2013 Exhibitions
March 2013 Archives
Company News
Huntsman investing in US and European MDI plants- CCL and Taisei Tube to set up Thai plant
- Kem One files for bankruptcy
- Asahi Kasei on expansion drive in the US
- PolyOne to sell its vinyl business to Mexichem
- Songwon Additive to start Houston plant for OPS
- LEGO factory to rise in China
- BASF to achieve higher sales for 2013
- LANXESS reports strong results for 2012
- Williams to produce propylene in Canada
- Dow to sell PP licensing and additives business units
- AkzoNobel invests EUR65 million to boost capacity in China
- Pertamina and PTT in petrochem deal
- Huntsman acquires 20% stake in Nippon Aqua
- Keba acquires Dutch automation firm
- BASF revamps APAC organisation
- BASF acquires parts of Ciech’s TDI business
- Lanxess to close down plants in Belgium and US to counter weak demand
- Celanese and Pertamina to collaborate on Indonesian ethanol projects
- K2013 exhibitors’ database goes online
- BASF and Markor in partnership for butanediol and PolyTHF in China
- Dow to receive US$2.48 billion from aborted Kuwait deal
- Ferro rejects Schulman offer bid
- Mitsubishi Chemical offers to buy compounds business of Tessendarlo
- Pell-Tec renamed Coperion Pelletising Technology
- Borealis acquires DEXPlastomers in Geleen
- Engel Austria and PME fluidtec tie up for water injection technology
- Oxea’s first oxo derivatives plant in China ready by year-end
Materials News
- Perstorp and Purac to develop caprolactone lactide co-polymers
- Asia to fuel demand for VAM
- Toray opens PET film plant in Taiwan
- PEN film for magnetic tape data storage
- China remains the growth centre for methanol demand, says IHS study
- Global revenues for HDPE to reach US$70 billion by 2019
- BASF and top US universities to develop new functional materials
- TPEs from GTL oil
- Achieving weight savings with Victrex PEEK HMF polymer
- BMS’s PU infusion resins rotor blades to improve wind turbines efficiency
Machinery News
- Instron’s trend tracker for Bluehill software
- Italian machinery sector driven by export in 2012
- KraussMaffei Group heralds 175th year in the industry
- Engel doubles production capacity in South Korean plant
- Maag develops screen changer filters for Middle East plant
- German machinery exports to Asia drop; Show mixed results in US and EU
- Aliaxis Group and Ashirvad Pipes tie up for market expansion in India
- Kautex opens new bigger plant in China
