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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has accepted the safety of Eastman Tritan copolyester. The opinion paves the way for the European Commission to amend Directive 2002/72/EC to add...
Naphtha markets is Asia await a clear direction leading to soft demand in the region, easing Asian naphtha cracks. Naphtha markets in the region had gained momentum over the past few week...
Thai petrochemical major PT Tuban Petrochemical Industries (TPI) has sought financial support to expand its paraxylene plant to 1.2 mln tpa, from PT Pertamina. TPI requires US$500 mln for...
To simplify monitoring of all extrusion line parameters, Battenfeld Extrusions-technik GmbH, has developed a modular concept consisting of three components: energy monitoring, production ...
The 1.5 mln tpa No. 3 aromatics plant of Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp in Mailiao has been shut down due to a fire caused by a rupture of a heating pipe. The fire has been doused and the...
North American makers of polypropylene have raised prices by 4 cents per pound since Aug. 1. Regional PP prices now are up an average of 26 cents per pound since Jan. 1. That works out to...
Taiwan’s state-run CPC Corp, plans to restart its 230,000 ton No. 3 naphtha-processing plant in Kaohsiung that was shut due to a mechanical fault. Supply from its other two crackers has ...
Grupo Seda’s Artenius UK subsidiary has gone into administration and will stop producing terephthalic acid (PTA) at its 580,000 tpa Wilton site and lay off approximately 50% of the workfo...
China’s textile and garment industry exports in June totaled to US$14 bln, rising 13% from export levels of May, but 10% below a year ago levels. Confidence has increased that textile and...
Diminishing imports from Europe have propped up premiums in Asia for naphtha exports from India. Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has sold 25,000-30,000 tons for Sept. 1-3 loading to V...
Naphtha prices in Europe have sprung to ten month highs of US$645/ton on August 13. Naphtha makers in the continent have ramped up production rates. Naphtha for delivery into northwest E...
Sabic’s 400,000 tpa LDPE plant, the world’s largest, at Wilton, Teesside is scheduled to start production in September. Full capacity is expected to be reached during 2010. The delayed LD...
Safe, Value-enhanced products are beneficial for companies in the long-term, thereby driving growth in the European plastic packaging additives market as per a report by Frost & Sullivan....
A subsidiary of Chicago Bridge & Iron NV has been awarded a US$40 mln contract to supply eight heaters to CTCI Corp’s ethylene plant in Taiwan. The Lummus Technology subsidiary has won th...
The existing tight propylene supply scenario in Europe has got compounded with another shutdown in the region. The latest FM declaration further reduces the already tight European supply ...
In a move that will help the company fund scaling of technology, Novomer has raised US$14 mln in a second round of venture funding. Novomer is one of a very few companies in the race to c...
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. plans to restart its No.2 naphtha cracker in east Japan after a scheduled maintenance has been completed. The 476,000 tpa cracker at Kashima was initially planne...
A tanker carrying approximately 58,000 tons of naphtha from the United Arab Emirates to South Korea, has collided with a British registered bulk carrier ship in the Strait of Malacca. Nin...
CRUDE OIL Oil prices have dropped below US$67/barrel in the week of August 17, 2009, on falling equity markets in USA as investors get caut...
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has completed the plastics industry’s first assessment of the Water Footprint of plastics materials. The fin...
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