Streamlined process and high quality improve sustainability of PET products
Over the past five years, PET resin and sheet producer Octal's commitment to sustainability has proven to directly correspond to dramatic growth.
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Expansion for Engel automation
Construction work has started in Hagen, Germany as Engel automation looks to expand. The production area in particular will benefit from significant extension, with a new hall to be added by next March.
Octal doubles production and establishes new factory
Currently, two new production buildings are being established for some 150 million euros. This is Octal's answer to increasing demands globally.
Arkema confirms its project to reorganize its Jarrie site
Arkema presented to the Central Works Council a project for the new organization of the chlorochemicals and hydrogen peroxide activities at its Jarrie site.
BASF increases capacity for Neopor
BASF increases capacity for Neopor insulation material in Europe.
SABIC’s third Chinese manufacturing investment announcement in 2011
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business, Chongqing Xiyong Micro-electronics Industrial Park, and the Chongqing Economic and Informatization Commission announced a memorandum of understanding where SABIC would establish an engineering thermoplastics compounding plant in Chongqing, China.
New DSM China Science and Technology Center in Shanghai.
DSM Engineering Plastics extends its R&D capacity with the New DSM China Science and Technology Center in Shanghai.
Sinopec has chosen Ineos technology
Sinopec selects Ineos Technologies’ Innovene PP process for Sinopec Maoming Company’s new project in Guangdong, China
Invista introduces Torzen resin
Invista, the world’s largest producer of polyamide 6.6 polymer, introduces Torzen resin, its premium polyamide brand for engineering polymers.
Bayer builds new polycarbonate plant in China
Bayer MaterialScience has started buiding a new plant in Guangzhou City few days ago.
Rhodia inaugurates one of the largest photovoltaic solar power facilities
Rhodia announced few days ago that the 12,000 square meters of photovoltaic panels fitted to the roof of its Belle-Etoile facility in Saint-Fons and Feyzin (Rhône) have now been brought into active service.
BioAmber and Lanxess partner for renewable, phthalate-free plasticizers
In Minnesota, Lanxess, a global leader in phthalate-free plasticizers and BioAmber, a leader in sustainable chemistry, have partnered to develop succinic acid based plasticizers that are both renewable and phthalate-free.
