Pemex plans restart of propylene production at Salina Cruz and Minatitlan

Mexico's Pemex is planning to begin restart of propylene production at two of its refineries next week as it brings key processing units back online, as per company sources in Plat...

Union Ministry plans to revise India's PCPIR policy

The Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers is planning to revise the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Industrial Region (PCPIR) policy 2007 after three of the four PCPIRs f...

Global colorants market to cross US$65 bln by 2022 at a CAGR of 5% to 2022

The colorants market was valued at US$47.45 bln in 2016 and is projected to reach US$65.65 bln by 2022, at a CAGR of 5% from 2017 to 2022, as per Research and Markets. The increasing d...

Indorama Ventures completes brownfield expansion of PTA plant at Rotterdam

Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. has announced completion of the brownfield expansion of its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant, resulting in the total PTA capacity of 700,000 metric ...

W R Grace & Co. to license UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp

Linde inks agreement with Wanhua Chemical Group to expand the supply of gas to Phase II of Yantai operations

The Linde Group, a world leading industrial gases and engineering company announced that it has signed an agreement with Wanhua Chemical Group, the world's largest producer of isoc...

Mitsui and Prime Polymers complete PP compound production expansion in high growth regions

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. announced that production augmentation has been completed at three of its global polypropylene (PP) compound hubs, viz, USA, Mexico a...

The intelligent, all-in-one product handling solution

With the packaging industry facing increasingly sophisticated consumption trends that present various challenges to the production and distribution of goods, Gebo Cermex is responding ...

Court dismisses plea that seeks to defer finalisation of rules to make it mandatory to store and sell alcohol only in glass bottles

The Bombay High Court has dismissed plea that...

SCG plans to invest Bt188 bln in a petrochemical complex in Vietnam in JV with PetroVietnam.

The Siam Cement Group (SCG) has finalised plans to build a Bt188 bln petrochemical complex in Vietnam in a joint venture with Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), as per nationmul...

European Commission investigation into the ethylene purchasing market

Clariant and units of Texas-headquartered Celanese Corp. are part of an ongoing competition law investigation by the European Commission into the ethylene purchasing market. The compan...

Improved process for manufacture of Polyether Polyols for Low-emission Vehicle Interiors

BASF has improved the process for manufacturing Lupranol® (polyether polyol). The car components made of BASF polyurethane systems emit an average of 20% less aldehyde. This p...

Naphtha crack edges up as robust demand offset stronger Brent prices

Asia’s naphtha crack edged up 10 cents to a two-session high of U$$59.60/ton on Wednesday as robust demand offset stronger prices of raw material Brent crude. Taiwan’s...

AkzoNobel and Itaconix finalize bio-based polymer application agreement

AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has finalized the first application agreement for bio-based polymers to result from its collaboration with specialty polymers company Ita...

North American market for Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipes estimated to reach US$7116 mln in 2022

North America Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipes (RTP) is expected to reach about US$7116 mln  in 2022 from US$5860.48 mln in 2016, registering a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) ...

High Performance Composites Market estimated to cross US$33 bln by 2022

High Performance Composites Market  was valued at US$23.50 bln in 2016 and is projected to reach US$33.33 bln by 2022, at a CAGR of 6% from 2017 to 2022, as per Mar...

A chemical process unveiled that could make as polysulfates - a class of polymers more competitive with polycarbonates

Researchers have developed a chemical process that could make a class of polymers known as polysulfates more competitive with polycarbonates – sturdy plastics that can form struc...

Polypropylene Woven Bags And Sacks to grow well worldwide until 2027

The global plastic packaging market primarily includes of packaging for food and beverages - which accounts nearly 70% packaging which is processed by polymers, remaining 30% polymer p...

Emerging demand from South Korea fails to lift naphtha crack in Asia, amid persistently excess supply

Asia's gasoline and naphtha cracks were each at a five-session low at US$10.15 a barrel and US$59.5/ton, respectively, weighed down by higher crude prices, as per Reuters. Naphtha ...

Medical TPVs to replace rubber to provide long-term seal integrity and lower processing costs

New medical-grade thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomers for injection molded O-rings, gaskets, and diaphragms exhibit excellent long-term sealing performance, cost less to process...