http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:03:54 EDT Researchers at the University of Torino in Italy found that treating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers with a low-temperature, partially ionized gas increased the fibers' affinity for water.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/25254.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Eastman Chemical has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against DAK Americas over their unauthorized use of Eastman’s IntegRex technology for... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/25121.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST TPG Capital (Fort Worth, TX), one of the half a dozen private equity bidders to acquire Dow Chemicals' $4.5 billion-$5 billion/year Styron styrenics operation, has emerged as the favorite to win... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polystyrene/25102.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Ineos ChlorVinyls, an Ineos subsidiary, says it will stop producing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at its Barry, U.K. plant due to declining demand. Production will cease by the end of the second... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/25018.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Artek Surfin Chemicals (Artek; Mumbai) has partnered with private equity firm Aterian Investment Partners (New York) to acquire Chemtura’s polyvinyl chloride (PVC) additives business. The... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/25082.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST LyondellBasell has told trade unions in Italy that it plans to close its 255,000-m.t./year, Spheripol-process polypropylene (PP) plant at Terni, north of Rome, before the end of this year. The... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/24987.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Invista, the fibers subsidiary of Koch Industries (Wichita, KS), says it will stop producing purified terephthalic acid (PTA) at its Wilmington, NC facility by mid-March because market economics... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/24962.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Ineos ChlorVinyls, an Ineos subsidiary, says it will stop producing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at its Barry, U.K. plant due to declining demand for PVC. Production will cease by the end of the... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/24939.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST The global growth in the petrochemicals market is driven by Asia, especially by China and India, and new investments will also be mainly in Asia, say speakers at the final day of the Third... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/methylene_dipara_phenylene_isocyanate/24870.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST The plants will form part of a major chemical complex.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/24847.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST