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.
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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.
Expansion of BASF in Lemförde
Fifty years after its founding sees BASF Polyurethanes GmbH in Lemförde continuing its success story.
High-tech plastic from Bayer driving investment
The sharply rising global demand for the high-tech plastic Apec from Bayer MaterialScience is spawning major investment in eastern Germany.
Gerresheimer increases production capacity for pharmaceutical glass
Glass production is a heat-intensive process. To produce glass from sand, soda and limestone, the furnace has to deliver constant temperatures of over 1,500 degrees Celsius.