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October 2012 Archives
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Company News
Hurricane Sandy leaves trail of destruction- Clariant posts strong performance
- Kuka lays foundation in China with new facility
- Songwon jv with Middle East partners
- Compounding facility in Indonesia
- Clariant/Wilmar jv to produce amines
- BASF shoring up PU business
- Emery to produce bio polyols in the US
- PetChem to cease PVC production
- PolyOne to expand portfolio with acquisition
- US chemical firms cut jobs
- Jindal buys ExxonMobil’s film unit
- Versalis and Honam Petrochemical's elastomers JV in South Korea
- Arkema sells additives unit to PMC
- Lubrizol expands CPVC output
- Evonik to start up MMA in US and increase 1-butene
- BMS adds on to Apec output
- Victrex to increase PAEK output by 70%
- Ticona to up its LFRT business
- Azelis sells composites unit
- Graham acquires American Kuhne
- KM sold to Onex
- Scientex to buy Great Wall Plastics
Materials News
- Speaker membranes in portable electronic devises use plastic films
- High shield film developed
- Staying fresh with metallised film
- Film wraps for frozen goods
- Films that yield advantages
- BASF/Purac jv for succinic acid
- Australians say phthalate in toys is not a risk
- Encapsulant prevents PID losses in solar modules
- OPS capacity doubled in Germany
- Octal ups its PET capacity
- Corn-based plastic plant in Brazil
- Coke/JBF tie up to produce more plant bottles
- Plastics in sea affect organisms
- New resin for EBM and easier recycling
- Cost-effective composite for TRIM process
