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MOSCOW (MRC) -- In 2009 investments in the packaging sector went down by 53 % as compared with 2008 (to USD 41 mln) - according to MRC Annual reports. Polyethylene imports dropped by 9% in that sector...
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(prw) -- Sharp Interpack has been purchased by the French packaging firm Groupe Guillin. Details of the deal, which includes the production facilities in Ayelsham, Bridgewater and Yate, were not revea...
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(plasticstoday.com) -- Calling the system a "world first," KraussMaffei Berstorff has delivered an extrusion line to produce extra-large smooth-walled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe in diameter...
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(prw) -- BASF's Neopolen P (expanded polypropylene) has been used to manufacture the Viavario roller ball run, a modular toy that features units that can be joined together to create new track config...
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(plastemart) -- Iran's Arya Sasol Petrochemical has planned a maintenance shutdown at its 1 mln tpa cracker at Assaluyeh. Scheduled to start mid-April, the shutdown is expected to last for two to thre...
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(BASF) -- BASF is repositioning its global pigments business. Following the Ciba acquisition, the chemical company now has the broadest product portfolio worldwide as well as a unique range of technol...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Estimated PVC-S consumption in Russia increased 31% (to 112.39 kt) in January -February comparing with same period last year - according to MRC Monthly report.PVC-S output in January -...
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cereplast, Inc., a leading manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, today announced the launch of the new investor relations platform of the Co...
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(prw) -- Korean additives and materials company Songwon Industrial has strengthened its customer support in the UK and Ireland by appointing Elastomerics as the distributor of its polymer stabilisers ...
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(Dow Jones)--Market speculation was rising Monday that Germany-based BASF SE (BAS.XE) will make a bid for German specialty chemicals company Cognis GmbH, a combination that analysts say makes sense.Tw...
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(Plastics News) -- Dow Chemical Co. has donated 600,000 pounds of its Continuum high density polyethylene to produce WaterBrick International Inc.'s plastic containers that will be used to transport c...
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(plastemart) -- Saudi Kayan Petrochemicals Company plans to launch operations at its first unit - an ethylene cracker, at Jubail petrochemicals complex in the second half of 2010. The others from the ...
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(Plastics Today) -- Bulgaria's leading oriented polypropylene film converter, Plastchim-T, has more than doubled its output and added to its value proposition with the installation and recent start-up...
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(OfficialWire) -- The Qatari petrochemicals industry continues its inexorable rise to becoming a major supplier to the world market. But BMI's latest Qatar Petrochemicals Report warns that the global ...
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April 14 (plastemart) -- Oman Polypropylene has restarted its 340,000 tpa polypropylene plant at Sohar. The plant was under a long maintenance shutdown for a period of about two months, resulting from...
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Moscow (MRC) - PP has gone up over 40 % in price since the beginning of year. Raffia prices increased to RUB 54.000 - 56.000/mt and confidently move to the level of RUB 58.000 - 60.000/mt - according...
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April 14 (yarnsandfibers) -- CB&I announced that the ethylene cracker project in Singapore has been successfully started up, producing on-specification ethylene and propylene. The cracker complex is o...
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April 13 (omnexus) -- The Dow Chemical Company and Bain Capital Partners, a leading global private equity firm, announced jointly that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Dow's Styron ...
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April 13 (plastemart) -- A deal has been inked between the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and the National Petrochemical Company (NPC). NPC is to receive ┬300 mln worth of investment to be rai...
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April 13 (ICIS) -- INEOS confirmed on Monday that it will move its headquarters from the UK to Switzerland to help make tax savings of around ┬450m ($616m) over the next four years. The chemical major...
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