February 2013 Archives
Lead Feature
Company News
BASF reports strong 2012 revenues
Borealis reports net profit of EUR100 million in Q4 2012
Lubrizol to partner Sekisui in Thai CPVC facility
Breyer opens subsidiary in Shanghai
AkzoNobel stages new strategy to hit financial targets
Novomer completes run of world’s first large-scale PPC Polyol
Starlinger opens new Indonesia office
Songwon Industrial firms up financial structure through syndicated loan
Clariant repositions portfolio, reports full-quarter profitability
Solvay to build a new silica plant in Poland
Milacron to buy Mold-Masters from 3i
Borealis bids to acquire Total’s shares of N-fertiliser firm
Equate Petrochemical bares US$1.09 billion net profits in 2012
Materials News
First of its kind triangular PET bottle for SEAB
Bottle producers to benefit from SABIC’s Bimodial HDPE
Teknor Apex to showcase new flexible elastomer compounds at US trade show
Super-Reflective PCT for LED lghting
RTP to produce TPV nylon compounds
Amcor develops lightest hot fill PET bottle
DuPont closes sale of coatings business
Solazyme and Mitsui to jointly develop algal oils
ExxonMobil’s resins make tougher yet light paint pails
Biocomposites and algae-plastics enter the market
Teijin Chemicals and SK chemicals to venture in PPS resins