Lanxess to produce first bio-based EPDM rubber in the world
Lanxess is strengthening its commitment to produce premium synthetic rubbers from bio-based raw materials.
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Klöckner: state-of-art manufacturing equipment for European market
Klöckner Pentaplast announces launch of new state-of-art manufacturing equipment for European market.
Lanxess invests €90m in plastic materials business
Lanxess yesterday announced a series of investments, totalling €90m.
Engel invests in India
Engel is extending its sales base in Mumbai to include a technical centre and a seminar centre. In making the investment, the manufacturer of injection moulding machines and automation specialist is addressing the rising demands on plastics processing companies in India.
Braskem and Basf announce agreement to set up acrylic complex in Brazil
Braskem will supply propylene and other inputs to the project in Bahia, which will receive investments of over US$750 million.
Chemtura building European capacity for synthetic basestocks
Chemtura Corporation has announced the next stage of its plan to increase output of its Synton line of high-viscosity polyalphaolefin (HVPAO) synthetic basestocks.
BASF expands production of insulation material Styrodur C
BASF will substantially expand the production plant for the insulation material Styrodur C at the Ludwigshafen site in Germany. This will increase the production capacity of the extruded polystyrene rigid foam panels (XPS) from the current 1.3 million m³ by an additional 220,000 m³.
Sibur strengths its derivatives and acrylic acid activity
Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur Holding has consolidated production of acrylic acid and its derivatives in the country and surrounding former Soviet states with its purchase of JSC Acrylate of Dzerzhinsk, Russia.
New Indorama’s plants in Thailand and Indonesia
Indorama Ventures to invest in new Thai recycling plant and high technology business in Thailand and Indonesia.
'Waste business' does not always mean waste, but business
One of the largest plastics recycling companies in UK, Luxus has invested half a million pounds in a new plastics processing line to deliver 8,000 tonnes of compound a year using 100 % recycled materials.
Huntsman and Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes sign license agreement
Huntsman Corporation has announced that it has signed a licence agreement with Chinese chemicals manufacturer Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co., Ltd, for the production of Propylene Oxide (PO) and Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) – a co-product of PO. The financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.
Gazprom plans €3.5 bn to invest in polymers production
Russian petrochemicals producer Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat (GNS) plans to invest € 3.5 bn in a petrochemicals expansion at its site in Salavat, Bashkortostan, Russia.
