Asia petrochem market highlights for week ended July 31: benzene stable, ethylene rises

OLEFINS Asian ethylene rose US$20-30/mt week on week, supported by a firm downstream derivatives market. Higher production margins for downstream SM and monoeth...

Packaging segment to register highest CAGR between 2017 and 2022 in global masterbatch market

Innovations in masterbatch and the demand for lightweight materials in the automotive industry is encouraging the replacement of metals with plastics and therefore driving the market. ...

Growth for Anti-Counterfeit Technology provider

A trend towards polycarbonate documents with machine-readable biometric data now prevails around the world. More and more governments issue either polycarbonate cards or paper document...

Lotte Chemical Titan Holding completes mass production trial of Metallocene linear low-density PE

Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Berhad (LCT) has completed a mass production trial of Metallocene linear low-density polyethylene (mLLDPE), an important component in the production of pla...

Pemex plans restart of propylene production at Salina Cruz and Minatitlan

Mexico's Pemex is planning to begin restart of propylene production at two of its refineries next week as it brings key processing units back online, as per company sources in Plat...

Union Ministry plans to revise India's PCPIR policy

The Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers is planning to revise the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Industrial Region (PCPIR) policy 2007 after three of the four PCPIRs f...

Global colorants market to cross US$65 bln by 2022 at a CAGR of 5% to 2022

The colorants market was valued at US$47.45 bln in 2016 and is projected to reach US$65.65 bln by 2022, at a CAGR of 5% from 2017 to 2022, as per Research and Markets. The increasing d...

Indorama Ventures completes brownfield expansion of PTA plant at Rotterdam

Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. has announced completion of the brownfield expansion of its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant, resulting in the total PTA capacity of 700,000 metric ...

W R Grace & Co. to license UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp

Linde inks agreement with Wanhua Chemical Group to expand the supply of gas to Phase II of Yantai operations

The Linde Group, a world leading industrial gases and engineering company announced that it has signed an agreement with Wanhua Chemical Group, the world's largest producer of isoc...

Mitsui and Prime Polymers complete PP compound production expansion in high growth regions

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. announced that production augmentation has been completed at three of its global polypropylene (PP) compound hubs, viz, USA, Mexico a...

The intelligent, all-in-one product handling solution

With the packaging industry facing increasingly sophisticated consumption trends that present various challenges to the production and distribution of goods, Gebo Cermex is responding ...

Court dismisses plea that seeks to defer finalisation of rules to make it mandatory to store and sell alcohol only in glass bottles

The Bombay High Court has dismissed plea that...

SCG plans to invest Bt188 bln in a petrochemical complex in Vietnam in JV with PetroVietnam.

The Siam Cement Group (SCG) has finalised plans to build a Bt188 bln petrochemical complex in Vietnam in a joint venture with Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), as per nationmul...

European Commission investigation into the ethylene purchasing market

Clariant and units of Texas-headquartered Celanese Corp. are part of an ongoing competition law investigation by the European Commission into the ethylene purchasing market. The compan...

Improved process for manufacture of Polyether Polyols for Low-emission Vehicle Interiors

BASF has improved the process for manufacturing Lupranol® (polyether polyol). The car components made of BASF polyurethane systems emit an average of 20% less aldehyde. This p...

Naphtha crack edges up as robust demand offset stronger Brent prices

Asia’s naphtha crack edged up 10 cents to a two-session high of U$$59.60/ton on Wednesday as robust demand offset stronger prices of raw material Brent crude. Taiwan’s...

AkzoNobel and Itaconix finalize bio-based polymer application agreement

AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has finalized the first application agreement for bio-based polymers to result from its collaboration with specialty polymers company Ita...

North American market for Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipes estimated to reach US$7116 mln in 2022

North America Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipes (RTP) is expected to reach about US$7116 mln  in 2022 from US$5860.48 mln in 2016, registering a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) ...

High Performance Composites Market estimated to cross US$33 bln by 2022

High Performance Composites Market  was valued at US$23.50 bln in 2016 and is projected to reach US$33.33 bln by 2022, at a CAGR of 6% from 2017 to 2022, as per Mar...