January 2017
Company News
- » Saudi Aramco shelves jv with Petronas for RAPID project in Malaysia
- » M&As: Solvay sells PU/epoxy business in the US; Zotefoams buys Chinese partner in insulation jv
- » Evonik completes acquisition of Air Products; expects higher EPS in 2017
- » Klöckner Pentaplast to go public
Materials News
- » US: Nova starts up LLDPE plant; Braskem its UHMWPE plant and Arkema upgrades acrylics site
- » Polymer foams market to grow by 3.3% by 2021
- » Petronas selects ACP PE technology for 400 kt/year Malaysian RAPID project
- » Thyssenkrupp to build PLA plant in China
Machinery News
- » Kiefel increases automotive business in the US
- » Vietnamese show targets new processing/packaging technology; grows 44% this year
- » Chinaplas to unveil more industrial trends; highlights three concurrent events
February 2017
Company News
- » Octal gearing up for IPO
- » Singapore to implement carbon tax; oil refineries may be affected
- » ExxonMobil: invests in Singapore plant for lubricants; expands Shanghai tech centre
- » Tetra Pak to open new closures facility in Asia
- » Dow/DuPont merger: companies to sell off assets to move forward
- » DuPont/Chemours to jointly pay for PFOA lawsuits
- » Plant set-ups: Uhde to license technology in Iran; Versalis/Sonatrach pitch for petchem complex in Algeria
- » SK Capital to sell Archroma; Synthomer, Advent and Apollo Global contenders
- » Sanctions relief strengthens outlook for Iran’s NPC
- » Celanese to acquire Nilit Plastics’s nylon compounding business
Materials News
- » Materials: Jindal expands in Belgium; Croda invests in UK site
- » Aerospace: Victrex/Tri-Mack jv for PAEK; Arkema ups capacity of PEKK; MTI/Airbus tie-up for laser protection
- » UN pulling out all the stops to rid oceans of plastic
- » Asahi Kasei/Bluestar in jv for mPPE output in China
- » Evonik to expand PMMA film capacity in Germany
- » Building the world’s infrastructure with composites Jan-Feb digital issue
- » Materials News: Having your fill of “edible” plastics Jan-Feb digital issue
- » Environment: Elderly farmer wins lawsuit against Qihua for contamination of land
- » Materials: Evonik’s new coating lab in Turkey; Arlanxeo strengthens EPDM position with new quality control lab in Netherlands
- » Norway’s Norner to research green packaging; EUR2.5 mn funding
- » Biomaterials: AkzoNobel to cooperate with Itaconix; Avalon to research 5-HMF for formaldehyde substitute
- » Plant expansions: BASF expands MDI plant in Belgium; Clariant to hike up medical plastic compounds output
Machinery News
- » Machinery: Kautex expands German facility; Boston Matthews adds on resources/technology
- » Vietnam’s packaging industry to expand against higher GDP
- » Indonesia: an economy growing strong Jan-Feb digital issue
- » Indian Machinery & Technology: India’s machinery makers embrace challenges Jan-Feb digital issue
- » Processor Report: Vietnamese packaging maker expands boundaries Jan-Feb digital issue
- » Transam invests in sixth Davis-Standard EuroBlue extruder
- » ST sees renewed interest in sequential blow moulding
- » Reifenhäuser sells Reimotec to Dietze+Schell
- » Erema’s ReFresher for nicer smelling PCR material
- » With strong focus on end-users, Chinaplas 2017 is ready to welcome international visitors
March 2017
Company News
- » AkzoNobel rejects 2nd offer by PPG; pushed to consider by investors
- » Huntsman considers merger as option after spin-off of pigments/additives
- » Borealis and Nova Chemicals enter jv deal with Total for PE expansions
- » Dow, DuPont merger gets greenlight from EU; sparks concern of monopoly in agro industry
- » ExxonMobil expands manufacturing capacity in the US; JV petrochemplant with Sabic underway in Texas
- » Saudi Arabia signs multiple deals worth US$65 bn with Chinese firms
- » Lubrizol to increase equity in LIPL, its jv with Indian Oil
- » BASF works with Hewlett Packard to build supercomputer for global chemical research
- » Lanxess invests EUR100 million for aromatic compounds/rubber chemicals
- » Sabic/Sinopec study feasibility of projects in China/Saudi Arabia
- » Henkel submits binding offer to acquire Darex for US$1 bn
- » AkzoNobel rejects PPG offer for speciality chemicals; mulls IPO
- » Synthomer acquires Perstorp Belgium
- » Barnes beefs up tooling capabilites with Gammaflux acquisition
- » Vietnam: SCG ups stake in petrochemicals complex; Hyosung to build PDH and PP complex
- » M&As: Avery Dennison completes Hanita buy; Contitech receives go-ahead for Hornschuch
- » Saudi Aramco to invest US$7 bn in Petronas’s RAPID project in Malaysia
Materials News
- » Lanxess to add on to pigment supply globally to meet demand
- » Dow’s innovative EPE foam solution – smart packaging for smart shopping, especially in the digital space Advertorial
- » Ube, JSR and Mitsubishi Rayon create ABS business
- » German companies commissioned for OLED facility in China
- » ONGC launches India’s largest petrochemical plant
- » Covestro to continue MDI production in Tarragona, suspends closure of facility
- » BASF to invest in new additives plant in Shanghai
- » Thermoplastic Elastomers: Medical devices come of age with TPEs Mar-Apr. digital issue
- » Materials News: EU economy going full circle with bioplastics Mar-Apr. digital issue
- » Plant set-ups: Trelleborg opens PU centre in UK; Evonik constructs PMMA facility for aircraft; BASF sets up R&D centre in India
- » Total Corbion PLA formally starts up operations
- » Bio tie-ups: Danimer/Pepsi for biofilms; Nestle/Danone for bioPET bottle by 2020
- » Bio-on/Sadam collaborate for low-cost production of levulinic acid
- » Kem One/Chemplast Sanmar jv for CPVC in India
Machinery News
- » Outlook is positive for 2017; previous year ended on bright note – VDMA
- » Chinaplas 2017 facilitates automotive industry towards light weighting and smart manufacturing
- » Recycling: A synergy of de-cluttering solutions Mar-Apr. digital issue
- » Shelf war of products: The score is in the packaging Mar-Apr. digital issue
- » US plastics machinery shipments fall 7% in Q4 of 2016
April 2017
Company News
- » Jain Irrigation acquires US firms for US$48 mn
- » AkzoNobel to separate chemicals unit
- » Milliken acquires Keystone to expand colourant offerings
- » Nova expands presence on US Gulf Coast with Williams acquisition; ups PE capacity
- » Hyosung to enter Iran with PP plant; ups investments abroad
- » Jindal and Songwon set up tech centres
- » Victrex acquires fibre manufacturer Zyex
- » Klöckner Pentaplast acquires Linpac; creates US$2 bn company
- » Kraiburg expands to South Korea; adds on to new US facility
- » BP and DuPont jv, Butamax, to commercialise bio-isobutanol at new facility in Kansas
- » M&As: GTM buys Braskem’s Quantiq; Nexeo acquires Ultra Chem; Accella buys Covestro’s PU foam business in US
Materials News
- » Oceans apart: the case for keeping our waters plastic-free May digital issue
- » Plastic wastes for sourcing energy and fuel May digital issue
- » Dow/Saudi Aramco jv Sadara starts up LDPE plant
- » Ineos Styrolution and Innova expand styrene capacities in Americas
- » Sarawak to have methanol plant by 2021
- » Reliance starts up ethane plant; feedstock from the US
- » New report calls for suspension of oxo-degradable plastics in Europe
- » Lanxess invests EUR25 mn in PA site in Antwerp
- » Petronas to set up INA plant in PIC; investment of US$442 mn
- » ExxonMobil/Sabic decide on Corpus Christi for petrochemical plant
- » Global bioplastics for packaging market to grow by 17% to 2022; Asia in the lead
- » Hengli Petrochemical’s 400 kt/year HDPE project
- » Mitsui Chemicals/Toyota Boshoku licence modifiers for auto market; Mitsui opens PE plant in Singapore
- » Chinaplas 2017: Kraiburg to focus on TPEs for high-end lifestyle products
- » Wanhua to build US$1 bn MDI plant in US
- » New tool launched to monitor bio-based materials in the chemical industry
Machinery News
- » Made in China 2025: a more industrialised and self-sufficient China in the making May digital issue
- » Extrusion/Thermoforming Machinery May digital issue
- » Vietnam’s plastics industry: ready for the world May digital issue
- » An upside to packaging technology for SR Technopack with Aquarex May digital issue
- » Davis-Standard, extending its reach to Asia May digital issue
- » Chinaplas 2017 to feature Smart Manufacturing technologies for E&E industries
- » GN Thermoforming expands Asian presence
- » Rapid Granulator invests in a facility in the US
May 2017
Company News
- » Warren Buffet’s Berkshire acquires 3% stake in Lanxess
- » Uponor sets up facility in China
- » Clariant/Huntsman to merge; creating a US$20 bn company
- » Canadian/Kuwaiti jv for propylene/PP project in Canada
- » Total opens revamped French petchem plant
- » Petronas/Aramco to expand product base at Rapid: elastomers/SR on the cards
- » LyondellBasell starts construction of Hyperzone PE Plant at its La Porte complex
- » Indian state of Punjab to house US$3 bn petrochemicals complex
- » ExxonMobil buys Singapore’s Jurong Aromatics
- » Ensinger acquires Swiss-based next composites
- » DuPont banks on auto and electronics sectors in China
- » Indian state of Punjab to house US$3 bn petrochemicals complex
- » M&As: Radici acquires Lamiflex; Indorama takes over Trevira; Amcor buys Latin American container firm
- » Borealis/Borouge enter solar market with Quentys
- » Sabic invests in Airborne for automated/digitised composites production
- » United Caps to set up first Asian facility in Malaysia
Materials News
- » AkzoNobel opens new Performance Coatings facility in Thailand
- » Croda to start its £27 million investment project in Hull
- » Covestro to further increase Shanghai polycarbonate production to 60 Ktpa in 2019
- » Covestro researches bio-based aniline for PU material
- » Clariant to invest in new additives facilities in China
- » Lanxess ups FR capacity in US; HBCD alternative
- » Kraton opens HSBC plant in Taiwan
- » Kraiburg TPE in a growth mode in China and Asia
- » Eastman introduces cellulose-based plastic
- » Dow to proceed with coatings and silicones investments in Saudi Arabia
- » Dow pushes for more projects, investments in the US; expands ethylene capacity, builds world-scale PE unit
- » Wanhua commissions largest PDH unit in China
- » Emery Oleochemicals introduces new portfolio of additives for C-PVC May digital issue
Machinery News
- » Engel’s sales grow 8%; credits Asia for growth
- » Arburg closes 2016 on high note; electric machines lead sales
- » Wittmann Battenfeld bankrolls capacity expansion at Kottingbrunn facility
- » Wintec catering to Asian markets finds growth in auto sector
- » Malaysia’s plastics exports up slightly; skilled workforce still a challenge
- » KraussMaffei integrates and plans for double-digit growth in China
- » The American passion for red cups becomes a trend; WM supplies machinery
- » Boy's injection moulding machine combines two processes
June 2017
Company News
- » Qatar Petroleum completes merger of vinyl unit with Qapco
- » Rosneft clears final hurdle for US$13 bn acquisition of Essar Oil
- » Saudi Arabia aims to transform economy with crude-to-oil projects
- » Sonoco to buy Clear Lam Packaging
- » Braskem to build 450 kt PP plant in US; investment of US$675 mn
- » battenfeld-cincinnati USA expands sales and service team
- » China still a focus market for manufacturers June/July digital issue
- » Cosmetics get a “sustainability” makeover June/July digital issue
- » Japanese plastic fuel filler pipe maker to up production capacity, invests US$1.9 mn
- » Lotte Chemical Titan IPO the largest in Malaysia; IPO funds to build petchem facility in Indonesia
- » Celanese and Blackstone to form jv for acetate tow; US$1.3 bn company
- » Indian firms in jv for petchem complex in Maharashtra
- » Dow DuPont merger crosses the last hurdle; on track to Aug closing
- » Trinseo to acquire TPE maker API; purchase price of US$82 mn
- » Qatar Petroleum unfazed by crisis
- » Ineos to expand in Europe; investment of US$2bn
- » Kuraray, Sumitomo and PTTGC in jv for HSBC/PA9T plant in Thailand
- » Tekni-Plex invests in US$15 mn facility in China
- » M&As: Avery acquires Finesse; PolyOne buys colour specialist Rutland
- » Lubrizol to invest US$60 mn in life sciences business
- » M&As: Hexcel to buy Structil; United Caps to buy Dewit Plastics
- » PPG drops bid for AkzoNobel
Materials News
- » Yokogawa signs collaborative deal with SEG
- » US Automotive: Eastman to expand films capacity; Borealis builds PP compounding facility
- » Plant set-ups Songwon starts up pilot plant in India; BASF its expanded engineering resins plant in Germany
- » PET containers/dairy alternatives converge to market growth June/July digital issue
- » Pan Asia to break ground in Saudi for petrochem plant
- » Food fills the appetite of biobased solutions June/July digital issue
- » EuroChem and ChemChina sign MOU for Russia’s first PU plant
- » EUR25 million subsidy for PEF; Synvina to build plant for FDCA
- » Dow completes PE facility in Texas; first of four US$6 bn investments
- » Celanese/Sabic jv to start up Saudi POM operations in third quarter
- » Carbios and TechnipFMC to scale up development of PET enzymatic recycling process
- » BIC announces new SIRA roadmap to develop Europe’s bioeconomy
- » BASF and Haier team up for innovation lab in China
- » Agriculture Industry: Aiding an agricultural economy with plasticulture June/July digital issue
Machinery News
- » Wastewater pipe company adds two more Davis-Standard extruders
- » VDMA reports uptrend in plastics and rubber machinery sales; expects 3% rise in 2018
- » Plastics machinery shipments slip 7.5% in 2017 Q1
- » Reifenhäuser shows five-layer line processing biopolymers
- » Erema expands capacity with new assembly shop
- » Amut confirms EUR10 mn sales of lines to Asia
July 2017
Company News
- » New plants: Indorama expands PTA output in Europe; Bora Petrochemical to set up PP/PE plants in China
- » New facilities: DKSH opens in the Philippines; Henkel sets up composites centre in Japan
- » PolyOne acquires colourant producer Mesa, divests subsidiary DSS
- » Shaanxi Coal Yulin opts for LyondellBasell’s process for PP plant
- » Solvay to sell its stake in Brazilian PVC compounder to jv partners
- » US activist shareholders blast Huntsman Clariant merger
- » Adnoc and Borealis tie-up for Borouge 4 PP project in Ruwais
- » Adnoc heading for IPO for distribution unit; releases 2030 growth strategy
- » LyondellBasell to proceed with world’s largest PO/TBA plant in Texas; cost of USD2.4 bn
- » Lanxess’s Rhein Chemie combines rubber and colourant specialties business lines
- » Klöckner Pentaplast acquires Linpac Group
Materials News
- » AkzoNobel and Itaconix in bio-based polymer application agreement
- » Covestro kicks off expanded film production at new Dormagen facility
- » Dow’s Innovative Solutions Tackle Challenges in E-commerce Packaging
- » Dow’s "Soft comfort" Breakthrough in the Nonwovens Market
- » Making music with nylon
- » Zhenpeng introduces industry’s first all-plastic stop valve for pressurised hot water systems
- » Arkema to invest in biosourced PA11 chain in Asia; investment of EUR300 mn
- » BASF to produce XPS boards only at one site in Germany
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Machinery News
- » Philippine plastics industry to benefit from technologies, offers at T-Plas
- » Davis-Standard commemorates facility expansion in Pawcatuck
- » Plast 2018 to have higher number of foreign exhibitors
August 2017
Company News
- » Rosneft and partners complete US$12 bn buy of India’s Essar Oil
- » Battenfeld-cincinnati China Driven by innovation Aug. digital issue
- » Davis-Standard acquires Maillefer to expand extrusion offerings
- » Dow to increase ownership in Sadara to 50%; last of 26 plants commissioned
- » DSM acquires outstanding shares in Taiwanese UV curable resin jv
- » Hurricane Harvey affects petchem facilities in the US
- » India to boost polymer use; Gujarat hub for petrochemicals sector
- » Mexichem to acquire Israeli irrigation firm Netafim for US$1.5 bn
- » Nagase acquires US speciality chemicals distributor
- » Plant set-ups: Dow to build innovation centre in US; Ampacet opens facility in Australia
- » PTTGC finalises polyolsPU project in Thailand; enters into plastic bag jv in Myanmar
Materials News
- » Lubrizol and Shin-Etsu expand silicone plants in the US
- » Recycling: Uncovering the recovery of PVC Aug. digital issue
- » Biodegradable plastics honed from nature Aug. digital issue
- » Building fire-safety: aluminium composites take the heat Aug. digital issue
- » China plant set-ups Sumitomo for electronic materials; Asahi Kasei PPPA compounds; Shouguang Luqing HDPE unit
- » Eastman to expand PETG capacity in Malaysia
- » Medical Industry: Having a heart for polymers Aug. digital issue
- » Ineos to increase ABS capacity in India
- » Shell completes sale of Sadaf jv to Sabic
- » Tekni-Plex starts-up new China facility
- » Teknor Apex to expand in Europe with compounding/R&D facility
Machinery News
- » Kiefel attributes higher sales to Southeast Asia growth
- » Krones and Erema join forces to offer complete lines for PET recycling
September 2017
Company News
- » Plant set-ups: Ineos to build VAM plant in Europe; BASF to set up amines plant in China
- » BASF to acquire Solvay’s global polyamide business for EUR1.6 bn
- » China’s CEFC buys stake in Russia’s Rosneft for US$9 billion
- » DowDuPont merger completed
- » IKO Polymeric: Innovative solution for energy-efficient production of flexible PVC Sept digital issue
- » Acquisitions: HB Fuller buys Royal in US$1.5 bn deal; Navigator to buy Sapal packaging firm
- » Air Products forms US$1.3 bn jv with Chinese company
- » Amcor mulls takeover of Bemis
- » Reliance to enter composites market with Kemrock buy
- » Sealed Air to acquire Singapore PE foam company
Materials News
- » Invista expands ADN technology to French facility; explores building of ADN facility in China
- » Dow starts up ethylene/PE facilities in Texas; expands engineering resins facility in Shenzhen
- » Capacity increases Eastman to increase CHDM; Perstorp upgrading Capa plant in UK
- » Industry weighs in on issues and risks of using FRs Sept digital issue
- » Asahi Kasei and Bluestar establish jvs for mPPE in China
- » Bio-based: Covestro’s resin for timber construction; Total Corbion’s PLA from Bonsucro-certified sugarcane
- » Building Materials: Standing up to the rigours of time Sept digital issue
- » Norner licenses PE production technology
- » Plant set-ups: Clariant in jv for light stabilisers in China; Solvay to expand PEKK output to US
- » Ravago’s Pegasus to distribute Braskem’s UHMWPE in China
- » Sabic expands PP capacity in Europe; to invest in PP extrusion line
- » UK researchers create methanol from oxygen
- » World’s toughest law against plastic bags implemented in Kenya
Machinery News
- » US shipments of plastics machinery spring back after three-year decline
- » Korean R&D facility installs Davis-Standard medical tubing line
- » Reifenhäuser sets up digital business unit
- » Technologies to create better packaging Sept digital issue
- » Thermoforming: Shaping packaging in various formats Sept digital issue
- » JEC’s first composites fair in South Korea
October 2017
Company News
- » AkzoNobel, Axalta in ongoing ‘constructive discussions’ on merger bid
- » Clariant moves forward from foiled merger; in talks with shareholders
- » EU to investigate Blackstone/Celanese acetone tow merger
- » M&G’s US subsidiary files for bankruptcy protection
- » M&As: Tekni-Plex bought by Genstar; United Caps buys closures division of Closures4you
- » Indorama to acquire DuPont Teijin Films
- » Sibur/Aramco to work on projects in Saudi Arabia and Russia
- » Tech centre openings: Cabot opens in China; Surface Generation in the UK
- » White Tale ups equity in Clariant; reiterates opposition to merger with Huntsman
- » M&As: Bayer reduces stake in Covestro; Blackstone sells Schenck Process; Westlake increases 5% ownership in partner firm
- » M&As: Carlisle to buy PU maker Accella; Südpack acquires Seville Flexpack; Hexcel completes Structil acquisition
- » M&As: Australia’s Pro-Pac to buy IPG Group; FRX Polymers to launch IPO in Australia next year for Asian growth
- » Petronas Chemicals sells stake in unit to Aramco for US$900 mn
Materials News
- » Europeans join forces on CO2- based PU; to utilise waste gas from steel factories
- » ExxonMobil starts up new PE line at largest PE plant in the world
- » Capacity expansions: Celanese debottlenecks engineering materials facilities; Sabo to increase HALS
- » Solvay Performance Polyamides starts Technyl plant in Mexico
- » Yantai Wanhua to build world-scale ethylene project in Shandong
- » Novomer sets up tech centre for biobased materials
- » Capacity Expansions: Mitsui starts up TPV line in Japan; Shin-Etsu to up capacity for optical fibre globally
- » Capacity expansions: Solvay ups PESU capacity in US/India; AkzoNobel for peroxides in China; Songwon for TPU in South Korea
- » China asserts dominance in speciality chemicals demand
- » Composites: Owens Corning to invest in European plant; Teijin starts up new line for aramid fibre in Japan
- » Evonik ups the ante with new process for MMA
- » Production of biodegradable materials, a work in progress Oct digital issue
- » Recycling: No-waste solutions for waste plastics Oct digital issue
- » Plant expansions: Borealis moves forward with PDH; Ineos debottlenecks ENB plant
Machinery News
- » JEC Innovation Award for 12 companies
- » Chinaplas 2018 to move to new venue; 30% larger than 2016
- » JEC Asia’s conference programme to focus on a host of composites markets
- » Rapid Granulator invests in facility
- » Technology at Fakuma 2017 Oct digital issue
- » Thailand: a tiger economy in an era of innovation Oct digital issue
November 2017
Company News
- » Lotte Versalis Elastomers new complex in South Korea
- » M&As: Evonik acquires 3M additive unit; Imerys adds on Brazilian company to portfolio
- » Aramco/Sabic partner in US$20 bn chemicals project
- » AkzoNobel and Axalta end merger discussions; Axalta considering Nippon Paint bid
- » Momentive postpones IPO
- » ADNOC to sell 10% of distribution unit in IPO
- » M&As: Mitsui Chemicals to acquire Asahi Kasei’s TPV unit; Lanxess to buy Solvay's US phosphorus additives business
- » M&As/Tie-ups: Indorama buys mothballed Portuguese PTA supplier; BASF to invest in US additives firm
- » M&As: Solvay completes acquisition of ECF; Constantia Flexibles sells labels division for EUR1 bn
- » Momentive in an IPO; to raise US$350 mn
- » Pharmaceutical Industry: Keeping pills protected Nov/Dec digital issue
- » Plant expansions: AkzoNobel expands plant in China; Ascend to up nylon/feedstock capacity by 10-15%
- » Plant expansions: Chomarat adds on carbon multiaxial machine; Clariant opens healthcare facility in India
Materials News
- » Global market for bioplastics to grow by 20%; Asia main hub for production
- » Capacity Increases: Addivant ups capacity for antioxidant in US; DSM pumps up capacity for speciality polymers in the Netherlands
- » Clariant and Tiangang kick-start jv for light & process stabilisers in China
- » Plant Expansions: Victrex opens £10 million facility; Trinseo starts up line for ABS in China
- » Sporting Industry: Sports sector in the running for plastics Nov/Dec digital issue
- » Composites are taking off in the aerospace industry Nov/Dec digital issue
- » Braskem and Haldor Topsoe partner for biochemical pilot plant in Denmark
- » Covestro expands global capacity for polyurethane dispersions; plant in China
- » Borealis undertaking feasibility study of PP capacity increase in Europe
- » Perstorp launches world’s first portfolio of renewable polyols
- » Solvay opens PVDF unit in China
- » Not smooth sailing in Asia’s troubled polluted waters Nov/Dec digital issue
Machinery News
- » Indonesia’s plastics & rubber industry set to grow by 8.4% in 2017
- » Plant Expansions: Kautex completes new assembly hall; Starlinger expands to new building in Austria
- » Chinaplas 2018: Innovation is key to the future in plastics
- » Maag expands to Shanghai and Guangzhou
- » New ironing roll winder modernises high-speed winding of large master rolls
- » Plant Openings in Germany: Uth invests in hq; JSW opens tech centre
- » 10th JEC Asia composites show closes with record visitors
- » An era of digitalised and high-tech healthcare in Thailand Nov/Dec digital issue
- » Hennecke to buy OMS to create PU machinery group
December 2017
Company News
- » M&As: Ravago buys PTS; Albermarle to sell catalysts business to WR Grace for Us$416 mn
- » ChemChina to list KraussMaffei on Shanghai Stock Exchange
- » M&As: Celanese buys Omni Plastics; SK completes buy of Dow’s Saran PVDC business
- » M&As: Reynolds selling Closure Asia to Pact; Hexcel to acquire Oxford’s aerospace business
Materials News
- » Capacity Expansions: LG Chem to invest in South Korean plant for SAP; Teijin to up capacity for para aramid in Europe
- » Capacity expansions: Ineos to build PAO plant in Texas; Hanwha Total to build PE unit in South Korea
- » Capacity Expansions: CP Chemical completes ethane cracker for PE output; Formosa to expand PVC output
- » Capacity additions: Sibur to expand PET feedstock in Russia; BASF/Sinopec to add on to NPG output in China
- » Acrylic acid: Evonik/Dow end jv for acrylic; Gazprom opens largest acrylic plant in Russia
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