http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 4:18:32 EDT James Fitterling has been named CEO of the petchem joint venture between Dow Chemical and Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC; Kuwait City). The 50-50 jv will be called K-Dow Petrochemicals, and will be headquartered in southeast Michigan.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/13033.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT DuPont says it will boost compounding capacity of nylon-6 and -6,6 resins by 30,000 m.t/year, and HTN... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12947.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Solutia says it has retained HSBC Securities USA (New York) to explore strategic alternatives for its nylon business, including a possible sale. The company says it is the “appropriate... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12962.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT The surcharge will be adjusted at the end of the third quarter.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12776.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Solutia says it has retained HSBC Securities to explore strategic options, including a potential sale, of the company’s nylon business. “Given the strength of our high-margin... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12781.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sinopec and Sabic say they have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to extend the scope of their previously announced petrochemical joint venture at Tianjin, China... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/12635.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Evonik Industries says it will “significantly” expand capacity for laurolactam, an intermediate used to produce nylon-12... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12242.html Mon, 2 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lurgi Zimmer says it has been awarded a contract by Tianjin Haijing Polymerization Co. (Tianjin, China) to supply its nylon-6 manufacturing technology and services for a new plant to... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/12277.html Mon, 2 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Mitsubishi Chemical says it has agreed to form a joint venture with Sinopec to produce 150,000 m.t./year of bisphenol A and 60,000 m.t./year of polycarbonate... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/11984.html Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Solutia says it will increase prices for all its Ascend and Vydyne brand nylon-6,6 resins in North America by 10 cts/lb. The... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/nylon/11478.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT