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.
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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.
BASF to build engineering plastics compounding plant in Korea
New investment will double total BASF compounding capacity of Ultramid and Ultradur compounds in Korea.
New investments of Bayer MaterialScience
The company has outfitted a technical center for the advancement of premium foams with ultra-modern machines and systems.
New construction at Arburg in the USA
Ground-breaking ceremony marked start of construction of new Arburg Inc. building in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
Lanxess starts expanded cresol plant
The expansion increases capacity for high-quality intermediate by some 20 percent.
Clariant opens new innovation center
New Innovation Center in Frankfurt will coordinate Clariant's global R&D activities.
BASF and Yara discuss potential joint ammonia investment
BASF and Yara are evaluating a possible joint investment into ammonia plant at the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Styrolution and Braskem plan ABS joint venture
The new joint venture would be only producer of ABS and SAN specialties in South America.
New ethylene plant opened in China
Sinopec started production in its new ethylene plant in Wuhan, China.
Evonik opens Plexiglas plant in South Africa
New plant will produce several thousand metric tons of semi-finished material per year for the African market.
Clariant and Lummus Novolen to build PP catalyst plant
Clariant signed polypropylene catalyst commercialization agreement with polypropylene technology licensor Lummus Novolen Technology.
