ADNOC inks framework agreement with Borealis to expand joint petrochemical activities

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced on Sunday it has signed a framework agreement with Borealis to advance two key projects that will expand their joint petrochemical acti...

Reliance Industries' Dahej unit expansion project gets environmental approval

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has received environment clearance for expansion and debottlenecking of its Dahej petrochemic...

Braskem awards EPC contract to Linde for polypropylene line in La Porte, Texas

Braskem, the largest thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas, announced that The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company, has been selected as the lead engine...

Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. selects Honeywell Technology for new complex in Alberta

Honeywell announced that Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. (CKPC) has chosen Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 550,000 metric tpa of polymer-grade propylene a...

Manufacturing efficiencies in wind turbine blades

Demand for wind blades continues to grow and top manufacturers and turbine makers will be talking about their latest developments at the conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture 20...

Dow to invest US$100 mln in facility to produce polymers for coatings and water-treatment applications in KSA

US-based Dow Chemical Company has announced plans to construct a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to produce a range of polymers for coatings and water-treatment application...

Major beverage player in West Africa with 5 production lines of Sidel

In 2013, Twellium took its first steps into the beverage market in Ghana with a PET line from Sidel. The company was incorporated on 4 February, 2013 and commenced production in Februa...

Recycling Polyester staple Fiber (RPSF) is prominent segment in recycling of PET

Plastic recycling refers to a process in which the discarded plastic is converted into reusable form. Discarded plastic can be rigid such as bottles, and containers; or non-rigid such ...

Complete system for manufacture of inherently dissipative polymers (IDP)

A complete system for IonPhasE Oy for the manufacture of inherently dissipative polymers (IDP) has been implemented by Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart. The scope of supply included the entire...

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) products for graphics, signs and labels.

Petronas subsidiary inks EPCC contract to develop additional olefins storage facilities within Pengerang Integrated Complex

 Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) subsidiary PRPC Refinery & Cracker Sdn Bhd (PRPC RC) recently signed the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) con...

SABIC appoints RVA Group to oversee decommissioning, demolition, dismantling of 10 plants at North Tees and Wilton

SABIC has appointed specialist consultancy RVA Group to oversee the decommissioning, demolition and dismantling of 10 plants at its North Tees and Wilton sites, as per theconstructioni...

Global vinyl acetate monomer market to register CAGR of 4-4.5% till 2023 in terms of volume

The global vinyl acetate monomer is projected to grow at a CAGR between 4% and 4.5% from 2017 to 2023 in terms of volume, as per Marketbiz.com.
Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) is an...

Chandra Asri to boost ethylene and propylene output in Q1 2020

Indonesia's Chandra Asri Petrochemical plans to boost ethylene and propylene production capacity of its sole naphtha-fed steam cracker at Cilegon in Q1 2020, as per the company in ...

Force majeure declared by Elba on supplies to Shell Chemicals Europe

Ellba has declared force majeure on supplies to Shell Chemicals Europe, as per Platts. "The styrene monomer and propylene oxide plant at the Moerdijk petrochemical complex in the ...

Saudi Aramco, Total study mixed feed cracker with input capacity of 1.5 mtpa

Saudi Aramco and France's Total are considering building a mixed-feed cracker and derivatives in Jubail, near their joint refining complex, as per industry sources in Reuters. &nbs...

Tight avails spur hike in East China butadiene offers by Sinopec

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), has raised its ex-works butadiene offers in East China by Yuan 500/mt or 6.3% effective Tuesday to Yuan 8,500/mt, equating to US$1,049/mt o...

Albis Plastic expands healthcare portfolio for use in medical devices, lab and diagnostic applications, pharma packaging

Albis Plastic GmbH has expanded its healthcare product portfolio with a number of new materials particularly suited for use in medical devices, laboratory and diagnostic applications a...

Improved GDP in Benelux aids sure and steady growth of polymer demand

Whilst polymer demand in the Benelux is relatively small compared with other major areas or countries in Europe, it has a well-developed and significant processing sector. With GD...

Economic recovery in USA, Europe to boost global automobile additive industry

The global automobile industry has been expanding rapidly, led by the high demand for automobiles across the world. Stringent government regulations such as those related to emissions,...