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MEG Plant at Map Ta Phut in Mueang Rayong District Would Commence Operations Next Month

Dec 4, 2012

PTT Global Chemical Limited, Thailand's largest and Asia’s leading integrated petrochemical company, has announced that its mono ethylene glycol (MEG) plant at Map Ta Phut in Mueang Rayong District would commence operations next ...

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Various Environment Protection in Taiwan Have Sought a Ban on Expansion Cracker

Dec 4, 2012

Various environment protection and health groups in Taiwan have sought a ban on expansion of the naphtha cracker operated by the Formosa Plastics Group in Yunlin County’s Mailiao Township. Representatives of the Changhua Medical ...

Tags: naphtha cracker, environmental impact, environment groups

a New PP Grade Is Launched by Borealis

Dec 4, 2012

Chemical and plastics solutions provider in Austria, Borealis has launched new polypropylene (PP) grade BorPure RF490MO for transparent and non-opaque colored closures. The grade offers a stiffness/impact balance with transparency and ...

Tags: Borealis, polypropylene grade, closure

IRPC PCL Foresees a Rise in Its Turnover in 2013

Dec 4, 2012

Banking on capacity enhancement and soaring prices of petrochemical products, Thailand’s fourth largest petrochemical company, IRPC PCL foresees a rise in its turnover in 2013. The company enhanced its production capacity of ...

Tags: petrochemical products, petrochemical company, propylene

The Arab State of Oman Is Hopeful That India Will Lift The Anti-Dumping Duty Imposed on PP

Dec 3, 2012

The Arab state of Oman is hopeful that India will lift the anti-dumping duty imposed on polypropylene (PP) manufactured in Oman since December 2010. Oman’s Ministry of Commerce said it is negotiating with the Indian ...

Tags: anti-dumping duty, polypropylene, polypropylene exports

Japan's Imports of Naphtha,Grew by 5.3 Percent Month-on-Month in October

Dec 3, 2012

Japan’s imports of naphtha, a key raw material for production of ethylene used in the textile industry, grew by 5.3 percent month-on-month in October to 1.183 million tons, according to the figures released by the Ministry of Economy, ...

Tags: naphtha imports, naphtha, textile industry, textile

Arkema Announces an Increase by Dry Metric Tonne on Caustic Soda Prices

Dec 3, 2012

Arkema announces an increase by 60€/dmt (dry metric tonne) on caustic soda prices (sodium hydroxyde 30.5% and 50%), effective October 1st, 2012 or as contracts allow. This adjustment is made necessary by the increase in the cost of ...

Tags: chemical firm, Caustic Soda prices, Caustic Soda, sodium hydroxyde

Hengli Has Begun Operations at Its Plant in Dalian Located

Dec 3, 2012

Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park, which mainly engages in the production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), used extensively in the production of textiles, has begun operations at its plant in Dalian located in Northeast China’s ...

Tags: purified terephthalic acid, Dalian plant, textiles

GGC Is Buying a Stake in Us Ethylene Plant to Meet Its Raw Material Requirements

Dec 3, 2012

Georgia Gulf Corporation (GGC), a leading North American manufacturer and international marketer of commodity chemicals as well as polymers, is considering buying a stake in any US-based ethylene plant to meet its raw material requirements. ...

Tags: ethylene plant, commodity chemicals, polymers, ethylene

Increases Regulatory Investments Is Controlled by Dow Microbial

Dec 3, 2012

Dow Microbial Control, a business group of The Dow Chemical Company, announced that significant increases in its regulatory investments in recent years have enabled its customers to move toward advanced sustainable microbial control ...

Tags: Dow Microbial, Dow Microbial Control, microbial control technologies

H. B. Fuller Will Launch New Flextra Laminating Adhesive

Dec 3, 2012

H.B. Fuller, a global adhesives provider will launch its new Flextra laminating adhesive for Large Stand Up Pouches (SUPs), an addition to the company’s Flextra family of flexible packaging adhesives. The new solvent-free adhesive ...

Tags: H.B.Fuller, adhesives provider, laminating adhesive, packaging adhesives

Asian Px,Pta & PSF Prices Went Down,However Ethylene Steady

Dec 3, 2012

Paraxylene (PX) prices went down in the Asian market. In S E Asian region, PX prices declined in the range of US$ 1515/ton to US$ 1520/ton. In F E Asian market, PX prices were offered at US$ 1500/ton. PX imported from Taiwanese market ...

Tags: PX price, PTA price, PSF price, Paraxylene prices

Benzene Prices Increased in The Last Week,Due to Robust Support From The Downstream Market

Dec 3, 2012

In Korea, benzene prices increased in the last week, due to robust support from the downstream market. In the early days of the last week, prices were slightly lower as compared to the same period of the previous week but went up in the ...

Tags: benzene prices, benzene market, benzene industry, benzene

Toluene Prices Were Hovering Around Us$ 1240/Ton FOB Rotterdam in The Initial Days of Sept

Dec 3, 2012

Toluene prices were hovering around US$ 1240/ton FOB Rotterdam in the initial days of September, which went up by 4% each in the first and second week of the same month and 5% and 2% respectively in the third and fourth week due to robust ...

Tags: toluene prices, toluene, toluene market, toluene industry

Japan-Based Dia-Nitrix Has Delayed The Restart of Its Acrylonitrile (Acn) Plant

Dec 3, 2012

Japan-based Dia-Nitrix has delayed the restart of its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant. The plant was taken off-stream on September 19 and was supposed to restart on October 23, an official informed fibre2fashion. He added, “However, due ...

Tags: ACN plant, ACN, ACN market, ACN industry

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