Japanese UV LED manufacturer Nikkiso is collaborating with Formosa Plastics Group to build the world’s largest UV LED factory in Taiwan, reported Japanese media Nikkei. The UV LED factory will be entering mass volume production ...
Tags: UV LED, fluorescent UV lamps
The 18th edition of Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS 2014), which was held from October 15 to 17, 2014 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall, Taiwan, ended on a successful note. Organized by the Taiwan ...
Tags: Titas Textile, c
The global market for acrylic acid is expected to reach $22.78 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing adoption of super absorbent polymers in emerging economies such as India, China and Brazil is ...
Tags: Acrylic Acid, global market
The US ethylene market could have six new world-scale steam crackers online by 2017-2019, Dow Chemical's Jim Fitterling said Wednesday. Speaking at the IHS World Petrochemical Conference in Houston, Fitterling announced expansions for the ...
Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
Tags: Acrylic Resins, coating, Paints, Plastics, Adhesives
The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on December 18 signed an agreement to transfer DSSC (dye-sensitized solar cell) manufacturing technology to Formosa Plastics. Formosa Plastics began DSSC R&D ...
Tags: Formosa Plastics, Lighting
US spot ethylene was hovering at three-month low levels Friday, trading midday as low as 51.50 cents/lb MtB Williams pipe for September delivery on the back of what market sources said was improved availability. Recent unplanned ...
It is reported that the Taiwanese firm, Formosa Plastics Group has agreed to buy nearly a third of a new iron ore project in Australia. The FMG Iron Ore Bridge project in Western Australia is 88% owned by Fortescue and 12% by Baosteel. ...
Tags: Formosa Plastics, Iron Ore
Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group has invested US$1.15 billion in the FMG Iron Bridge Joint Venture, established to develop the FMG Iron Bridge Project, which is 88 percent owned ...
Transparency Market Research (TMR) has released a report on acrylic acid. Acrylic acid is a colorless organic compound derived by the oxidation of propylene. It is the simplest carboxylic acid that exists in a polymerized form and has a ...
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Formosa Plastics USA has lifted force majeure declarations on its output of high molecular weight film polyethylene and polypropylene, company spokesman Steve Rice said Monday. The company issued the force majeure declaration on all of ...
Tags: Polypropylene, PE
ExxonMobil Chemical and Total Petrochemicals are joining other polypropylene producers seeking 2-cent/lb ($44/mt) increases effective August 1, sources said Wednesday. "Everyone is going for two (cents/lb) on the (margin) expansion," a ...
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Phillips 66 will reduce delivery of polypropylene grades because of issues with feedstock supply, further squeezing an already tight market, sources said Tuesday. The company announced the measure late Monday in a letter to customers ...
US polypropylene contracts for June were settling this week at a 3-cent/lb ($66/mt) increase, following a similar hike on feedstock propylene, sources said Friday. The 4% increase pushed homopolymer injection grade polypropylene to 74-75 ...
Tags: Polypropylene, Chemicals
Ineos Olefins and Polymers seeks to increase its polypropylene prices in the US by 2 cents/pound ($44/metric ton) for July, joining other producers seeking to expand margins for the second time this year, market sources said Monday. The ...
Tags: Polypropylene, Chemicals