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(Bloomberg) -- Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. plans a maintenance shutdown at a feed gas compressor in an ethylene unit at its Port Arthur chemicals complex. The shutdown will lead to flaring until Sep...
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(Chemie.de) -- Purac and Arkema announce their collaboration in functional Lactide-based block copolymers. These block copolymers will enhance the thermo-mechanical and physical properties of many bio...
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(TradingMarkets) -- Akzo Nobel NV, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty chemicals, has agreed to acquire Prime Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd., a China-based producer of ca...
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(Reuters) -- China has granted environmental clearance and approved technical review of a US$8.7 bln refinery and petrochemical joint venture between Sinopec and Kuwait. The venture, to be built in so...
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(plastemart) -- The world's first methanol-to-olefins unit to be operated on a commercial scale has started up in China. The plant using the combined DMTO methanol-to-olefins technology of SYN Energy ...
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(plastemart) -- Saudi Aramco, state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, and the Houston, Texas, offices of Dow Chemical Company are moving ahead with plans to construct a petrochemical complex in Saudi...
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(plastemart) -- Formosa Petrochemical Corp. plans to restart a residue processing unit that was shut Sept. 2 at its Mailiao refining complex. A suspected flaw in piping design at the 80,500 bpd No. 1 ...
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(plastemart) -- Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PCGB), the soon-to-be-listed petrochemicals arm of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), plans to grow by expansion of production capacity and selective acqu...
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(Bloomberg) -- French workers reduced output at Electricite de France SA's nuclear reactors and Total SA refineries as part of a nationwide strike over a government plan to increase the retirement age...
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(PlastEurope) -- Aksa Akrilik Kimya, which claims to be the world's largest producer of acrylic fibres, is persistently pursuing its plan to also become one of the world's largest carbon fibre manufac...
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(PlastEurope) -- Packaging manufacturer Alpla has informed the Austrian federal competition authority of its intention to take over 75% of PET Recycling Team. The remaining 25% will remain in the poss...
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(PlastEurope) -- The new in-plant run by plastics packaging manufacturer Nampak Plastics at Dale Farm's dairy in Ballymena, Northern Ireland has begun full operations. The company reports that the ⌠ho...
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(PlastEurope) -- Evonik Degussa, part of Evonik Industries, and APT Advanced Polymer Technologies Europe plan to cooperate on the manufacture and distribution of products made from Evonik's ⌠Vestakeep...
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(PlastEurope) -- After serving as European sales manager since first joining Extrusion Dies Industries in 2007, Andrei Stapinoiu has been appointed the flat dies supplier's new sales director for Euro...
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(PlastEurope) -- Kraton Performance Polymers has added a new SIS grade to its line of polymers for use in applications requiring softness, ease-in-processing, and high temperature resistance. The comp...
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(prw) -- An unnamed company is reported to be negotiating a deal to acquire the Ukrainian expanded polystyrene and polypropylene film manufacturer JSC Concern Stirol of Gorlovka.The mystery would-be i...
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(prw) -- Spanish automotive components manufacturer Grupo Antolin aims to open a new parts production and warehouse facility in St Petersburg, Russia by the end of this year.The interior vehicle compo...
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(prw) -- French chemical company Rhodia has signed a green' chemistry collaboration agreement with the East China Normal University in Shanghai, the Ecole Normale Superieure in Lyons (France), and the...
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LEVERKUSEN (LANXESS) -- Specialty chemicals group LANXESS offers a range of products enabling interested users of phthalate-based additives to switch to alternative safer products. Phthalate-free Mesa...
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(prw) -- Visteon has opened an automotive interiors manufacturing plant in Kaluga, Russia.The plant injection moulds door panels and other components for the Volkswagen Polo. The plant will reach full...
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