Demand in the Turkish polymer market has slumped as riots have erupted in major cities and the local currency has tumbled, sources said this week. "There is instability, and the issue of payments, caused by political unrest. It is very ...
Mars Chocolate North America has introduced Combos Baked Snacks 7 Layer Dip Tortilla, which combines Tex-Mex flavors in a tortilla shell. The new Combos Baked Snacks 7 Layer Dip Tortilla is available in seven variant flavors, including ...
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The development of a grassroots LNG industry in western Canada's British Columbia will be a key factor in companies finalizing plans to invest in new petrochemical ventures in neighboring Alberta, industry officials and producers said late ...
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Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina has signed sales and purchase agreements with PTT Polymer Marketing, a unit of Thailand's PTT Global Chemical, for polyethylene and polypropylene products, a Pertamina official said ...
Polish chemical producer Synthos has begun an emergency shutdown of all units at its petrochemical complex in Kralupy, Czech Republic due to extreme flooding by the Vltava river, a company source said Monday. "We are closing production of ...
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ExxonMobil’s Singapore Chemical Plant is now producing ethylene from the facility’s second world-scale steam cracker. The expansion is integrated with the existing petrochemical plant. Over the next few weeks, the ...
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Maintaining Safety Valve Control on Gas Pipelines Pipelines carrying products including natural gas from Asian countries traverse Turkey en-route for export to final destinations or for domestic consumption. Compressor stations along the ...
The Northwest European styrene monomer benchmark has climber $137.50/mt or 8.9% from a year-to-date low of $1,537.50/mt on April 22 to $1,675/mt FOB ARA Tuesday, Platts data showed. The rally was due to a combination of increasing demand ...
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US ethylene margins climbed for the week as production issues over the weekend pushed spot markets higher Monday. Power outages were reported at Flint Hills Resources in Port Arthur, Texas, and at Chevron Phillips Chemicals' Sweeny ...
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Japan-based Keiyo Ethylene which had shut a naphtha cracker owing to mechanical issues, has restarted the cracker. A Keiyo official informed fibre2fashion that the cracker which was shut on April 30 due to mechanical issues has been ...
Recall Summary Name of product: Infant Froggy Socks Hazard: The stitched knit frog face and feet on the socks can detach, posing a choking hazard to infants and young children. Recall Details Units: About 5,000 pairs Description: ...
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Flint Hills Resources began restarting its Port Arthur, Texas, light olefins unit Wednesday following an April 14 power outage in the area, the company said in filing with state regulators. The air startup is expected to be finished by ...
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Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape. Determining whether a given food ...
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Lance, a brand owned by US-based Snyder's-Lance, has introduced new Xtra Fulls Toastchee and Xtra Fulls Toasty as well as product extensions for its Cracker Creations, Captain's Wafers sandwich crackers and Nekot Sandwich cookies. Lance ...
UK-based juices and smoothies producer Fruitapeel will fill its Cracker Drinks on an Elopak S-PS80 High Aseptic filling machine. Volumes are set to reach six million cartons annually. Cracker's range includes five juice-drink products, ...