Albis Plastic GmbH, Hamburg, is investing 10 million Euros in the construction of a new compounding facility in China. On a site covering 5,000 sqm in Changshu (90 km to the west of Shanghai) the company is erecting a production plant to produce the ALBIS brands Altech and Alcom.
A. Schulman announced today that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ("KSA"), a subsidiary of Alujain Corporation, a Saudi Stock Exchange listed company.
German specialty chemicals company Lanxess has started up on schedule a nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) plant in Nantong, China, as part of its 50:50 joint venture with Taiwan's TSRC Corporation.
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announced that it is going to invest approximately €100 million in three new R&D facilities in Delft and Sittard-Geleen (both in the Netherlands) over the next two years.
Over the next eighteen months, SABIC will invest 135 million euros in safety, energy conservation and the environment at their production site in Geleen.
Sanner GmbH, a manufacturer of high-quality plastic packaging components for pharmaceutical, medical, and healthcare products, recently completed the expansion of its plant in Budapest.
International market leaders tend to look for shorter and more flexible supply chains. They select Bianor, injection moulder and contract manufacturer, for quality, reliability and service reasons.
There is still continuing demand for KraussMaffei Berstorff extruders and machines manufactured locally at the production plant in Haiyan.
Total Petrochemicals announces that it has formed an exclusive alliance with Shaw’s Energy & Chemicals Group to jointly market and license Total Petrochemicals’ polystyrene technology on a worldwide basis.
Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of rigid plastic packaging, has announced a major expansion of extrusion blow molded PP bottle capacity in the Midwest, Southwest, and Canada in response to strong market demand for packaging for food and nutritional supplements.
Clariant continues to expand its global production capabilities to support customers in the Greater China region, with the inauguration of a new pigments facility.
German specialty chemicals firm Lanxess has announced that it will proceed to invest another 200-million-euro to build a second new neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) plant in Singapore on September 11 this year.
