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REACH Consortia Announced for Selenium, Tellurium and Co...

23 Sep 2010

Two REACH registration consortia have been announced for selenium and tellurium and their compounds: Selenium: Selenium, Precious Metal concentrate, Dibismuth triselenide, Copper selenide, Dicopper selenide,Disilver selenide,Zinc selenide, Selenio...

October Expectations Falter in Italy’s PP, PE Markets

23 Sep 2010

Expectations regarding October have started to surface in Italy’s PP and PE markets. As per Chemorbis, sluggish demand in both markets is weighing down on the market sentiment, causing buyers to wait for softer prices. Acknowledging the dullnes...

“Baby Food Market and Organic Products Growth Analysis”...

22 Sep 2010

LONDON – Market Publishers Ltd informs that recently published “Baby Food Market and Organic Products Growth Analysis” Reports have been added to its catalogue Food & Beverage. Each “Food Market and Organic Products Growth Analysis” reviews th...

New Research Reports by Religare Info Services Published...

21 Sep 2010

LONDON – Market Publishers Ltd informs that new in-demand market reports by Religare Info Services are available in its catalogue. Issue of Water Conservation in the US: Opportunities and Challenges. The report delivers a succinct, but deep-...

Arkema: Closure of Saint Auban PVC Copolymer Production

21 Sep 2010

Arkema’s (Colombes / France) final reorganisation concept for its Saint Auban / France site foresees closure of the loss-making vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate copolymer production, with the elimination of 88 jobs. As planned, activities will...

Unplanned Shutdown of Polypropylene Unit in Litvinov by...

21 Sep 2010

UNIPETROL, a.s. has announced an unplanned shutdown of its steam cracker in Litvinov due to a technical issue. The plant will be shut for approximately 9 days starting from 19 September 2009. A technical glitch at the polypropylene unit will effect t...

Canadian Dental Market Overview and Other New Research R...

20 Sep 2010

LONDON – Market Publishers Ltd informs that new in-demand market reports on Healthcare Equipment & Services are available in its catalogue. Canadian Dental Market Overview & Dentist Survey 2010 (Implants, Prosthetics, Imaging & CAD/CAM). The...

Glass Reinforced Plastics to Grow 24.5% in 2010

20 Sep 2010

The European composites industry has bounced back from the economic recession and the market for glass reinforced plastics (GRP) is set to grow 24.5% this year to 1 billion tonnes, according to the AVK Federation of Reinforced Plastics. The fede...

EU PET Duties Proposed Against Iran, Pakistan and UAE

20 Sep 2010

The European Commission has proposed imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports into the European Union of PET exported from Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The duties – which, as usual, compensate EU producers for governm...

In-demand Research Reports on Chinese Construction Marke...

17 Sep 2010

LONDON – Market Publishers Ltd informs that new in-demand market reports on Construction are available in its catalogue. China – Commercial Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014. This report reveals analytical data on commercial constru...

Preclinical Development of Monoclonal Antibodies and Rel...

17 Sep 2010

LONDON – MarketPublishers Ltd announces that new report “Preclinical Development of Monoclonal Antibodies and Related Biologicals: Emerging technologies and new therapeutic candidates" elaborated by Business Insights is available in its catalogue....

New Research Report on Cloud Computing Market Published...

16 Sep 2010

Cloud Computing is the mainstream technology today and has set off to grow at a rapid rate. Only by the end of year 2009 the Software as a Service market reached US$ 9bn, that is 17.4% against 2008. These days the worldwide Cloud Computing market is...

Europe’s 900 Thermoplastic Profile Extruders Account for...

16 Sep 2010

Europe’s thermoplastic profile extruders accounts for around 5% of total polymer demand in Europe involving nearly 900 companies as per a plastics industry consultants, Applied Market Information Ltd. The profile extrusion sector covered in AMI...

Russian Petrochemical Companies to Resolve Dispute Over...

16 Sep 2010

Russian petrochemical companies Salavatnefteorgsintez and Kaustik will resolve their dispute over ethylene prices within two months. In the interim Kaustik will receive ethylene at 19,000-19,500 rubles (US$633-650) per ton until the price row is sett...

DuPont Engineering Polymers Extends Alliance Partnership...

16 Sep 2010

DuPont Engineering Polymers announced a long-term alliance with California-based PowerMetal Technologies, Inc. to further develop and commercialize MetaFuse™ nanocrystalline metal/polymer hybrid technology, with initial development programs tar...

New Polyamide Grades Use Castor Oil as Source

15 Sep 2010

A bio-based alternative for polyamide (PA) components used in applications such as sports equipment, automotive components, and electronics recently was added to Evonik Industries’ (Essen, Germany) Vestamid family. The current source for the ma...

Artificial Flower & Painting Industry In China: Guangdon...

10 Sep 2010

According to the report “China Artificial Flower & Painting Industry Profile”, recently published by Beijing Zeefer Consulting Ltd., the major distribution areas of artificial flower & painting industry in China are Guangdong, Shandong, Liaoning and...

Power Station Ash for New Cut Price Fillers

09 Sep 2010

A new reprocessing technology that extracts high performance fillers from the waste ash produced by coal-fired power stations could slash the cost of manufacturing performance polymer compounds, according to process developer RockTron. The UK-based...

Location-based Services (LBS) Solutions and Market Oppor...

09 Sep 2010

In the time of tough telecommunications competition, mobile network operators are looking for innovative ways to create more variety and increase profits. Personalized services is the most powerful tool for the operators today with Location Based Ser...

Heat Pump Markets in Different Countries Covered in New...

08 Sep 2010

LONDON – Market Publishers Ltd informs that in-demand market reports on heat pump markets in different countries are available in its catalogue in Machinery & Equipment section. These reports give comprehensive background information of the hea...

Big China-Malaysia Deal to Be Inked in Palm Oil

07 Sep 2010

Malaysia is offering China a stake in its prized jewel — Sime Darby Berhad, the plantation-to-power conglomerate that is one of the world’s largest palm oil companies and also with extensive interests in the Middle Kingdom. The unprecede...

Egypt Vegetables Export Volumes to EU to Grow by 50%

03 Sep 2010

Starting with 2004 Cairo aggressively pursued economic reforms to attract foreign investment and facilitate GDP growth, but had to postpone further economic reforms because of global economic turmoil that slowed Egypt's GDP growth to 4.5% in 2009, p...

Caldic Takes on Nan Ya’s Phthalate-free Plasticiser

02 Sep 2010

Innua Europe, the Belgian subsidiary of Innua Petrochem, and French chemicals supplier Caldic Specialites have established a partnership to market and distribute Nan Ya Plastic Corporation’s DHEH phthalate-free plasticiser in France. DHEH (1,2...

Shell Becomes First International Oil Company to Build L...

01 Sep 2010

Today Shell announced that it is starting construction of a major new lubricants blending plant - the first to be built by an international oil company in Russia. The plant, which is being built in Torzhok in the Tver region, north-west of Moscow, w...

Saudi Arabia's Petrochemical Sector Set to Expand

31 Aug 2010

The petrochemicals sector in Saudi Arabia offers one of the most promising long-term routes toward economic diversification, according to a report by the Riyadh-based Samba Financial Group. The kingdom's reserves of oil and natural gas give it a sub...

Zimbabwe: Farmers Opt for Organic Fertilizers

28 Aug 2010

Organic farming has emerged as a sustainable alternative to enhance food security in Zimbabwe as efforts to revive the agricultural sector gather pace. Most farmers are now aware of the importance of organic fertilizers and their nutritional value a...

Strategies for Managing Pharmaceutical Workforce and Sit...

27 Aug 2010

“In 2007, due to the impending patent cliff and the consequent need to cut costs, big pharma began for the first time to outsource chemical API manufacturing to China and India. Prior to this only generic drug companies had manufactured in the two co...

Russian PVC Producer Expands with Oven Acquisition

27 Aug 2010

Leading Russian PVC producer JSC Sayanskkhimplast is expanding its vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) capacity with the purchase of a dichlorethane pyrolysis oven. The company, based in Sayansk, Irkutsk region, is investing €65m to acquire the oven,...

Lately Global PVC Market has Seen Annual Growth of Aroun...

27 Aug 2010

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is a globally manufactured product, produced by over 100 companies in approximately fifty countries. Practically all incremental capacity during 2005–2009 was installed in China, and to a lesser extent, India and the Middle E...

Natural Bitumen and Asphalt: New European Union Market S...

20 Aug 2010

LONDON - MarketPublishers Ltd has recently published Natural Bitumen and Natural Asphalt: European Union Market Outlook 2010 and Forecast till 2015 in the realm of European Union Market Reports Package 2010. The research report Natural Bitumen an...