Asian acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene producers Thursday said a sharp drop in ABS demand in China in the first quarter of 2013 could be linked to a record decline in worldwide sales of personal computers as reported by the US-based research ...
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Sumitomo Chemical has reduced operating rates at one of its acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in Japan. According to a Sumitomo company official, the ACN plant is presently operating at 85-90% of production capacity rates. The official ...
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Asahi Kasei owned - Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in Thailand is expected to undergo a scheduled maintenance turnaround in June 2013. “The ACN plant located in Map Ta Phut, Thailand will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance ...
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China's February 2013 imports of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene came in at 87,283 mt, the lowest since February 1999, partly due to higher prices and the the Lunar New Year holidays, according to official data. The imports slipped ...
China's February 2013 imports of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene came in at 87,283 mt, the lowest since February 1999, partly due to higher prices and the the Lunar New Year holidays, according to official data. The imports slipped ...
CVC Thermoset Specialties, an Emerald Performance Materials company, offers Hypro 1300X33LC and Hypro 1300X43LC VTBNX. The two new methacrylate-functional reactive liquid polymers (RLPs) are a part of the company's Hypro product line of ...
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Korea based Tongsuh Petrochemical is likely to start a new Acrylonitrile (ACN) line very soon at Ulsan. “The start-up of the new line is completely based on the ACN market. Due to poor market conditions, the company has not yet ...
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Taekwang Industrial is operating its acrylonitrile (ACN) plant at lower rates. “The ACN plant located in Ulsan is currently operating at 80% production capacity rates”, a company official informed fibre2fashion. Providing ...
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US-based materials company Styron has introduced two new resins, EMERGE PC/ABS 7700 Advanced Resins and MAGNUM Mass ABS Resins, for medical equipment housings. According to the firm, the new EMERGE PC/ABS 7700 Advance Resins are PC/ABS ...
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South Korea based Taekwang Industrial has reduced operating capacity of its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant located in Ulsan. Taekwang is also planning to undertake a maintenance turnaround at the plant in February 2013. “Due to poor ...
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Germany based Ineos is likely to undertake a routine cleaning operation at its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in March 2013 and will be off-stream for a week. A Ineos company official informed fibre2fashion that, “Line No-3 of the ACN ...
Iran has decided to keep its export ban on polymers like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, general purpose polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonates and epoxy resins despite having lifted a ban on exports of other ...
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Japanese petrochemical majors are scouting overseas countries to set up petrochemical plants either on the own or in joint ventures. Big petrochemical companies like Sumitomo, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Ube ...
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 ...
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South Korean based - Tongsuh Petrochemical has taken off-stream an Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant located in Ulsan on October 5 for an annual maintenance turnaround. “Tongsuh will also begin commercial production of its new ACN line ...
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