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Market optimism influences Solvay's takeover of Rhodia

Styron and Evonik to go public and name change for Styron

BASF gets go ahead for MDI

BMS to expand MDI in Germany

Set up for R&D in China

Taiwanese company buys American SBC supplier

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Malaysian jv to produce super-absorbent polymers

No more BPA bottles in Malaysia next year

Sibur to increase ethylene/TPE capacity

NatureWorks to set up facility in Asia

Eastman and Oxea add on plasticiser capacity

EU control on phthalates and Eastman to stop producing

Resin for pipes and tanks

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Battenfeld wins litigation against Chinese manufacturer

Micromoulding machine at R&D centre

Coperion scores in UAE

German company expands its reach

Tube lines for wider range

Italian machine sales do better than expected

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Zotefoams to acquire Mucell Extrusion

Haitian hits new sales record

Chen Hsong to make large machines

Electric alternative to hydraulic machine

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Coperion scores in UAE

erman company Coperion landed the largest contract in its history, worth EUR100 million, in the fourth quarter of 2010. The contract, awarded by Abu Dhabi National Oil and Borealis joint venture Borouge, is to undertake the materials handling systems for the third expansion of a polyolefins plant in Ruwais, United Arab Emirates.

With this investment, Borouge will expand its polyolefins capacity by 2 million tonnes to 4.5 million tonnes/year. The new plants in Ruwais include two production lines each for the manufacture of PP and PE as well as a line for LDPE.

Coperion's scope of work includes the planning and all connected engineering services for the complete plant as well as the delivery of machines and key components for the handling, transport and warehousing of the bulk materials. The company will supply 20 km of pipes, more than 120 rotary valves, about 280 diverter valves and 220 filters in addition to two ZSK 380 high-performance extruders for compounding of PP.

Coperion has previously supplied two Borouge plants in 1999 and 2007.