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Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics, the global leader in high performance Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) materials, meets the rapidly-changing design and functional requirements of the porta...
Third-party test results validate the multiple sterilization capabilities of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ remarkably tough Ultem* HU1004 polyetherimide (PEI) resin. This high-performance re...
Since the beginning of 2011, Italy’s LDPE market had been trading at a premium over other global markets including Turkey, Egypt, China and Southeast Asia, as per Chemorbis. For much of H...
Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) subsidiary Nan Ya Plastics Corp. has received approval from the Yunlin County government to resume production at two plants that were shut down last month ove...
As the Euro strengthens, oil prices have rebounded. Light sweet crude oil for August delivery rose by over a dollar to US$96.2, while Brent futures were at US$117.3.The Euro has strengthe...
When processing severely contaminated plastic waste – especially heavily printed film packaging – previous recycling technology often struggled to meet the necessary performance requireme...
Japan's June ethylene production fell 5.2% from May to 524,400 tons, on shut down of several naphtha-fed steam crackers due to technical problems, as per data released by the Ministry of ...
Asia's naphtha price was at a four-session low on Tuesday, dragged down by lower Brent crude, while physical timespreads remained in the negative zone for the fifth-straight week as high...
According to players in Egypt and Turkey, low end prices for American PVC are beginning to disappear from the import market as sellers pull their prices up, as per ChemOrbis. US PVC price...
Oil prices dipped to hover around US$94 on a strengthening US dollar. A stronger greenback makes crude more expensive for investors with other currencies. The euro fell to US$ 1.3953. Be...
In an effort to diversify its overseas business portfolio, GS Caltex Co. has set up a unit in the Czech Republic to produce and sell polymer compounds. To be located in Karvina, the plant...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has completed, within the premises of its Oita Complex, a pilot plant for its new heat-resistant and transparent film SHORAYALTM. SDK will start sample shipments fo...
Spot PET prices are expected to gain some ground at the lower end of the range in the Chinese market this week as sellers are likely to take a firmer stance on prices given higher energy ...
M&G Group, the largest Americas producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for packaging applications, has selected Corpus Christi, Texas, as the location for its previously announced 1...
European contract cracker margins based on naphtha feedstock fell sharply for the second week in a row, following an 8.3% jump in upstream costs, according to ICIS. The contract margin fe...
Russia is today one of the largest crude oil producers in the world, yet it faces a shortage of petrochemicals on the domestic market. Russia refines less than half of the 500 mln tons it...
Saudi Arabia’s petrochemicals exports increased to SR4.80 bln (US$1.28 bln), rising by 39% in value in May 2011 compared to SR3.45 bln in May 2010 because of higher prices and stronger de...
Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp will restart the it’s 700,000 tpa No. 1 naphtha cracker before second-half August. This restart will correspond with shutdown of its No. 3 unit for mai...
In Asia, import PS prices changed direction as offer levels started to gain during the past week, as per ChemOrbis. Firmer upstream costs support these increases, as GPPS offer levels are...
Formosa and Shintech's additional capacity coming on stream in USA is estimated to lower chlor-alkali and EDC prices during the second half of the year. Additional capacity of chlor-alk...
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