New Indorama’s plants in Thailand and Indonesia
Indorama Ventures to invest in new Thai recycling plant and high technology business in Thailand and Indonesia.
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'Waste business' does not always mean waste, but business
One of the largest plastics recycling companies in UK, Luxus has invested half a million pounds in a new plastics processing line to deliver 8,000 tonnes of compound a year using 100 % recycled materials.
Huntsman and Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes sign license agreement
Huntsman Corporation has announced that it has signed a licence agreement with Chinese chemicals manufacturer Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co., Ltd, for the production of Propylene Oxide (PO) and Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) – a co-product of PO. The financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.
Gazprom plans €3.5 bn to invest in polymers production
Russian petrochemicals producer Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat (GNS) plans to invest € 3.5 bn in a petrochemicals expansion at its site in Salavat, Bashkortostan, Russia.
NatureWorks will offer new high performance Ingeo resins
NatureWorks LLC announced a major capital investment project at its Blair, Neb., manufacturing facility for the production of new grades of high-performance Ingeo biopolymers as well as a new generation of lactide intermediates. Samples of the new polymers and lactide intermediates will be available next year with commercial sales commencing by 2013.
EBRD and Sberbank back PVC plant
Never in the history of Russian manufacturing have so many milestones been achieved in one project.
Nova Chemicals plans to build PE plants
Nova Chemicals Corporation announced plans for growth of its proprietary polyethylene technology to serve North American markets, which the company is calling “Nova 2020.”
Reliance consolidates its position as the world’s largest polyester producer
Reliance Industries commences implementation of large polyester projects in India.
battenfeld-cincinnati plans growth
One year after the merger to create the largest extrusion brand worldwide, the management team of battenfeld-cincinnati, Bad Oeynhausen/Vienna, has taken stock of its positive development.
Solvay plans large specialty plastics plant in China
Plastics and chemicals supplier Solvay announced it will invest some €120 million ($172.5 million) in a new plant for the production of specialty plastics polyvinylidene fluoride and fluoroelastomers, plus the vinylidene fluoride monomer used to make them.
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