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December 2015 Archives

Company News

•  Evonik invests over EUR400 mn in 2015; builds new specialty copolymers plant
•  Difficult scenario for Petrobras and Brazil’s oil production to 2020- report
•  Mueller Industries signs jv deal with Bahrain firms
•  Fudi, Magnetti Morelli on jv for auto lighting in China
•  Brenntag buys polymers distributor Plastichem
•  Dow/DuPont merger, industry’s largest deal to date, says IHS
•  DowDuPont: climax of mergers for the year
•  Dow to fully own Dow Corning
•  Chemours to cut 400 workers; in line with reducing costs
•  Dow and Dupont to merge??
•  LyondellBasell acquires Indian PP compounder
•  Indorama buys sole PET maker in Northern India
•  Shell to expand alpha olefins production on US Gulf Coast
•  AkzoNobel unveils US$10 million US research facility

Materials News

•  RPC acquires closure manufacturer GCS
•  Proxy Biomedical eyes facility, portfolio expansions in 2016
•  Stora Enso debuts new Stockholm innovation centre for biomaterials
•  Reverdia and Omnia to sign distribution deal for Biosuccinium
•  Toho Tenax , Kawasaki Heavy Industries to develop CFRP Springs for railcar trucks
•  Malaysian plastics industry seeks to amp R&D investments
•  VinylPlus leads the PVC sustainability
•  PolyOne beefs up colour concentrates portfolio with acquisition
•  AkzoNobel and Chinese auto giant pioneer powder auto body coatings
•  Association calls for carbon pricing mechanism for bioplastic innovation
•  PacXpert secures 2nd license in Japan
•  Avantium and Mitsui tie up to market biobased chemicals in Asia
•  Victrex invests in downstream manufacturing to support PAEK-polymers
•  European company granted US patent for nanodiamond-containing polymers
•  BASF expands pigment capacities in China, Germany
•  Saint-Gobain starts quality-approved composite bearing production in Indonesia plant
•  EU initiative presents options for exploiting carbon dioxide to produce rubber/synthetic fibres
•  Dunlop and BASF develop breakthrough technology for padel bats
•  Covestro to close MDI plant in Spain; facility to be retained
•  Biodegradability, environmental issues fuel growth of bioplastics market
•  European Commission credits bioplastics’ benefit to circular economy
•  Lanxess stages Pigments Symposium in China; highlights key challenges in the industry
•  COMAC’s new commercial aircraft weighs lighter with Victrex Pipes
•  Clariant to invest for a new pharma packaging plant in India
•  LCD displays take up US$1.6 bn chemicals materials market in 2015 - IHS
•  Solvay and RTP enter into agreement for PAI
•  BASF to boost compounding capacities for engineering plastics by 70,000 MT yearly

Machinery News

•  PTi to expand facility in the US
•  NOX uses planetary roller extruder from Battenfeld-Cincinnati
•  Jindal Films invests in Italian plant
•  Amut’s single step extrusion technology improves waterproofing membranes performances
•  Coperion Nanjing opens new plant
•  Erema opens EUR2 mn upcycling centre
•  Milacron completes CanGen acquisition; expands product offering
•  Surface Generation to develop new composite press-forming processes for auto, aerospace