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In 2008, the PVC world market reached a volume of 34 million tons from demand of 24 million tons in 2000. However, the 5% annual rate of growth seen in the past will probably not continue...
Over the past decade, China has emerged as the principal manufacturing and export location for low value plastic products in the world due to low manufacturing costs and significant gover...
Vietnam is scheduled to export it's first-ever propylene cargo of 5,000 tons in H2-July to term contract buyer Marubeni Corp. of Japan, as per Platts Thursday. Marubeni is expected to tra...
Boosted by recovery in petrochemical demand, Idemitsu Kosan Co and Showa Denko are to increase run rates at their naphtha crackers. Idemitsu has hiked cracker run rates by 10-15% to about...
Weak fuel demand despite data indicating a recovery in the global economy has kept crude oil pegged at US$71 per barrel. This marks a stop to four consecutive weeks of oil price hike. The...
The Chinese polyethylene market size was US$$13,865 million in 2008 and is forecast to grow by more than 8%, accounting for nearly 17% of the global polyethylene demand in 2020 as per Glo...
Inergy Automotive Systems, a Solvay and Plastic Omnium joint venture and a world leader in plastic automotive fuel systems, is set to bolster its presence in the fast-growing automotive i...
Effective July 16, 2009, or as contracts permit, Dow Emulsion Polymers, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its subsidiaries, is increasing the prices of all styrene butadiene...
Leader in hot runner technology, Mold-Masters and plastic processing machinery maker, ENGEL will showcase a 10 cavity multi-material system at NPE in June 2009. A completely balanced 10 c...
France's leading chemical producer Arkema is one of the four partners of the Bioplastics Chair created at the Mines Paris Tech school, launched officially on June 18th 2009. The other lea...
Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) finalized the awarding plan for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts that constitute the thirteen diffe...
Bayer MaterialScience LLC recently developed a new family of hydrophilic polyurethane coatings which are intended to combine lubricity and hemocompatibility with the superior mechanical p...
Korea's Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. has announced that its new US$20 mln isobutylene (IBL) production facility, located at the Maeam site in South Korea, has been successfully commissione...
Effective July 1, 2009, or as contract terms allow, Dow Polyurethanes, a business group within The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates including Dow Europe GmbH, will increase prices ...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has become the first global carrier to switch from using conventional oil-based polystyrene coffee and tea cups to 'Bio-Cups' made with Ingeo™ coating. Initially ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, one of the leading polyolefin producers, recently unveiled K-Resin® styrene butadiene copolymer (SBC) film grades specifically designed for shrink label...
The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation (USA) announced that it will increase the price of all JEFFOL® polyol products by eight cents per pound ($0.08/lb) in the NAFTA region, ...
Thermoplastic polyurethane specialty producer Merquinsa (Spain) announced the launch of a new "Bio TPU by Merquinsa" label for consumer products - such as footwear, sport or electronics e...
During the upcoming NPE 2009 exhibition, PolyOne Corporation (USA) will unveil numerous technology platforms and biopolymer solutions that are formulated to help customers drive value and...
A decision made by the company board in 2008 to postpone the submittal of the EPC bids to bring down costs, has paid off. Plunging construction costs amid the global financial crisis has ...
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