Global marine composites market poised to surge to US$2 bln by 2021

The global marine composites market was valued at approximately US$1050 mln in 2015 and expected to reach approximately US$2000 mln by 2021, growing at a CAGR of around 7.1% between 2016 ...

Global automotive composites market to reach US$7.13 bln by 2022 at CAGR of 11.1% till 2022

The Global Automotive Composites market is accounted for US$3.4 bln in 2015 and is expected to reach US$7.13 bln by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 11.1% from 2015 to 2022, according to Stratis...

OPaL procuring feedstock, aims to start new polypropylene plant by month end

India's ONGC Petro additions Limited aims to start up its 340,000 m tpa polypropylene (PP) plant in Dahej Special Economic Zone, Gujarat by end-May. The company is currently procuring fee...

Polymer Foam market estimated to grow to US$171.96 bln by 2021, at a CAGR of 8.5%.

The global polymer foam market is estimated to grow from US$105.37 bln in 2016 to USD$171.96 bln by 2021, at a CAGR of 8.5%, as per MarketsandMarkets. Demand will be driven by a diverse r...

Access to premium filament grades specifically designed by DSM for 3D printing market.

Nexeo Solutions, a worldwide leader in chemicals and plastics distribution, has announced the launch ofa new website that provides exclusive access to Arnitel® ID and Novamid® ID, premium...

Siluria successfully completes operations of its disruptive ethylene technology

Siluria Technologies has proven the commercial viability of Oxidative Coupling of Methane to ethylene (OCM) through a successful first year of operations at its La Porte, Texas, demonstra...

Shell lifts force majeure on propylene oxide glycol ethers from Moerdijk

Shell has lifted force majeure on propylene oxide glycol ethers from its plant in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, as per a company spokesman in Platts. The interruption to the feedstock caused...

CPC Corp. in negotiations to sell a naphtha cracking plant in Kaohsiung to Indonesia.

Taiwan's state owned CPC Corp continues to be in negotiations to sell a naphtha cracking plant located in Kaohsiung to Indonesia, as per focustaiwan.tw. The state-run firm is still studyi...

Petronas inks three EPCC deals for Pengerang petrochemical plants

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has signed three engineering, procurement, construction and commission (EPCC) contracts for the development of its petrochemical plants at the Pengerang ...

The global reinforced plastic composite market to grow

Growing demand is estimated for global composites - resins, fillers, reinforcements, natural fibers & nanocomposites. The global reinforced plastic composite market will grow from 14.8 bl...

Core materials market for composites estimated at US$1.72 bln by 2021

The global market for core materials is projected to reach US$1.72 bln by 2021, registering a CAGR of 8.6% between 2016 and 2021, as per MarketsandMarkets. High use in wind energy industr...

A high pressure molding technology yields near net shape polymers without porosity, voids or sinks

Protest in East China against proposed construction of petrochemical plant

Hundreds of demonstrators were reported marching outside the government headquarters of Xicheng district government in Longkou, a coastal city in Shandong province in protest against the ...

Long Son petrochemical complex in Vietnam to resume construction in Q4-2016

After an 8 year delay, construction of the US$4.5 bln Long Son petrochemical complex in Vietnam's southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, will be restarted in Q4-2016 after eight-years of d...

Amid global styrene price drop, NWE styrene premium to benzene dips below US$400/mt

Amid global styrene prices drop, Northwest European styrene premium to its feedstock benzene fell below US$400/mt for the first time since April 13, as per Platts. Styrene was assessed at...

Sterigenics Intl increases Ethlyene Oxide capacity with expansion at Wiesbaden

Sterigenics International LLC, the leading global provider of contract sterilization, gamma technologies and medical isotopes, and a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and GTCR, has anno...

Global Polyethylene Teraphthalate market to reach US$65.4 bln by 2022 at CAGR of 8.84%

The Global Polyethylene Teraphthalate market is valued at US$36.13 bln in 2015 and is expected to reach US$65.4 bln by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 8.84% between 2015 and 2022, according to ...

Bio-polymer Chitosan demand estimated to grow to US$1.49 bln by 2022

The global chitosan market is expected to reach US$1.49 bln by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Market demand is primarily driven by abundant raw material avai...

Clean room facility for food and pharmaceutical grade FIBC packaging

Emmb Industries Limited (earlier Emmbi Polyarns Ltd), plans to set up a positive pressure integrated clean room facility for manufacturing of food and pharmaceutical grade FIBC (flexible ...

Demand for FIBCs registers CAGR of 7.3% till 2019 amid increasing demand from end-users

The global FIBC market eport says flexible intermediate bulk container players are increasingly investing in R&D for the development of products that are high-performing in terms of quali...