PolyOne to start production of specialty engineered materials at existing plant in Pune

PolyOne Corporation expects to start local production of specialty engineered materials at its existing plant in Pune, India in January 2017. Initially, production at the facility...

Global ethylene market to register CAGR of over 11% till 2025

Growing demand for ethylene and its derivatives from packaging and construction sector will drive the global ethylene market throug...

Growing portfolio of Vydyne® PA66 solutions at K 2016

Ascend Performance Materials will be showcasing its most recent innovative grades of Vydyne® PA66 at the K Show, the world’s largest plastics trade show, in Dusseldorf f...

Hybrid composites improve performance in terms of weight, impact resistance, ductility

Dyneema® Carbon hybrid composites represent a leap in the evolution of carbon. The world’s strongest fiber significantly improves the performance of pure carbon composites in...

Gulf petrochemical sector needs consolidation and increase in oil prices to stabilise

Consolidation and at least a 20% jump in oil prices are needed to stabilise the Arabian Gulf petrochemical sector, according to the head of Saudi International Petrochem...

GAIL’s first UNIPOL™ PE process line starts operations in Pata, to produce 400,000 tpa Polyethylene

In a step toward realizing the “Make in India” initiative of the Government of India, GAIL (India) Limited has successfully started its first UNIPOL™ PE Process line ...

New polymer warns of dangerous kidney disease- Diagnostics of the future

The advanced phase of acute kidney injury can be fatal in even one in two patients. Fortunately, now it will be possible to detect the disease in its initial stages, when treatment is ...

Scratch Resistant PP compounds for automotive interiors to register CAGR of 9.2% by 2024

The "Global Scratch Resistant Polypropylene (PP) Compound For Automotive Interior Market" demand was 1.88 mln tons in 2015 and is expected to reach 4.11 mln by 2024, to be va...

CHINAPLAS positioned to capture Asia’s enormous market potential

China remains at the epicenter of the global plastics industry. Its domestic plastics and rubber sectors continue to experience stable growth, while benefiting from government support ...

BEKUM Group appoints new Managing Director

 BEKUM is paving the way for a new generation in the BEKUM Group. The family company, managed by its owners for over 55 years, is known throughout the world as a pioneering and te...

Huntsman appoints Managing Director for India Subcontinent

Huntsman Corporation has named Harshad Naik as Managing Director, India Subcontinent, with effect from September 2016. He succeeds Rohit Aggarwal who was appointed President of Textile...

US oil prices at 2016 highs as Russia readies to align with OPEC's push to limit oil output

Russian President Vladimir said Russia is ready to reduce oil production and supports OPEC's initiative to trim production as a way to support oil prices. US oil prices finished at...

Ministry approves new subsidiary for refinery, petrochemicals ‘Kuwait Integrated Petrochemical Industries Company’

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) approved a request from Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to set up what would become the largest oil company in Kuwait with an estimated c...

DuPont opens Europe’s First Zytel HTN Polymer Plant in Uentrop

DuPont Performance Materials (DPM) has unveiled its Zytel HTN polymer production facility in Uentrop, Germany, a move that aims to boost the company’s presence in the polyam...

Electroactive Material fabricated from polyvinylidene fluoride facilitates wound healing

An electroactive device fabricated from polyvinylidene fluoride that facilitates wound healing has been devised by NASA. This is a device that uses electrical activity to facilitate th...

Global demand for plastic films estimated to grow at 4% pa up to 2021

Global demand for plastic films is set to grow at an average annual rate of 4% in the next five years, according to a new report from rubber, plastics and composites testing firm ...

Medical-grade PEEK, PAEK replaces metal in surgical instruments

Solvay has announced at EUROSPINE 2016 that its medical grade KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and AvaSpire® polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymers enabled one of the m...

Chandra Asri mulls debottlenecking and major expansions from 2019 to 2025

Indonesia's Chandra Asri is considering a major expansion and debottlenecking of its naphtha-fed steam cracker at Cilegon and downstream derivative plants over 2019-2025, the compa...

Bio-based microcellular PU Foam for Shoe Soles

Reverdia and Dezhou Xinhuarun Technology (Xinhuarun) have signed an agreement to jointly develop and promote Biosuccinium™-based microcellular polyurethane (PU) foams. These new ...

LyondellBasell lifts force majeure on Polyethylene from Texas, Illinois