New facility for Rohacell structural foam
End of 2013 Evonik Industries AG successfully began operation of its new production facility for Rohacell structural foam at the Darmstadt site.
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New Zahoransky plant in India
At the new regional production site in Tamil Nadu 60 employees manufacture assembly injection moulding machines for the Indian and Asian market.
Isononanol plant to be built in China
First Chinese INA plant will provide important feedstock for next-generation plasticizers.
BASF invests €7 million in the resin production
BASF is investing around €7 million to expand and optimize the resin production at its Münster site.
Evonik invests in FRX Polymers
FRX is the manufacturer and marketer of a new, environmentally friendly family of inherently flame retardant plastics and oligomers.
BASF opens Ultrason plant in Asia
World class facility in Yeosu, Korea will serve growing market demand for high performance specialty plastics in Asia Pacific.
Müller Kunststoffe to expand TPE capacity
The German arm of the Hexpol TPE group, has announced plans to expand capacity with an additional TPE production line.
BASF to build engineering plastics compounding plant in Korea
New investment will double total BASF compounding capacity of Ultramid and Ultradur compounds in Korea.
New investments of Bayer MaterialScience
The company has outfitted a technical center for the advancement of premium foams with ultra-modern machines and systems.
New construction at Arburg in the USA
Ground-breaking ceremony marked start of construction of new Arburg Inc. building in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
Lanxess starts expanded cresol plant
The expansion increases capacity for high-quality intermediate by some 20 percent.
Clariant opens new innovation center
New Innovation Center in Frankfurt will coordinate Clariant's global R&D activities.
BASF and Yara discuss potential joint ammonia investment
BASF and Yara are evaluating a possible joint investment into ammonia plant at the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Styrolution and Braskem plan ABS joint venture
The new joint venture would be only producer of ABS and SAN specialties in South America.
New ethylene plant opened in China
Sinopec started production in its new ethylene plant in Wuhan, China.
Evonik opens Plexiglas plant in South Africa
New plant will produce several thousand metric tons of semi-finished material per year for the African market.
Clariant and Lummus Novolen to build PP catalyst plant
Clariant signed polypropylene catalyst commercialization agreement with polypropylene technology licensor Lummus Novolen Technology.
Borealis upgrades Borstar PE plant in Porvoo
The company will invest EUR 65 mln to upgrade Borstar PE2 plant technology to the third generation.
New tert. Butylamine plant in China
New plant will support the growing rubber chemical and tire industries in China.
Lanxess runs a new butyl rubber plant
World's leading manufacturer of synthetic rubber is officially opening a new butyl rubber plant in Singapore on June 4.
New polyethylen plant in Middle East
Orpic announced its plan to build new polyethylene plant in Oman with the annual capacity of 1 mln tons.
Solvay starts building silica plant in Poland
New plant located in Włocławek will increase Solvay's HDS capacity by 85,000 tons per year.
Packaging producer opened new plant in Poland
MMP Neupack has opened its second plant producing carton packagings in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Lanxess opens new headquarters for rubber
Lanxess will operate its global EPDM rubber business from new headquarters in Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands.
New PET recycling plant in Poland
PRT Radomsko has launched its new PET recycling plant in special economical zone of Lodz.
New Can-Pack factory in Russia started production
Newly built factory of Polish cans producer will produce one billion cans per year.
Songwon to start up new OPS plant
New facility located in Houston, USA will start production in April.
SABIC enters the market of bimodal HDPE
SABIC is readying facilities at its plant in Gelsenkirchen due to start of commercial production in the second quarter of this year.
Russian EPS production grows
EPS production in Russia was up 80% in 2012, reaching a level of nearly 90k tonnes.
Octal has tripled its PET production capacity
Commissioning of two of the world's largest vertical reactors marks a milestone for Octal, tripling its annual production capacity of PET resin.
Invista's new polyamide salt facility in the Netherlands starts production
Invista started production at its new, polyamide salt plant, an expansion of the company's polymer facility in Rozenburg, the Netherlands.
Solvay to build a new silica plant in Poland
Solvay announced it will invest €75 million to build a new 85,000 ton per year Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS) plant in Włocławek, Poland.
Sanner is modernizing its main plant in Bensheim
Sanner GmbH is modernizing its plant site in Bensheim. With a focus on optimizing logistics, infrastructure and energy efficiency, new construction includes a central transport corridor to improve the flow of goods as well as a technical services center with a power/heat cogeneration system. The modernized facility will provide clearly defined production zones along with structural improvements in the GMP production environment. Scheduled for completion in June 2013, the new construction will cost €4 million.
Braskem Idesa begins construction of the structures for the Ethylene XXI Project
Braskem Idesa, a joint venture in Mexico formed by Braskem and Grupo Idesa, has begun building the structural components of the Ethylene XXI Project, which is the largest petrochemical project under construction in the Americas.
LyondellBasell to Restore LDPE Capacity at Wesseling
LyondellBasell has announced that the company will restore a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) line in Wesseling, Germany, that has been out of service since January 2012. Startup of the new line is targeted for mid-2013.
DSM inaugurates new production unit for Stanyl ForTii
Royal DSM N.V., the global life sciences and materials sciences company, has opened its third production unit for Stanyl ForTii high performance polyamide. The plant is co-located with DSM’s two existing plants in Geleen, The Netherlands. The capacity increase is needed to meet the strongly growing market demand for the new polymer, used in electronics, automotive and other markets.