http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 2:54:18 EDT Eastman Chemical says it will discontinue production of PET 5214A, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/14344.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Equipolymers (Horgen, Switzerland) says it has declared force majeure on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) shipments from the company’s Ottana, Italy production facility, because an... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/14061.html Mon, 8 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G; Tortona, Italy) says it will expand capacity of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) at Ipojuca, Brazil, from 450,000 m.t./year, to 650,000 m.t./year. M&G expects... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/13077.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Reliance Industries has confirmed reports that it will build a 200,000-m.t./year polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/12974.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Leading U.S. producers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin and polyester staple fiber (PSF), already beleaguered by overcapacity and weakening demand, are taking steps to offset rapidly... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/12983.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Reliance Industries USA has agreed to purchase Unifi’s idled polyester manufacturing facility at Kinston, NC for $12.2 million, according to an SEC filing. Reliance will also invest $215 million...... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/12641.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Tatneft (Almetyevsk, Russia) says it is proceeding with previously announced plans to build an oil refinery and a petrochemical complex at Nizhnekamsk, Russia. The company has awarded an... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/12427.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT DAK Americas (Charlotte, NC) shut its Cedar Creek, NC polyethylene terepthalate (PET) plant on May 1, following... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/12001.html Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Octal (Muscat) says it will boost capacity of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins by an additional 500,000 m.t./year at Salalah, Oman by May 2010. The company says the resins will supply... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/11584.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Eastman Chemical posted earnings from continuing operations of $115 million, a 24% gain over the year-ago quarter on strength in fibers and narrower losses in PET. Sales increased 6%, to $1.72 billion.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/11568.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT