SABIC expands its portfolio of foamable polymers

 SABIC regards polymer foam technologies as essential to meet growing needs for improvements in sustainability and efficiencies along global production and supply chains. They off...

Chevron Phillips Chemical to restart Baytown, Texas plant after turnaround

US olefins producer Chevron Phillips Chemical is restarting its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas, after a planned turnaround, as per Platts. The 835,000 m tpa Cedar Bayou plant was ...

SOCAR to ink contract for upgrade and expansion with Technip

State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (Socar) is ready to sign a contract with Technip EPC for the reconstruction of its ethylene-propylene plant, as per www.abc.az.  The project includ...

10% material savings with new polystyrene resin for appliances

Trinseo has announced the launch of its new STYRON X-TECH™ 2175 Polystyrene resin – changing the industry with advanced down-gauging in freezers and refriger...

Ethylene-naphtha spread in Asia at its narrowest level in nine months

The spread between ethylene and naphtha narrowed by US$26.50/mt day on day to the lowest level in nine months at US$583.63/mt Tuesday, amid plunging ethylene prices due to an influx of...

Shell-CNOOC JV receives all government approvals, to assume ownership of new petrochem complex

Shell Nanhai B.V. (Shell) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC) 50:50 JV has officially assumed ownership of CNOOC’s ongoing project to build an e...

Comfortable car seats with synthetic leather from thermoplastic polyurethane

Car seats can now be more comfortable thanks to synthetic leather made with BASF's thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) Elastollan . The ultra−soft synthetic leather is highly ab...

SIBUR sets up global stage with IQ-CHEM contest- Awards bring together global chemical technology start-ups and investors

SIBUR’s IQ-CHem awards bring together global chemical technology start-ups and investors. Start-ups will get a unique opportunity to showcase their achievements to SIBUR and othe...

ExxonMobil continues to evaluate joint USGC cracker project with Sabic

ExxonMobil is continuing to evaluate construction of a 1.8 mln m tpa ethylene-capacity steam cracker on the US Gulf Coast with Saudi Arabia's Sabic, but has not yet reached a final...

Petrochemicals market in MENA to grow at CAGR of 6% from 2015-2019

The petrochemicals market in MENA is estimated to grow at a CAGR of around 6%, in terms of volume, from 2015 to 2019, as per Technavio. The increased demand for petrochemical...

Range of flame retardant polycarbonates for electrical and telecom devices, business machines, appliances

Polymer Technology & Services, LLC (PTS), a global manufacturer of flame retardant engineering thermoplastic compounds, is extending its TRISTAR® family of polycarbonate-based ...

Material solution for custom parts based on continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites

LANXESS has designed a material solution for custom parts based on the continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites of its subsidiary, Bond Laminates, Tepex brand. According to...

Global polymer nanocomposites market to register revenue growth of 10.9% from 2016 to 2022

The global polymer nanocomposites market will reach US$11,549 mln, in terms of revenue and 6,014 kilo tons corresponding volume by 2022, registering revenue growth of 10.9% during 2016...

Chevron Phillips Chemical inks agreement with INEOS Styrolution to sell K-Resin SBC business

GTC awarded Benzene production complex modernization project by NKNK in Russia

GTC Technology has signed an agreement with PJSC «Nizhnekamskneftekhim» (NKNK) to provide its GT-BTX® licensed technology for the modernization of a ben...

Global Polyolefins market projected to cross US$297 bln by 2021

The market size of polyolefins (PO) is estimated to reach US$297.09 bln by 2021, at a CAGR of 7.82% during the forecast period, as per Markets and Markets. The market is driven by incr...

Grace to provide UNIPOL® PP process technology and services at New Braskem La Porte, facility

W. R. Grace & Co., leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has announced that it will provide its UNIPOL® ...

Fresh food packaging market to grow significantly over next 5 years

Global fresh food packaging market is estimated to grow well until 2023 as per Transparency Market Research. Food packaging plays an important role in keeping the food quality safe whi...

Safer way for using drug-eluting polymer beads to treat cancer

Scientists at the University of Huddersfield have developed a safer way for using drug-eluting polymer beads to treat cancer. In a paper published in the European Journal of Pharm...

Global orthopedic biomaterials to cross US$38100 mln by 2020 at CAGR of 11.5%

The global orthopedic biomaterials market type is expected to reach US$38100.2 mln by 2020 from US$22,074 mln in 2015 at a CAGR of 11.5% from 2015 to 2020. Orthopedics is one of the mo...