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April 2011

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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

MATERIALS NEWS

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

MACHINERY NEWS

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

EXHIBITION NEWS

PU show in the right place and at the right time!

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

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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Sibur to increase ethylene/TPE capacity

ussian petrochemical supplier Sibur's subsidiary Sibur-Neftekhim is investing US$306 million to expand its ethylene capacity to 430,000 tonnes/year at its Nizhny Novgorod plant. In TPE, it is doubling its capacity to 85,000 tonnes/year at its plant in Voronezh.

Most of the ethylene capacity will be supplied to Russian PVC producer RusVinyl. Sibur-Neftekhim operates three plants in Russia and produces ethylene, propylene, benzene, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, caprolactam, PVC and other chemicals.

As for the styrene-butadiene thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), the capacity expansion will be completed by 2012. The TPEs will be used for infrastructure, adhesive/sealant applications.