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March 15 (plasticsnews) -- A Taiwanese firm has developed its own version of micromolding injection machines and hopes to position them as a lower-cost alternative to German and Japanese machines that...
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March 15 (expressbuzz) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a batch of appeals and petitions challenging the clearances granted by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, and ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Prices in the Russian LLDPE market had moved at the level of RUB57.000-60.000/mt by the middle of the current week - according to MRC Price Report. Nizhnekamskneftekhim resumed LLDPE ...
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March 12 (plasteurope) -- Arkema has reported a 38% year-on-year fall in operating profit (EBITDA) to EUR 310m in 2009. The company said that it had limited the impact of falling volumes by accelerati...
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March 12 (plastemart) -- Based on Russia's plentiful feedstock resources, petrochemical major Sibur is studying the construction of large-scale petrochemical and polymer production as per ICIS. Since ...
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March 12 (plastemart) -- Japan's Mitsui Chemicals Inc expects to restart its 553,000 tpa naphtha cracker in Chiba around late March after repairs. The cracker was originally shut on Feb. 28 due to a ...
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March 12 (plastemart) -- Spain's Repsol is to shut down its petrochemical units producing styrene, propylene oxide and glycols at the refinery indefinitely. It has also halted the hydrocracker at its ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- In January, estimated PP consumption went up by 29% (to 45.82 kt) in Russia compared to the same period last year - according to MRC Monthly Report.PP output went up by 27% and moved a...
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March 11 (plasteurope) -- Industrial packaging company Mauser is setting up two reconditioning joint ventures in Spain. The company said it had entered a strategic alliance to establish the jvs with E...
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March 11 (yourpetrochemicalnews) -- Arkema is implementing a price increase of 80┬/T (110 $/T) , for all Evatane╝ resins (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers). This increase will take effec...
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March 11 (plasteurope) -- The European plastics converters association EuPC recently organised a meeting with members of the European People's Party (EPP) to discuss the theme ⌠Plastics and trade. The...
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March 11 (Reuters) -- Billionaire Len Blavatnik, who led the 2007 leveraged buyout that created LyondellBasell, will seek a stake of up to 15 percent in the reorganized petrochemical maker when it exi...
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March 10 (plasteurope) -- Ineos has resumed operations at its swing plant for the production of HDPE and LLDPE, located in Grangemouth / UK. However, in response to a query by PIE, a company spokesman...
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March 10 (plastemart) -- China's number one oil refiner Sinopec is mulling a partnership with ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco to expand it's existing integrated oil refinery and petrochemical complex in F...
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March 10 (plastemart) -- In a bid to meet rising domestic demand, a fresh round of expansion is currently underway at Sinopec-BASF partnered BASF-YPC Co Ltd complex at a total outlay of US$1.4 bln.The...
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March 10 (prw) -- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is acquiring the US-based Artificial Muscle, a manufacturer of electroactive polymers for the consumer electronics industry, for an undisclosed sum. Throu...
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March 10 (prw) -- Taiwanese auxiliary equipment maker Shini Plastics Technologies is finishing a $18.7m expansion of its factories in China and India, as it seeks to reverse the hit it suffered in the...
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March 9 (plastemart) -- Azerbaijan's national chemical operator state-run company Azerikimya, seems close to realization of project of construction of a petrochemical complex and a fertilizer factory ...
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March 9 (plasteurope) -- The wave of price increases for polystyrene continues, following the settlement of the styrene monomer contract for March EUR 42/t higher. In the latest announcement, Ineos No...
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March 9 (plasteurope) -- Insolvent polyolefins producer LyondellBasell is making it clear it doesn't want to be acquired by Reliance, Indian reports say. Some analysts see the enhanced Reliance offer ...
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