Double-side copper laminate Polyethylene Terephthalate films for large-screen touch panel sensor

Panasonic Corporation has launched "Double-side copper laminate polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films[1]" suitable for large-screen touch panel sensor[2] ...

Naphtha crack in Asia march higher on expected lower supplies

Naphtha crack in Asia rose for the fourth straight session on Tuesday to reach US$57.29/ton,  its highest since Sept. 26, supported by expectations of lower supplies ahead, as per...

Expanded options for advanced extrusion control technologies

Maguire Products, Inc. and SYNCRO srl announced a partnership to provide customers of both companies with an extensive platform of options for materials and extrusion control. Maguire ...

Collaboration to promote non-halogenated flame retardants for broader applications

Clariant, world leader in specialty chemicals, will broaden its collaboration with Engineering Plastics division of Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp. to promote Clariant's non-haloge...

Zhongtian Synergetic to startup 350,000 tpa PP production

Zhongtian Synergetic has gone through all the processes of its newly built 350000 tpa polypropylene plant, and scheduled to start production of homo PP raffia T30S in the coming week (...

Covestro to double Polycarbonate capacity to 400,000 tpa at Shanghai

To satisfy growing demand for polycarbonates in Asia, Covestro AG Leverkusen is doubling production capacities for the high-tech plastic from 200,000 to 400,000 metric tpa at its site ...

SKYPLETE - thermoplastic material solution for 3D printing

SK Chemicals, specialty chemicals and plastics manufacturer based in South Korea, is launching SKYPLETE, thermoplastic material solutions for 3D printing utilizing its own proprietary ...

Celanese to acquire SO.F.TER. Group - world’s largest independent thermoplastic compounder

Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, announced signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the Forli, Italy based SO.F.TER. Group, one of the wor...

BASF'S crackers, petrochemical units at Ludwigshafen shut after explosion

Petrochemical major BASF has shut its steam crackers at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany after an explosion at the port, as per company sources in Platts "I can confirm the...

Socar Turkey Energy sells part stake in Turkish petrochemical major Petkim

Japan's naphtha imports for petrochemical fell 34% in September 16 vs Sept 15

Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector fell 34% in September 2016 from the same month a year ago, as per government figures reported by Reuters. Imports of naphtha fo...

Solvay plans over 35% hike in global capacity for high-performance sulfone in USA and Asia

Solvay, the leading global supplier of specialty polymers, expects to increase global production capacity for its high-performance sulfone polymers by more than 35% over the next five ...

Trinseo to commence production of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene at Zhangjiagang in 2017

Trinseo will begin production of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) (marketed under the name Magnum ABS) at its Zhangjiagang, China site in 2017.  The investment ...

LG Chem to add ethylene production to Daesan plant at an outlay of US$260

LG Chem Ltd, South Korea's largest chemical company will spend 287 billion won (US$257.46 million) to add ethylene production to its Daesan naphtha plant by 2019, aiming to focus o...

Global polymer fillers market to grow at a CAGR of 3.3%

The polymer fillers market size is estimated to reach US$53.10 bln by 2020 at a CAGR of 3.3% between 2015 and 2020. High-quality optical properties, improved impact strength,...

Global demand for polymer nanocomposites to reach US$11,549 mln by 2022

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

Global Thermoplastic Polyurethane films demand estimated at US$516.9 mln by 2024

The global thermoplastic polyurethane films market was valued at US$286.8 mln in 2015 and is projected to reach US$516.9 mln by 2024, expanding at a CAGR of 6.8% between 2016...

Super-thin polymer could exponentially expand memory storage of computers, smartphones

Western University researchers have developed a thinner-than-thin polymer that could exponentially expand the memory storage of our computers and smartphones. The polymer is made of or...

Huntsman's plant at Port Neches operating at reduced rates amid ongoing issues

Huntsman's plant in Port Neches, Texas, continues to operate at reduced rates, with a source in Platts adding that the 766,000 m tpa MTBE unit will be a reduced rates for several w...

Repsol signs styrene and propylene oxide licensing agreement with Tianjin Bohai Chemical

European oil and petrochemicals group Repsol has inked a deal with China's Tianjin Bohai Chemical Group to license technology for a Chinese styrene and propylene oxide production p...