Perstorp Formox raises catalyst price

06-Jul-2005 - Perstorp Formox, the world-leading supplier of formaldehyde technology and catalysts, is introducing a surcharge on the company's molybdenum catalyst prices. The surcharge, in the range EUR 7-8 per kilo of catalyst, is effective July 1st. "This surcharge is necessitated by the current high ...

Borden Chemical Plans Brazil Expansion: Resins and Formaldehyde Manufacturing Complex in Rio Grande do Sul

24-Feb-2005 - Borden Chemical, Inc. announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Borden Quimica Industria e Comercio S.A., intends to build a formaldehyde and resins manufacturing complex to serve the rapidly growing engineered wood products market in southern Brazil and northern Uruguay. Borden Chemical's board ...

Dynea to build formaldehyde and resins plant in South Thailand

27-Oct-2004 - The Board of Directors of Dynea International Oy has approved a plan to build a world scale formaldehyde and resins plant in Hatyai, in Southern Thailand. The plant will supply the fast growing wood panel industries in the region. "This investment fits well with our growth plans and is in line ...

Borden Chemical Venture Opens New Production Facility in China

16-Aug-2004 - Asia Dekor Borden Chemical (Heyuan) Company Limited, a joint venture between affiliates of Borden Chemical, Inc. and China's Asia Dekor Group, has successfully completed the startup of a formaldehyde and resin production facility in Heyuan, China. Borden Chemical is managing the formaldehyde ...

Borden Chemical, Inc. Increases Formaldehyde Capacity

15-Jul-2004 - Borden Chemical, Inc. announced it has completed startup of its new formaldehyde plant at its manufacturing complex in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In addition, the company announced the start of a new Six Sigma process improvement initiative designed to increase yields and improve throughputs in ...

Apollo Management, LP To Acquire Borden Chemical, Inc.

08-Jul-2004 - Apollo Management, L.P., a private investment firm, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Borden Chemical, Inc. Included in the acquisition group are certain members of Borden Chemical management. The acquisition, with a purchase price of approximately $1.2 billion, ...

Akzo Nobel divests French industrial resins business

17-Jun-2004 - Akzo Nobel Coatings has sold its French industrial resins business to Spanish company Derivados Forestales S.A. All 36 employees have transferred to the new business. Trading under the name Casco Industrie SnC., Akzo Nobel's resins operations in France manufactured formaldehyde and resins at ...

Lurgi is awarded order for a methanol plant in China

Formal Contract Signature at EU in Brussels

11-May-2004 - Lurgi is awarded order for a methanol plant in China Formal Contract Signature at EU in Brussels On the occasion of the EU-China Business Forum in Brussels, Lurgi has signed the contract for the construction of a methanol plant today in a formal ceremony. Lurgi AG, a subsidiary of mg ...

Borden Chemical Forms Joint Ventures in China, Opens Regional Office in Shanghai

02-Apr-2004 - Borden Chemical, Inc., a leading global producer of chemicals, adhesives and resins for industrial and wood markets, is expanding its presence in China through the formation of two separate joint venture companies that will produce formaldehyde, resins and UV-curable materials. The company also ...

BASF increases capacity for Amino Glues and Resins

26-Nov-2003 - BASF plans to increase its capacities at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site. The capacity expansion aims to meet future demand mainly for melamine-based glues and impregnating resins and underlines BASF's long-term strategic commitment to its customers. With an investment in a new production line ...