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BASF Lupranate® M20 Series No-Added Formaldehyde Resins...

17 Feb 2009

BASF has introduced high-quality Lupranate® M20 Series no-added formaldehyde resins for the composite wood products industry. The industry is being transformed with the implementation of California Air Resources Board (CARB) legislation limiting form...

'Textile Industry has Potential to Overcome Economic Cri...

16 Feb 2009

“The textile industry alone can bring out the country from the economic crisis, subject to, that the stakeholders are given the help needed in this period of turmoil”, so said the Minister for Textiles, Mr Khan and added by saying that if the textile...

Nanotechnology Method Discovered to Effectively Reduce G...

16 Feb 2009

A study by researchers at Ohio-based Case Western Reserve University (US) has led to a nanotechnology method that could block damaging gases even more effectively and lessen the gas permeability of polymers used in food, medicine and even electronics...

ONGC Awards Contract to Linde Group and Consortium Partn...

13 Feb 2009

The Linde Group and its consortium partner Samsung Engineering (Korea) have been awarded a Rs 68 bln (US$1.39 bln) contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant at Dahej, Gujarat. The plant has been commissioned by ONGC Petro-additions Ltd, a subsidiary...

Pipe Coating Market Rises to 190 mln sq mtrs in 2007, wi...

13 Feb 2009

The pipeline coating market has risen from 120 million square meters in 2004 to 190 million square meters in 2007 with a global annual growth rate of 15%, according to research conducted by Noru Tsalic at Applied Market Information. Polyethylene (PE)...

Japan's Japex to Cut Domestic Oil, gGas Exploration

10 Feb 2009

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (Japex) will cut its domestic oil and gas exploration investments in the business year starting in April amid slack oil prices, a company executive said on Tuesday. It may also make similar cuts in the following year, h...

Range of opportunities for plastics pipe producer in the...

10 Feb 2009

The MENA region now boasts some of the tallest buildings on the planet and has used the latest materials and technology. The markets provide a wide range of opportunities for plastics pipe producers. At the next conference on Middle East Plastic Pipe...

VICTREX® PEEK™ Polymer Adopted by Aichi Tokei Denki for...

03 Feb 2009

Victrex Japan providing high performance materials including VICTREX® PEEK™ polymers, VICOTE® Coatings, and APTIV™ Films, has announced that their VICTREX PEEK polymer has been adopted as the main body of the small electromagnetic flow-sensor "VNS se...

ExxonMobil Chemical Develops Exxtral Performance Polyole...

02 Feb 2009

An ExxonMobil Chemical Exxtral™ performance polyolefin has been specified for the front and rear bumper fasciae of the new globally available VW Golf VI. Exxtral BMU130 polyolefin was developed specifically to meet the performance targets set by Volk...

Chemical Processing Identifies Top 50 Chemical Companies...

22 Jan 2009

Chemical Processing recently published the Chemical Processing 50 (CP 50) - the first of an annual list of the top 50 domestic Chemical Processing companies existing today. Different from any other annual list, throughout the year, Chemical Processin...

Plan for volume production of heat-resistant PLA gets un...

09 Jan 2009

A major drawback to the adoption of the biopolymer PLA – polylactic acid – has been its limited temperature and impact resistance. A number of manufacturers – notably in Japan where the government has a target of 20 per cent of all plastics used in t...

PTT Asahi Chemical to start ACN, MMA plant in Map Ta Phu...

08 Jan 2009

PTT Asahi Chemical Co Ltd - a three-way joint venture between Thailand's PTT Plc (48.5%), Japan's Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp (48.5%), and Marubeni Corp (3.0%) - has inked agreements to secure US$400 mln loans for building new petrochemical plant in H...

Japan's Idemitsu Kosan to up syndiotactic polystyrene re...

05 Jan 2009

Japan's Idemitsu Kosan Co. has announced to increase production capacity for syndiotactic polystyrene (SPS) resin, which is made using proprietary technology and sold both domestically and abroad under the Xarec brand. As a result, the company will a...

Indian Inflation Eases to Nine-Month Low on Oil Costs

26 Dec 2008

India’s inflation slowed to a nine- month low, giving the central bank room to cut interest rates further to support a faltering economy. Wholesale prices increased 6.61 percent in the week to Dec. 13 from a year earlier after gaining 6.84 percen...

LyondellBasell Starts up New PP Compounding Plant in Nan...

23 Dec 2008

LyondellBasell Industries has announced the start-up of its new polypropylene (PP) compounding facility in Nansha, China, with a nominal capacity of 15,000 tonnes per year. The new facility is operated by Guangzhou Basell Advanced Polyolefins Co., an...

PetroChina-owned company awaits approval for massive exp...

19 Dec 2008

PetroChina owned refinery, PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company has expansion plans for 2011 - 2015 to augment its crude oil refining capacity from 10.5 mln tpa to 20 mln tpa while increasing its ethylene production capacity from 700,000 tpa to 1...

Lurgi to build 140,000 tpa acrylic acid plant for CNOOC...

18 Dec 2008

Lurgi GmbH, Frankfurt, a company of Air Liquide, France have been awarded a a contract by CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Limited, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Company, to build a 140,000 tpa of single-train plant for the production...

LyondellBasell's second Chinese PP compounding facility...

17 Dec 2008

GLyondellBasell Industries has set operations at its Nansha-based new polypropylene (PP) compounding facility in China underway, with a nominal capacity of 15,000 tpa. The new facility is operated by Guangzhou Basell Advanced Polyolefins Co., and sup...

A unique method for blending relatively low-cost thermop...

15 Dec 2008

Teknor Apex Company has signed a licensing agreement with Cerestech Inc. on a unique method for blending relatively low-cost thermoplastic starch (TPS) with synthetic polymers or other bioplastics while retaining high levels of key performance proper...

Mitsubishi Chemical develops new technology to manufactu...

09 Dec 2008

Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) has developed a new technology to manufacture butadiene from butenes using proprietary catalyst and examined it at a pilot plant in its Mizushima Plant in Japan. The company plans to produce the process d...

Butadiene growth in next five years expected to fastest...

02 Dec 2008

The vast majority of butadiene is extracted from the crude C4 coproduct of ethylene. CMAI experts forecast the crude C4 market balance to tighten globally from 2008-2013. Global supply production will be enough to meet demand, but regional market dif...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Debuts New Low-Chlorine PPS

28 Nov 2008

In anticipation of low halogen content standards for the electronics industry, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP's (Chevron Phillips Chemical) Engineering Polymers group has introduced two new Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin grades with c...

Norinchukin to Seek $10.5 Billion in Biggest Fundraising...

27 Nov 2008

Norinchukin Bank, the Japanese agricultural bank stung by wrong-way bets on credit derivatives, will seek more than 1 trillion yen ($10.5 billion) in Asia’s biggest capital-raising since the global credit crisis began. The lender, which reporte...

Japanese chemicals and petrochemicals industry currently...

26 Nov 2008

The Japanese chemicals and petrochemicals industry is currently in a restructuring phase as per a report by companiesandmarkets.com. Japanese companies benefit from the proximity of a large market in China. Major chemical companies are now stepping u...

Rhodia new Shanghai-based R&D center to lead innovation...

24 Nov 2008

French chemical group, Rhodia has recently opened its new International Research & Development Center located in Shanghai which will lead the Group's innovation in the Asia-Pacific zone. The Chinese center is an addition to Rhodia's already establish...

Russia's central bank raises key interest rates

12 Nov 2008

Russia's central bank raised several key interest rates by 100 basis points late Tuesday, bringing the key overnight repo rate to 8% and the refinancing rate to 12% in a move aimed at reducing inflation and stemming capital flight. The rate hikes cam...

Plaskolite to Manufacture Mustang™ Sheet Using Eastman T...

05 Nov 2008

KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- Eastman Chemical Company has signed an agreement with Plaskolite Inc. to exclusively cooperate in the pursuit of new markets in North America for extruded plastic sheet using new Eastman Tritan™ copolyester. Mustang™ sheet made fr...

DSM Launches a New Stanyl® Grade for LED Applications -...

03 Nov 2008

DSM Engineering Plastics has announced the launch of Stanyl® LED 1551, the latest grade of Stanyl used in plastic lead chip carriers (PLCC) for high brightness LED's. These LED's are conventionally selected for back lighting LCD display panels used i...

INVISTA Introduces PolyShield® Resin Technology in the U...

03 Nov 2008

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- INVISTA, one of the world's largest integrated polymers and fibers producers, is now offering its PolyShield® resins for PET barrier packaging applications to the U.S. market. This breakthrough monolayer PET barrier technology is a...

Strong Partnership for Solid Plastics

23 Oct 2008

LEVERKUSEN -- The geba Kunststoffcompounds GmbH, Ennigerloh, Germany, will in future be developing and producing reinforced thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU-R) based on Desmopan® from Bayer MaterialScience - this is the centerpiece of a collaboration...