New Octal's extrusion plant in US
Octal will commence commercial operations in the United States in the later half of 2014.
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New S-SBR plant in Singapore
Sumitomo Chemical carried out an opening ceremony for a new solution styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) manufacturing plant constructed in Singapore.
Paccor with the new 3-layer coextrusion line
Battenfeld-cincinnati sells a complete line to the leading rigid plastic packaging manufacturer.
Ineos and Sinopec YPC sign joint venture agreement
The joint venture is set to build the largest Phenol Acetone plant in China, due to complete at the end of 2016.
Ineos has expanded ENB plant
The expansion of Ethylidene Norbornene (ENB) plant in Antwerp makes it the largest single ENB plant in the world.
New facility for Rohacell structural foam
End of 2013 Evonik Industries AG successfully began operation of its new production facility for Rohacell structural foam at the Darmstadt site.
New Zahoransky plant in India
At the new regional production site in Tamil Nadu 60 employees manufacture assembly injection moulding machines for the Indian and Asian market.
Isononanol plant to be built in China
First Chinese INA plant will provide important feedstock for next-generation plasticizers.
BASF invests €7 million in the resin production
BASF is investing around €7 million to expand and optimize the resin production at its Münster site.
Evonik invests in FRX Polymers
FRX is the manufacturer and marketer of a new, environmentally friendly family of inherently flame retardant plastics and oligomers.
BASF opens Ultrason plant in Asia
World class facility in Yeosu, Korea will serve growing market demand for high performance specialty plastics in Asia Pacific.
Müller Kunststoffe to expand TPE capacity
The German arm of the Hexpol TPE group, has announced plans to expand capacity with an additional TPE production line.
