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January 2014 Archives
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Company News
Dow, DuPont report higher earnings for 2013- Lanxess Chairman to step down
- Hedge fund pays US$1.3 bn for major stake in Dow
- US firms take up controlling stakes in Chinese processors
- Solvay offers to buy bankrupt Plextronics for USD33 mn
- Braskem/Siluria partner to develop gas-ethylene conversion
- RPC acquires competitor to expand to the US market
- Malaysian firm takes a stake in Spanish pipe maker
- Indorama in jv to build aromatic plant in Middle East
- SGL sells rotor blade business
- Sabic inaugurates latest SR472 million research centre in Riyadh
- Dow ceasing styrene plant operations in UK
- Total’s French refineries strike ends, results in million barrels of oil shortfall
Materials News
- Asia takes giant share of filler market
- BASF/Sinopec to build plasticiser feedstock plant in China
- Huntsman to expand PEA capacity globally
- Oxea ups capacity for speciality esters by 20%
- Small amounts of compostable plastics allowable in recycling stream
- Evonik invests in FRX Polymers
- TenCate appoints Leadgo as a rep in China
- Hexpol to expand TPE capacity in Germany
- Schulman rides on Asian gains and buys Prime Colorants
- Singapore agency extends rPET use for killing drug-resistant fungi
