Matrix Polymers is expanding its technical facility in Kolo by employing a Polish technical engineer and building a laboratory unit. The additional technical resource will strengthen the service Matrix provides to its clientele in Poland, Eastern and Central European countries.
Danone Canada has announced two major innovations in packaging: a new ecological manufacturing process for its individual serving products, called ‘expansion’, and the use of an ecological high-density polyethylene for its drinkable yogurt packaging.
Borealis invested EUR 7.8 million in new butane storage cavern at Stenungsund, Sweden.
Arkema successfully starts up Kynar fluorinated polymer production plant in China in a strong growth market.
Unit under construction is located in Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas and will start operating in the first half of 2012.
Invista Performance Technologies (IPT) and China Prosperity (Jiangyin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd (China Prosperity) are delighted to announce the successful start-up of China Prosperity’s 600,000 tonnes per annum PTA plant. The PTA plant utilizes Invista’s market leading PTA process technology, provided to China Prosperity under a license agreement.
A. Schulman is following up big gains in sales and profit with plans to add a new extrusion line at its plant in Brazil.
KraussMaffei is doubling the production area at its subsidiary KraussMaffei Automation AG to meet the growth in demand for robot-assisted manufacturing solutions.
APPE has invested €10m in increasing capacity at its PET recycling plant in Beaune, France, by 40%.
Total Petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles and Axens to co-develop bio-ethylene production technology by dehydration of ethanol.
Russian petrochemicals group Sibur plans to expand its production of styrene-butadiene thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) at its plant in Voronezh, in south western Russia.
Braskem-Idesa selects Lupotech T technology for plant in Mexico. Process will be used at the LDPE unit of the XXI Ethylene project.