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June 2014 Archives
Lead Features
Company News
BMS to shut down German/Chinese sites for PC sheets; tough market conditions- Ineos to buy BASF stake in Styrolution for EUR1 bn
- Clariant to set up catalyst R&D in China; also boosts polyolefin capacity
- Solvay/Ineos jv Inovyn to be launched at end 2014
- Trinseo, formerly Styron, trading on NYSE
- Ineos/Sasol to set up HDPE plant in Texas
- Schulman to buy part of Ferro’s operations for US$91 mn
- Ineos completes acquisition of Sasol’s solvent business in Germany
- Westlake Chemical beefs up PVC operations with Vinnolit
- Ampacet acquires Aussie firm
- Another bid to sell Klöckner Pentaplast?
- Koch gets into US shale gas boom with PetroLogistics buy
Materials News
- Evonik expands nylon capacity; improves process with renewable sources
- Oxea and AkzoNobel expand in China
- CP breaks ground for PE plants in the US
- Bayer Pearl setting up new hq in Middle East
- India’s packaging sector to take off; challenges looming
- BASF expands compounding/TPU capacities in China; auto/infrastructure sectors
boost demand - Composites take centrestage
- Clariant doubles masterbatch and pigment capacity in Indonesia
- Samsung starts up Chinese engineering plastics plant
- Sabic/NanoTech develop first transparent conductive PC film
- Indorama’s acquisition of Artenius adds on to Turkish stable
Machinery News
- Evolution direct process for blown film reduces costs by 20%
- Italian plastics exhibition for 2015 registers 1,000 exhibitors
- Piovan: Looking beyond the golden years
- Taiwanese machinery makers view potential of Chinese market
- China bolsters sales for machinery
- VDMA anticipates growth of 3% in 2014; China bolsters sales
