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The surging price of crude oil coupled with the growth in sugarcane plantations in Brazil has evoked the development of bioplastics from sugarcane. Brazil's two largest ethanol players, D...
DSM Engineering Plastics announced that it has reached an agreement on the acquisition of the polymerization assets of Diolen Industrial Fibers BV. These include the facilities for polyes...
Seeing a staggering 81% rise in Venezuela's plastic resin consumption from 2002 to 2007, nation's President Hugo Chavez has announced an investment of US$950 mln for petrochemicals, parti...
Hurricane Gustav has struck Haiti, and is fast approaching the Gulf of Mexico, increasing concerns of production and supply disruption in major oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The M...
Polyethylene majors from Taiwan and India have slashed offers for next month in the face of feeble demand from China. Fresh HDPE offers from Taiwan, cut by almost fifty dollars, are being...
ABS prices in Asia have seen a further downward revision by about twenty dollars more, upto US$2080/MT levels, as demand from China continues to be lackluster. Typical offers for Septembe...
LyondellBasell Industries has announced the launch of Lupotech A technology for the production of specialty low density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) products. This...
Venezuelan President has approved a US$950 mln investment for petrochemicals projects in ethylene, polyethylene and PVC installations. This announcement is concurrent with expansion of th...
A petrochem hub in Panipat planned at an outlay of Rs 30000 cr in partnership with IOC seems to be in jeopardy. Plans of the Haryana Government to house the project in the state, seem to ...
A new microwavable tray package for steaming produce that can be used to market healthy, convenient meals has been introduced by US packaging firm Sealed Air as part of the Cryovac brand....
CRUDE OIL Instability prevailed in crude oil movement in the week of August 25, 2008. The week witnessed a five dollar leap in prices on sign...
Chinese firm Henan Pingdingshan Coal Group has set underway the construction of a 1 mln tpa capacity PVC plant with an outlay of RMB 8 bln (US$1.17 bln). The project slated to be complete...
Czech Republic's Unipetrol Group reported a net profit of CZK 708 mln (US$42.4 mln) for the H1 of 2008 and CZK 302 mln (US$18.1 mln) for the Q2 of 2008. Like Q1, UNIPETROL again felt the ...
Octal Petrochemicals, one of the world's largest producers of PET sheet based in Oman announced that the firm's annual global sales are expected to reach US$450 mln by end of 2008 when it...
Formosa Petrochemical Corporation of Taiwan, the top ethylene producer in Asia with a total production capacity of 2.93 mln tpa has announced to slash its capital expenditure from TWD 14 ...
The replacement of TPE with DYNALLOY™ olefin block copolymer thermoplastic elastomers (OBC TPEs) from GLS, in self-contained Mystic® II vacuum delivery system has enhanced CooperSurgical'...
Thermoset resins are the material of choice for many engine compartment components. Among their outstanding properties are dimensional stability, chemical resistance (eg, to brake fluid, ...
As Tropical Storm Gustav formed in the Caribbean, oil prices have edged back above US$115 a barrel. Prices were supported by fears that Gustav could threaten oil and natural gas productio...
Global market for thin films in energy applications is currently worth US$1.1 bln in 2007, expected to increase to US$1.4 bln in 2008. By 2013, it will increase to US$3.9 bln at a compou...
South Korea's third-largest refiner: S-Oil Corp has shortlisted Samsung Engineering to carry on petrochem expansion work at Onsan refinery. S- Oil has awarded an order worth US$1 billion ...
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