The Munich-based WACKER Group has developed a new dispersion based on vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers (VAE) especially for the European carpet market. With VINNAPAS CA 55 as a binder, it is possible to formulate both precoats and ...
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US-based firm General Electric Co. (GE) and Egyptian private company Carbon Holdings have signed a US$ 500 million agreement to provide technology and equity support for the building of a Greenfield naphtha cracker and olefins complex in ...
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BASF has produced its first commercial volumes of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable raw material, and is offering this product to customers for testing and commercial use. The production process relies on a patented fermentation ...
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Plastics brought great convenience to human life, due to its advantage of low cost, strong corrosion resistance, strong plasticity, since the invention of the day it was popular, with processing technology advances and technological ...
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Asian spot butadiene prices have slumped 18-20% in November under selling pressure as buyers retreated amid ample supply. Key benchmark CFR China has fallen $360/mt or 20% since October 31 to be assessed at $1,400/mt Thursday. The FOB ...
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PTT Global Chemical revealed its operating performance in the third quarter of 2013, which showed increasing profits even againt the impact of three major events which had placed constraints on its operations, the incidents included an oil ...
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Recently, Mr. Sepahdar Ansari Nik, the managing director of Jam petrochemical complex, presented a comprehensive activity report of the first six months of the year 2013. Having compared Jam petrochemical complex performance in production ...
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Hot Melt Glues are usually used in industrial applications as the use of Volatile organic compounds are either eliminated or reduced and the curing/drying time considerably shortened. These have a very high shelf life and hence can be ...
Evonik Industries AG announces Q3 results ended on September 30, 2013. -Operating performance in the first nine months of 2013: -Slight organic decline in Group sales to €9.7 billion on price grounds despite upturn in demand ...
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Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp. is expected to continue using LPG as alternative feedstock at its steam crackers until after November when it will switch to fully using naphtha, an industry source said Friday. The plan comes as prices ...
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SK innovation, one of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, announced an agreement to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 ...
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Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc., an independent manufacturer and supplier of various petrochemical products in China, announced the Company's financial results for the quarter ended June 30th, 2013. "Although our sales volume was negatively ...
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ExxonMobil was heard nominating its October US butadiene contract price up 2 cents/lb ($44/mt), to 49 cents/lb ($1,080/mt), sources said Tuesday. ExxonMobil was unavailable to confirm the nomination immediately. Market expectations have ...
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Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has received a patents for a water-based adhesive for industrial applications comprised of an aqueous mixture of a water-redispersible polymer powder, a water-soluble polymer powder and optional components; wherein the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Wichita, Kan.-based fibers and polymers manufacturer Invista and Portugal-based computational biology company SilicoLife have agreed to work together to develop new technologies for the creation of bio-derived processes for industrial ...
Tags: Textile