Corbion Purac to construct a 75kTpa PLA plant
Corbion Purac will accelerate its thrust into the biotechnology arena, making the next step in the bioplastics value chain by becoming a PLA producer.
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BASF increases production capacity for tertiary Butylamine
BASF will expand the production capacity of its existing production plant for tertiary Butylamine at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China.
New Borealis joint venture in Finland
Borealis aims to create joint venture with Neste Oil and Veolia to modernise and operate the power plant in the Kilpilahti petrochemical cluster.
Röchling puts new factory in China into operation
Plastics specialist Röchling has begun production in its new plant in Kunshan/China.
Huntsman will expand MDI production
Huntsman announced 400 ktes MDI expansion plan for US manufacturing plant.
LyondellBasell considers adding new ethylene capacity
LyondellBasell evaluates expansion project at Channelview site in Texas that would add up to 227k tons annualy of ethylene capacity.
RusVinyl project launched
The RusVinyl polyvinyl chloride production facility in Kstovo was inaugurated on 19 September.
Clariant doubles capacity for pigments at Indian site
Clariant announced the inauguration of an important new extension to its production facility in Roha, south-east of Mumbai, India.
Sibur increases funding for major polyolefin project
Sibur's Board of Directors has approved increased funding for the ZapSibNeftekhim project in 2014 from EUR 1,1 bn to EUR 1,48 bn.
DuPont increases ethylene copolymers production in Texas
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced its intent to increase production capacity of its ethylene copolymers assets.
Lanxess' new plant for inorganic pigments in China
Lanxess is creating a total of roughly 200 new jobs with two new plants in Ningbo.
Evonik invests in German operations
The company plans to invest some two billion euros as part of its growth strategy in Germany.
