An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

BASF strengthens its enzyme technology footprint

With three separate transactions, BASF has strengthened its technology footprint in industrial enzymes, one of BASF’s identified growth fields: BASF has completed the acquisition of Henkel’s detergents enzyme technology. Additionally, BASF has entered into a research and license agreement w ... more

BASF plans production of butanediol from renewable feedstock using Genomatica technology

BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using the patented process of Genomatica, San Diego, California. The one-step fermentation process is based on sugars as a renewable feedstock. The license agreement allows BASF to build a world-sc ... more

BASF research boosts its innovative strength

BASF had sales of approximately €8.5 billion in 2012 from new products that have been on the market for less than five years. “Our research Verbund has increased its innovative strength to a new level of performance in 2012,” said Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer, member of the Board of Executive Dire ... more

BASF Construction Polymers GmbH

BASF Construction Polymers GmbH, Trostberg, Germany, is a leading innovator and producer of construction and oilfield polymers. Our product portfolio for construction chemicals consists of superplasticizers, dispersants, plasticizers, rheology modifying agents, stabilizers, defoamers and ai ... more

BASF Construction Chemicals Europe AG

BASF Construction Chemicals Europe AG in Schaffhausen/Switzerland belongs to the Business Unit Construction Systems Europe of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen/Germany. We develop, manufacture and supply flooring solutions which meet all requirements. Our MASTERTOP product range offers epoxy and polyu ... more

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.

In order to be able to take advantage of the opportunities for profitable growth throughout the world, BASF is represented with production and sales facilities in all economic regions. Even though Europe is BASF's home market, the dynamic regions of North America, Asia and South America are ... more

Research and Markets: Chemical Wholesaling in the US - Downstream markets will aid demand, but high costs will limit growth

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the"Chemical Wholesaling in the US" report to their offering. Chemical balance: Downstream markets will aid demand, but high costs will limit growth Chemical Wholesaling in the US Fundamental elements: As a key intermediary within the suppl ... more

An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

Extensive Guide for Linking Trade Name Chemicals To Generic Chemicals and Manufacturers

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Industrial Chemical Thesaurus, Fourth Edition-2004 to their offering. This thesaurus serves as the most comprehensive source for linking trade name chemicals to generic chemicals and manufacturers. This resource contains over 75,000 trade n ... more

Dow Completes Liquid Epoxy Resin Expansion

Dow Epoxy completed its 30 KTA Liquid Epoxy Resin (LER) expansion at its fully back-integrated Stade, Germany site. The facility, which has now been ramped up to full production rates, will increase the Company’s global LER capacity by 10 percent. “Our goal is to leverage and sell more epox ... more

Dow and Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corporation Sign Commercial Agreement for Research Collaboration

The Dow Chemical Company and the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) announced the signing of a commercial agreement for research collaboration. Dow and SWCC’s first action after this agreement will be to launch a pilot project to test the suitability of innovative desalination techn ... more

Brenntag announces new distribution agreement with Dow Fabric and Surface Care

Brenntag Europe announced that it started to distribute the full range of products from Dow Fabric and Surface Care to Italy, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden since the beginning of the year. For more than a decade Brenntag has successfully promoted a range of specialty products from Dow ... more

The Dow Chemical Company

With annual sales of $58 billion in 2008 and 46,000 employees worldwide, Dow is a diversified chemical company that combines the power of science and technology with the " Human Element ” to constantly improve what is essential to human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of produ ... more

NOVA Chemicals is the ICIS Company of the Year

ICIS Chemical Business magazine announced that NOVA Chemicals has been named the ICIS Company of the Year."Congratulations to NOVA Chemicals for an outstanding financial performance in 2011 and continuing success through the first half of 2012," said Joseph Chang, Global Editor of ICIS Chem ... more

Stephen B. Soules joins NOVA Chemicals Board of Directors

NOVA Chemicals announced that Stephen B. Soules was appointed to its Board of Directors effective December 1, 2010. Currently, Mr. Soules is an advisor to organizations in the Canadian energy and technology sectors after serving in senior executive and financial leadership positions for se ... more

NOVA Chemicals Announces New Board of Directors

NOVA Chemicals announced the membership of its new Board of Directors, including the appointment of Dr. Gerhard Roiss as Chairman of the Board and Mohamed Al Mehairi as Vice Chairman. International Petroleum Investment Corporation (IPIC) and OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OMV) recently received c ... more

Showa Denko (SDK) to Expand Production Capacities for LIB Materials

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to expand its production capacities for materials used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs), namely, artificial-graphite-based anode material (SCMG(TM)), additive in anodes and cathodes (VGCF(TM)), and aluminum laminated films for packaging.SDK wil ... more

An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) Opens Second Magnetic Alloy Plant in China

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) opened its second rare-earth magnetic alloy plant in China. The plant, under construction since August 2006 and completed at Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, has the capacity to produce 2,000 tons per year of neodymium (Nd)-based alloys for high-performance magnets, using S ... more

Shodex™ HPLC-Columns 2013 - 2015

We are pleased to introduce Shodex new catalog to you. It covers a wide product range including RP, NP, GPC, GFC (SEC), IC, IEX, Chiral and Affinity-Chromatography more

Showa Denko Europe GmbH

Shodex is the brand name of the high performing HPLC columns manufactured by Showa Denko KK. We are one of the leading Japanese chemical companies, offering a wide range of products. Our advanced polymer-based HPLC columns have the largest market share in Japan. more

ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies Unveiled

ICIS Chemical Business magazine has unveiled its annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies listing ranked by 2011 sales. At the top is Germany's BASF with $95.2bn in sales, followed by a new number two - China's Sinopec with $65.8bn in chemical sales, which edged out US-based ExxonMobil Chemic ... more

SABIC and ExxonMobil to Proceed with Specialty Elastomers Project at Al-Jubail

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and affiliates of ExxonMobil announced they will construct a world-scale specialty elastomers facility at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) manufacturing joint venture. The facility will be integrated with the existing Jubail complex and ... more

Univar builds state-of-the-art ‘White Room’

Univar Inc. announced that it is building a new facility to expand its white oils handling and distribution capabilities. The investment will enable Univar to better service an extended agreement to distribute ExxonMobil’s white oil brands Marcol and Primol across Europe, the Middle East an ... more

Dow and Mitsui Form Joint Venture for Chlor-Alkali Production

The Dow Chemical Company and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement to form a 50:50 manufacturing joint venture to construct, own and operate a new membrane chlor-alkali facility located at Dow’s Freeport, Texas, integrated ma ... more

An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

GE, Mitsui Chemicals and Nagase Reach Agreement on their Japan Joint Ventures

GE, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI) and Nagase & Co., Ltd. announced that they have reached the following agreement regarding their Japanese joint ventures GE Plastics Japan Ltd. (GEPJ) and GEM PC Ltd. (GEMPC). GE has acquired the entire equity interests of MCI and Nagase in GEPJ thereby incr ... more

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Utilizing our global operating locations, network and information resources, we are multilaterally pursuing business that ranges from product sales, worldwide logistics and financing, through to the development of major international infrastructure and other projects in the following fields ... more

Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems, Ltd.

Mitsui & Co. Plant Systems, Ltd. is a trading company established in April 2007 through a merger of four subsidiaries of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”). We engage in business in the power generation and transportation sector, as well as in basic industries, such as for ferrous metals and pet ... more

Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH

Within the Mitsui Chemicals Group, Mitsui Chemicals Europe is serving next to the European markets also the Middle East regions and Africa. The European headquarter is located in Dusseldorf, home of the biggest Japanese community in Europe. Our product portfolio includes amongst others fine ... more

Low-carbon hybrid energy systems -- China's future energy solutions

A low-carbon solution to high-carbon energy resources such as coal is proposed by their high efficient integration with either nuclear or renewable energy, which may figure out the strategic solution to China's future energy development. Coal dominated energy resource and consumption struct ... more

KBR and Shell Global Solutions Expand Hydroprocessing Technology Alliance

KBR and Shell Global Solutions International B.V. announced the expansion of their hydroprocessing technology alliance. In addition to hydrocracking and hydrotreating, KBR will also market, sell and provide technology and design packages for Shell Global Solutions deep-flash, high-vacuum un ... more

ABB wins contract from Shell to build power plant in Iraq

ABB has won a $60 million contract from Shell Gas Iraq B.V. to build a new power plant in southern Iraq. The power plant will be operated by the Basrah Gas Company, a joint venture company to be set up as part of the Iraq, South Gas Project, following signature of the main project agreement ... more

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Huntsman to Expand Specialty Resins Capacity by 4,500 Metric Tonnes

Huntsman Corporation announced a major step towards increasing its global production of all types of specialty epoxy resins following approval of expansion plans at its McIntosh, Alabama facility, which are used in demanding applications that require superior physical properties such as aer ... more

Huntsman Commences Design and Feasibility Studies to Expand its US MDI Manufacturing Plant

Huntsman Corporation announced that it has commissioned engineering design studies to increase its global capacity for the manufacture of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) through investment at its Geismar, Louisiana site.Commenting on the studies, Anthony P. Hankins, President of Hunts ... more

Huntsman Completes Amines Expansion in Llanelli, Wales

The Performance Products division of Huntsman Corporation announced that it has completed the expansion of its specialty amines manufacturing facility in Llanelli Wales.  This expansion has increased capacity by more than 50%, primarily for JEFFAMINE® polyetheramines, Diglycolamine® Agent ( ... more

Huntsman (Germany) GmbH

Our Osnabrück facility specialises in the manufacture of TPU elastomers and crosslinkers. TPU Elastomers are used for large variety of applications such as extrusion and injection molding products (shoe industry, automotive industry, machinery equipment, production of hoses, film and sheet ... more

SABIC demonstrates growth strategy with new research agreement with Swiss university

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has further demonstrated its growth commitment by expanding its multi-year agreement with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), under an umbrella agreement for multiple future projects in a wide range of areas in technology and innovation. S ... more

SABIC to Increase STAMAX LGFPP Capacity at Genk, Belgium

SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business announced that it is significantly boosting capacity for its STAMAX long glass fiber-filled polypropylene (LGFPP) composite resins at its manufacturing facility in Genk, Belgium, to meet rapidly growing demand from automotive customers. Last month, the c ... more

SABIC and ExxonMobil to Proceed with Specialty Elastomers Project at Al-Jubail

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and affiliates of ExxonMobil announced they will construct a world-scale specialty elastomers facility at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) manufacturing joint venture. The facility will be integrated with the existing Jubail complex and ... more

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)

SABIC is the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and metals. We supply these materials to other companies, who use them to make the products on which the world has come to depend. Ours is the largest and most reli ... more

ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies Unveiled

ICIS Chemical Business magazine has unveiled its annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies listing ranked by 2011 sales. At the top is Germany's BASF with $95.2bn in sales, followed by a new number two - China's Sinopec with $65.8bn in chemical sales, which edged out US-based ExxonMobil Chemic ... more

BASF and SINOPEC sign Memorandum of Understanding to explore building a world-scale isononanol plant

BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen their cooperation by jointly exploring the possibility of building a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Maoming, Ch ... more

BASF and Sinopec complete second phase of Nanjing investment, announce new plans for expansion

BASF and SINOPEC inaugurated the $1.4 billion second phase of their integrated petrochemical site in Nanjing, bringing crucial chemicals to the China market that will support the development of more sustainable local industries. “Through this successful partnership, we are able to bring vit ... more

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Sinopec Corp.") is a listed company on domestic and international stock exchanges with integrated upstream, midstream and downstream operations, strong oil & petrochemical core businesses and a complete marketing network. more

DSM and MCC complete exchange polycarbonate and polyamide businesses

DSM Engineering Plastics, a business group of Royal DSM N.V., announces that it has completed the acquisition of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's (MCC) Novamid® polyamide business in exchange for DSM's Xantar® polycarbonate business. In February 2010 both companies signed the contracts fo ... more

Emerson customer Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation earns 2009 HART Plant of the Year award

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's ethylene plant in Kashima, Japan, has been named 2009 HART Plant of the Year by the HART Communication Foundation. The plant, an Emerson Process Management customer, was recognised for innovative use of the advanced capabilities of HART Communication in rea ... more

DSM and MCC sign contracts to exchange polycarbonate and polyamide businesses

DSM Engineering Plastics, a business group of Royal DSM N.V., announced that it has signed the contracts with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) enabling DSM to acquire MCC's Novamid® polyamide business in exchange for DSM's Xantar® polycarbonate business. In May 2009 both companies alr ... more

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group offers a wide variety of products in three major business domains -- performance products, health care, and chemicals -- based on a broad range of technologies beginning with “chemistry.” We believe “sustainability,” “health,”, and “comfort” are key words in 21 ... more

Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH

History Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation which belongs to the Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Since 1961 Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH is covering selected activites of its par ... more

Tosoh Bioscience celebrates its 20th Anniversary

20 years ago, on July 20, 1989, TosoHaas opened the doors to the Biopharmaceutical industry. Starting out with a team of five employees, TosoHaas, over time, developed into a profitable business with constant growth. In the start TosoHaas focused on promoting the nowadays well known TSK-GE ... more

An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

Nippon Polyurethane Industry Becomes Tosoh Subsidiary

Tosoh Corporation announced that it will raise its stake in Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co. Ltd. (NPU) to 51% from the current 35% by acquiring NPU shares held by affiliate, Hodogaya Chemical Co. Ltd. The move further accelerates Tosoh's vinyl-isocyanate strategy and strengthens ties as th ... more

Size Exclusion Chromatography Tailored to Antibody Analysis

TSKgel SW size exclusion columns continue to set standards for the UHPLC separation of antibody fragments, monomers, and aggregates. more

Comprehensive Accessories for Liquid Chromatography in the Tosoh Bioscience Chromatography Catalogue

The new catalog provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on the complete range of TSKgel HPLC columns and delivers basic information on the more

Everything you need to know about gel filtration on TSKgel HPLC columns

Tosoh Bioscience, a leading supplier of SEC technology, presents a new brochure featuring the use of TSKgel columns for SEC with aqueous mobile phases more

Characterizing Biotherapeutics with HPLC

As demonstrated here, there are a broad range of HPLC applications used in development, production, validation and release of protein therapeutics for human use. Some of the applications mentioned above are mandatory when submitting a new biopharmaceutical to approval at the regulatory agen ... more

Increased productivity for downstream processing of biotherapeutics

Polymer-based chromatographic resins featuring high mechanical and chemical stability and high protein binding capacities can help to increase the throughput and robustness of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Advances in genetic engineering and cell culture technology have raised ... more

Analysis of water soluble polymers using linear size exclusion HPLC columns and a semi-micro SEC system

One of the most widely used water-soluble polymers is Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). For more than 70 years it is applied in a variety of applications in medicine, pharmacy, cosmetics and industrial production. PVP binds to polar molecules exceptionally well. It supports the solubility of tabl ... more

Tosoh Bioscience GmbH

Tosoh Bioscience is an acknowledged global leader in the field of liquid chromatography with a focus on bioseparations. Tosoh’s portfolio of over 500 specialty products encompasses GPC instruments and a comprehensive line of media and prepacked HPLC columns for all common modes of liquid ch ... more

TOSOH Europe B.V.

TOSOH Europe B.V. is a regional head office for Tosoh Corporation and serves as the European sales, marketing, and business development center. The Company is proud to provide innovative products with reliable service that customers can depend on. As part of Tosoh Corporation’s overall stra ... more

Lonza and Novoset: Introduction of thermoset polyimides for electronic and aerospace industries

Lonza Ltd and Novoset LLC announce the introduction of a new generation of thermoset polyimides. The new polyimides address shortcomings of conventional high temperature polyimides currently available in the market and will serve semiconductor packaging, aerospace, abrasives, composite tool ... more

Lonza extends tender offer for all outstanding shares of Arch Chemicals common stock

Lonza Group Ltd announced that LG Acquisition Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lonza, has extended the expiration date for its previously announced tender offer for 100 percent of the outstanding shares of common stock of Arch Chemicals, Inc.. The tender offer is at a price of ... more

Lonza to acquire Arch Chemicals

Lonza Group Ltd and Arch Chemicals, Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement pursuant to which Lonza has agreed to commence a tender offer for 100 percent of Arch Chemicals’ outstanding shares of common stock at a price of USD 47.20 per share in cash. Lonza’s offer represents a 36. ... more

Lonza Ibérica SA

Lonza Ibérica is responsible for the sales and market development of Fine Chemicals, Biocides, Vitamines and other Exclusive products cGMP or not in Spain and Portugal. Moreover, some of our business is in the area of Custom Synthesis for Life Science companies. Lonza Ibérica works as our c ... more

Lonza Ltd.

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Lonza Verviers, S.p.r.l.

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An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

Arkema has finalized the acquisition of Repsol YPF

Arkema has finalized the acquisition of the Repsol YPF group's PMMA sheet and block business. This activity will become part of its PMMA and Methacrylics business unit. This acquisition will allow Altuglas International, an Arkema subsidiary, to bolster its position as European leader in th ... more

Arkema plans acquisition of the PMMA sheet and block production activity from the Repsol YPF group

Arkema announced the planned acquisition of the PMMA sheet and block production activity from the Repsol YPF group. According to Christophe de Saint Louvent, Group President of Arkema's PMMA and Methacrylics business, "this acquisition represents an excellent growth opportunity in a segmen ... more

Repsol YPF S.A.

Repsol YPF is an integrated international oil and gas company, operating in more than 30 countries and is the leader in Spain and Argentina. more

Sasol expand ultra-high purity aluminas capacity

Sasol Limited’s Olefins & Surfactants Division announced it will expand in a first step its capacity to produce ultra-high purity aluminas (UHPA) by at least 3000 metric tons per year.Construction will begin immediately at Brunsbuettel, the company’s Germany manufacturing site on a process ... more

Sasol Limited board approved construction of new ethylene purification unit

The Sasol Limited board has recently approved the construction of a R1.9 billion ethylene purification unit at its Sasol Polymers plant in Sasolburg. The plant is expected to go on stream in the second half of 2013 and will be ramped up to full capacity by 2015. The unit will enable the Sa ... more

Sasol to invest R 8,4 billion in wax production in South Africa

Sasol has approved an investment of R 8,4 billion which will double the Sasol Wax production of hard wax in South Africa. The investment will be done in two phases. Phase one will come into operation in 2012 and will increase the hard wax capacity by close to 40%. The investment for phase ... more

Sasol Olefins & Surfactants GmbH

Sasol Olefins & Surfactants is a division of Sasol Chemical Industries and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. We are a leading global supplier of detergent raw materials including LAB, fatty alcohols, surfactants, detergent ingredients and synthetic high purity aluminas. Our diversified ... more

Sasol Italy S.p.A.

Sasol Italy spa, with headquarters in Milan, is a fully integrated producer of n-parraffins and n-olefins derived from oil-based feedstocks. A good part of these intermediates is captively consumed to obtain linear alkylbenzene(LAB) and sulphonic acid (LAS), derivatives and fatty oxo0alcoh ... more

Sasol Germany GmbH

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An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

BOC and SPC to form industrial gases joint venture in Shanghai, China

BOC and Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SPC), a subsidiary of Sinopec Group, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 industrial gases joint venture (JV) and entered into a contract to supply industrial gases to SPC and nearby users in Shanghai, China. The JV, BOC-SPC Gases Company Ltd., ... more

Emerson Digitally Automates $2.7 Billion Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Complex

Emerson Process Management announced the completion of a digital automation project at one of the largest integrated petrochemical complexes in China. Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company selected Emerson in 2003 as its digital automation partner for the $2.7 billion, 10-plant ethylene crac ... more

Süd-Chemie and LG Chem to jointly manufacture high quality LFP

Dr. Günter von Au, Chairman of the Managing Board (CEO) of Süd-Chemie AG, Munich/Germany, and Peter Bahnsuk Kim, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul/Korea, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture for high volume produc ... more

Bioengineers Succeed in Producing Plastic Without the use of Fossil Fuels

A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, which may now allow for the production of environmentally consci ... more

An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

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An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

The Dow Chemical Company and Davy Process Technology License LP OxoSM Technology to Tianjin Soda Plant in China

Dow Technology Licensing, a business unit of the Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated affiliates (Dow), and Davy Process Technology Limited (DPT), a Johnson Matthey company, announced that Tianjin Soda Plant (Tianjin Soda) of Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Company Limited has selected ... more

Air Liquide: Major investment in the new development zone in Tianjin (China)

Air Liquide announced the signature of a Joint Venture contract with Tianjin Soda Plant, a subsidiary of the Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group, on July 26, 2006. Under the terms of the JV contract, Air Liquide and Tianjin Soda will create a joint venture company in Tianjin, in which A ... more

Saudi Polymers Company Manufacturing Facility Begins Commercial Production

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC congratulates Saudi Polymers Company and its joint venture partner, National Petrochemical Company, as the joint venture’s manufacturing facility located in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, begins commercial production. “We will now be working to fill the criti ... more

Chevron Phillips Chemical Announces Study to Develop World-Scale Ethane Cracker on the U.S. Gulf Coast

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP  announced that it is advancing a feasibility study to construct a world-scale ethane cracker and ethylene derivatives at one of its existing facilities in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. The new facility would utilize the advantaged feed sources expected fr ... more

Chevron Phillips Chemical Names New General Counsel

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP named Tim Hill as the company’s senior vice president, legal and public affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary. Prior to being named general counsel, Hill had served as assistant general counsel since joining the company in May, 2001. Before c ... more

Borealis announces new European investments

Borealis announces two major investment projects in its European manufacturing plants in Stenungsund, Sweden and Porvoo, Finland. The first investment concerns a C4 project in Stenungsund which will upgrade the facility’s existing raffinate-1 and raffinate-2 streams to meet required product ... more

Borealis increases polyethylene and polypropylene prices

Borealis announces that it will increase all polyolefin prices for January 2013. Polyethylene prices will increase by EUR 100/tonne while prices for polypropylene will increase by EUR 75/tonne. “The decision to increase prices is based on the development in the market over the last couple o ... more

Borealis’ third quarter results improve in a continuously challenging market

Borealis, a provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, recorded a net profit of EUR 129 million for the third quarter of 2012 compared to EUR 107 million in the same quarter in 2011. Overall, the company has delivered a net profit of EUR 380 million year to date, compared to EU ... more

Borealis AG

With more than 40 years of experience in polyolefins and using our unique Borstar® technology, we focus on providing plastic materials to the infrastructure, automotive and advanced packaging markets across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Our production facilities, innovation centres and ... more

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Borealis Italia S.p.A

With more than 50 years of experience in polyolefins and using our unique Borstar® technology, we focus on providing plastic materials to the infrastructure, automotive and advanced packaging markets across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Our production facilities, innovation centres an ... more

An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

Polimeri Europa SpA

Polimeri Europa - a petrochemical company wholly owned and controlled by Eni SpA, manages the production and marketing of a wide portfolio of petrochemical products, having the possibility to use a range of proprietary technologies and state-of-the-art production systems, a wide-reaching an ... more

Equistar to Add Feedstock Flexibility at Corpus Christi

Equistar Chemicals announced that its Corpus Christi, Texas, olefins plant will transition to a feedstock slate of nearly all natural gas liquids (NGL) in 2010. Equistar will idle the site’s butadiene extraction and hydrodealkylation units as part of this transition. "Positioning the Corpu ... more

An Analysis of the Ethylene Global Market Outlook for 2008

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Ethylene Market Outlook 2008" report to their offering. The report analyzes worldwide markets for Ethylene, including Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Oceania. It provides the most complete and curre ... more

Equistar Chemicals, LP

Equistar is one of the largest producers of ethylene, propylene and polyethylene in North America and a leading producer of ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, high value-added specialty polymers and polymeric powder. more