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(prw) -- Israel-based compound producer Tosaf has started production at a new compounding plant in Afula, bringing the company's total capacity for compounds and masterbatches up to 140,000 tonnes.Jos...
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(prw) -- The BPF-coordinated seven-member alliance of polymer-related interest groups has written a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne ahead of the publication of the Comprehens...
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(Bloomberg) -- Europe's biggest oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, is planning to invest nearly $40 billion in the U.S. through 2014 to boost production by 40%. The Hague-based company, which has spent m...
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(plastemart) -- BASF SE and Solix Biofuels, Inc. have signed an agreement to investigate the use of algae to produce certain chemicals for BASF. Solix is a leading developer of algae cultivation techn...
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(plastemart) -- KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH and RAMPF Giessharze have formalized their worldwide cooperation in the field of high-pressure polyurethane processing by signing a cooperation agreement...
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(plastemart) -- HC Petrochem Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Japan's Cosmo Oil and South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank, will use the UOP Parex process and the UOP Isomar process to help triple production...
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(plastemart) -- As planned in April, Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co and petrochemical maker Mitsui Chemicals Inc will combine operations of their two naphtha crackers on the first day of Octob...
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(KoreaTimes) -- LG Chem said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Renault to supply lithium batteries for the French auto manufacturer's upcoming electric vehicles, which the company said wil...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Russian manufacturers produced the record 85 kt of HDPE in August - according to MRC analysts. HDPE production amounted to 63,56 kt due to technical problems with ethylene capacities i...
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(PlastEurope) -- German speciality chemicals manufacturer Lanxess has announced several management changes at its Basic Chemicals (BAC), Semi-Crystalline (SCP) and Exchange Resins (ION) business units...
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(PlastEurope) -- The processed materials business of composites specialist Umeco has entered a joint venture with its Chinese distributor Shanghai Leadgo Technology to establish a facility in Shanghai...
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VIENNA (Borealis) -- Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces the appointment of James McCummiskey as Senior Vice President Operations, effective October 1...
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LONDON (ICIS) -- BP will create a new division to strengthen safety and risk management across the group, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the energy major sai...
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(tsm) -- In China Tianjin Port Group is looking to begin trial operations of its new 350 million yuan (┬38.4 million) petrochemical terminal project by the end of 2010. The petrochemical terminal proj...
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(Reuters) -- Investor Len Blavatnik and his company Access Industries have refuted claims that he was aware of a US$12 bln leveraged buyout in 2007 that created LyondellBasell would fail. They claim t...
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(prw) -- The World Banks' Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is considering making a $5m guarantee for financing a new PET bottle preforms factory in Baghdad. It would be Iraq's first - o...
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(prw) -- Manfred Reichel is stepping down as CEO of KraussMaffei Berstorff and head of extrusion at KraussMaffei Technologies after 45 years with the company. He will be replaced by Dr Hans Ulrich Gol...
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(prw) -- Polish plastic packaging and car accessories producer Suwary has agreed to acquire an 80% stake in Kartpol Group of Wolomin, Poland, a specialist in packaging for construction chemicals.Under...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- In the second half of September, pipe-grade polyethylene shortage got tighter in the Russian market - according to MRC analysts. Traditionally, Russian pipe producers become more depen...
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(TeknorApex) -- Singapore Polymer Corporation (SPC), a unit of Teknor Apex Company, has appointed three new managers in its vinyl and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compound businesses, it was announce...
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