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Demand for plastic pipes registered a growth of 15% annually, ranking China as world number one in plastic pipes. With the boosting of the real estate market and transformation of urban p...
The sustained high oil price has been a boon to the kingdom offering unprecedented opportunities for diversification of the economy. Until 3 years ago, the country had struggled with year...
The fastest growing sales market in Russian plastics industry is the packaging sector. Products in the consumer goods sector are increasing to cater to growing demand, exerting pressure o...
Aerospace and industrial conglomerate Honeywell Inc. is to buy the remaining 50% stake in its UOP joint venture from Dow Chemical Co. for $825 million, subject to regulatory approvals. UO...
12 refineries accounting for 18% of capacity remained shut in USA after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, translating into a daily loss of more than 1.3 million barrels of gasoline. Strikers h...
BASF is celebrating the 75th anniversary of polystyrene, which was manufactured on an industrial scale for the first time and patented by BASF researchers in 1930. As part of its anniver...
Saudi Eastern Petrochemical Co (SHARQ) has signed agreements for the implementation of expansion of its petrochemical complex in Jubail. SHARQ is a joint venture equally owned by SABIC a...
Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company has won strategic contracts for projects worth US$50 million, for supplying fiberglass reinforced epoxy (GRE) pipe systems. The huge 4 meter diameter fiberg...
South Korean firms exported US$20 million worth of PET products to Argentina last year. This led to an anti dumping investigation by Argentina. Argentina has decided to end its investigat...
At a conference hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), the significant role of the Middle East region in general, and the Gulf region in particular, in developing th...
LG DOW Polycarbonate Ltd. (LG-DOW), a 50:50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Co. and LG Chem Ltd. plans to shut its plant at Yeosu, Korea, for about two weeks later this month. This...
Unlike oil refineries, petrochemical manufacturers do not keep huge inventories of raw materials, and are vulnerable to supply disruptions. Due to supply and power issues post-Hurricane R...
CLB (Company law Board) chairman had last week suggested that TCG and WBIDC should meet the chief minister and try to resolve the IOC issue amicably. In a bid to settle the dispute over s...
Petrochemicals and plastics maker Westlake Chemical Corp. has restarted vinyls production at its factory in Geismar, La., which was closed due to Hurricane Rita. Two of the company's unit...
Russia's per capita consumption of plastics is 2.7 kg- a very low figure when compared to per capita consumption in the Western economies averaging 17-22 kg. Currently, the plastics ind...
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers manufacturing operations and distribution centers in Orange, Texas, were significantly impacted by Hurricane Rita. Though physically and structurall...
Westlake Chemical Corporation's petrochemical complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana, consisting of ethylene, styrene, and polyethylene units, sustained only minor physical damage from Hurric...
Lyondell Chemical Co. is resuming operations at its Texas Gulf Coast facilities that were shut down because of Hurricane Rita. All but one of Lyondell's Texas facilities is expected to be...
Oil Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is expected to carry out a due diligence in Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC) shortly. ONGC is likely to pick up stake in SPIC Petroc...
Gasoline pump prices rose to a record high this month after Hurricane Katrina damaged refineries and shut production platforms along the Gulf of Mexico. Gasoline prices have reached their...
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