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June 2011

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BASF banking on engineering resins in Asia

COMPANY NEWS

Graham to be bought by Reynolds

BASF adding more compounding capacity in Europe

Clariant expects higher sales

China's coatings market benefits from white pigment

Styrolution born out of styrenics

More PET in the global market

BMS on track with R&D centre in China

MATERIALS NEWS

Carbon fibres not out of steam yet

PP the subject of a carbon footprint study

MACHINERY NEWS

Large diameter pipe machinery to Norway

European machinery associations heave a sigh of relief

EXHIBITION NEWS

Asia to lead composites growth

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

New resin improves productivity for medical devices

Automotive vanes take to PEEK

Resin targets thinwall packaging

Moulds enhanced for thinwall moulding

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More PET in the global market

hai company Indorama Ventures, which had previously announced a 220,000 tonnes/year PET resin plant to serve Europe, has confirmed that the plant will be in Poland. Meanwhile, South Korean SKC has contracted plant engineering for its optical grade PET at its Jincheon facility.

Indorama says the decision to base its plant in Poland was taken "to benefit from economies of scale from its existing PET facility and co-site with an existing third party PTA supplier." The expansion is expected to be completed in 2013 and will take its total capacity in Poland to 360,000 tonnes/year and in Europe to around 1.3 million tonnes/year. It has five PET plants in Europe.

SKC, meanwhile, has awarded the plant engineering contract to Uhde Inventa-Fischer. The plant will have two lines with production capacities of 144,000 and 54,000 tonnes/year respectively. The commissioning of both is scheduled in 2012.