Total restarts two more lines at polystyrene facility at Carville, Louisiana

Over the past few days, Total Petrochemicals and Refining restarted two more lines at its polystyrene facility at Carville, Louisiana. One facility was restarted over the weekend and t...

Top Five Players in the Global Molded Plastic Packaging Market from 2016 to 2020

The global molded plastic packaging market will see a steady growth with a CAGR of over 5% from 2016 to 2020, as per Technavio. Molded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is emerging as t...

Super absorbent polymer made from recycled and biodegradable waste products fights drought in South Africa

 Using orange peel and avocado skins, a student from Johannesburg has created a super absorbent polymer (SAP) capable of storing reserves of water hundreds of times its own weight...

Crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) market in GCC to cross US$ 713 mln by 2021

Gulf Cooperation Council crystalline PET (polyethylene terephthalate) market is projected to reach US$713.1 mln by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 14.6% from 2016 to 2021, as per Micro Mark...

New smart second skin with polymer membrane developed for anti-bioweapon suits

A new fabric fit for a super-suit that could clothe and protect our soldiers in the battlefield, has been created by researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Labs. Th...

BP seeking sale of its 50% stake in Secco, its Chinese petrochemicals joint venture

BP is looking to sell its stake in Secco, a Chinese petrochemicals joint venture and is believed to have appointed an investment bank to scout for potential buyers for its 50%. As per ...

Naphtha crack in Asia dips to lowest level in over four years

Naphtha crack in Asia has plunged to US$16.03/ton- the lowest level in over 4 years amid  swelling supplies, as per Reuters. Spot prices continued to slide down as supplies rise w...

DuPont Performance Materials inaugurates largest engineering plastics compounding plant in Shenzhen

DuPont Performance Materials (DuPont) has formally expanded its capacity by inaugurating its largest engineering plastics compounding plant located in the Guangming New District, Shenz...

Solvay to be fined US$115,000 in federal fines for health and safety violations by OSHA

Solvay Specialty Polymers will pay US$115,000 in federal fines for health and safety violations in a New Jersey plastics and chemical plant, according to U.S. Department of Labor's...

PPG to Invest US$20 mln in capacity upgradation of Chester, South Carolina, Fiber Glass Plant

PPG  has announced plans to invest US$20 mln to upgrade its fiber glass manufacturing facility in Chester, South Carolina. The investment will cover repairs to the production furn...

The market for PMMA to cross US$5.50 bln by 2021 at a CAGR of 4.7%

Inter Pipeline to acquire Williams' natural gas assets at steep discount

Calgary-based Inter Pipeline Ltd. is buying the Canadian assets of the Williams pipeline companies at a steep discount, and will take on its massive petrochemical project i...

‘Seal of Authenticity’for Nescafe Classic engineered by flexible packaging major Uflex

At a time when the FMCG counterfeit and smuggled products’ market in India stands at a staggering Rs.68, 000 crore (joint study by KPMG and FICCI, 2015), it is only prud...

Revolutionary R-PRO™ Conveying System to debut at K 2016

The patent-pending R-PRO™ dense-phase vacuum-conveying system developed by Conair to minimize pellet fracturing, "angel hair" and equipment wear caused by conventional ...

Nordson aligns all melt delivery systems under the BKG® brand, to expand operations in Münster

Nordson Corporation’s BKG® product brand, well known around the world for underwater pelletizer systems, is now also the group brand name for the company’s diverse rang...

ExxonMobil plans to expand output of Santoprene TPVs at Newport facility

ExxonMobil  plans to lift output of its “Santoprene” thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) at its facility in Newport / UK. The company did not provide any details on inve...

Icehouse™ Building Using Sabic’s Lexan™ Sheet Signifies Innovation

By 2050 around 9 billion people are expected to be living on our planet. This growth will require trillions of dollars of new infrastructure and will drive t...

MRPL plans to expand market for polypropylene

  Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), which is planning to expand market for polypropylene, is targeting to sell around 0.44 mln tons (mt) of polypropyle...

Essar Oil mulls option of reviving petrochemical complex project at Vadinar refinery

Essar Oil is weighing the option of reviving its petrochemical complex project with an investment of around US$1-1.5 bln. An additiona lRs.1200 crore is being planned to get invested o...

Wison Engineering awarded EPC contract by Connel Chemical for MTO plant

Wison Engineering, one of China’s leading chemical engineering, procurement and construction management (EPC) service and technology providers, has been awarded an EPC contract f...