: Petrochemical margins continue to improve. Reliance Industries says net profits for the company’s fiscal third quarter ended December 31, 2010 increased 28% compared with...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Reliance-Industries-Records-Rise-in-Third-Quarter-Profits-and-Sales_32454.html January 28, 2011
Energy company PTT (Bangkok) expects to decide on a merger plan for several of its petrochemical-producing affiliates by the end of this quarter and to start implementing the merger in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Thailands-PTT-to-Merge-Petchem-Affiliates-this-Year_32455.html January 21, 2011
Merck KGaA says it has acquired Beijing Skywing Technology (Beijing), a leading supplier of cell-culture media products, related technical services, and bioreactors for the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Merck-KGaA-buys-Chinese-Firm_32249.html January 21, 2011
Hogna: Liquid fertilizers attractive in Australia. Yara International says it has purchased the 60% it did not own of Yara Nipro (Brisbane, Australia), a market leader in bulk liquid...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Yara-buys-Rest-of-Australian-Firm_32250.html |
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