Global micromotor output stood at 17.5 billion units in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%. Thanks to campaigns to modernize the industry and equipment, the output is expected to rise to 18.4 billion units in 2016 and approach 23 billion ...
Off-road vehicles maker Polaris Industries has unveiled Ranger EV Li-Ion Polaris Pursuit Camo, one of the first vehicles post-acquisition from Brammo. Ranger EV Li-Ion Polaris Pursuit Camo is stated to offer over three times the total ...
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Inglesid Ethylene, LLC, a joint venture between Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) and Mexichem started construction of their ethylene cracker at OxyChem’s Ingleside, Texas complex. The partners say the project remains on schedule to ...
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NYSE-listed Westlake Chemical Corp said it will invest more than $330 million to expand ethylene capacity and make other capital improvements at its Lake Charles facility in Louisiana. Once the expansion, which is expected to be completed ...
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PVC market prices across Asia are expected to rise as of June offers on reduced market supply from Taiwan, Japan and India, market sources at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference in Pattaya said Thursday. Market participants said ...
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US PVC maker Axiall will raise its suspension grade PVC prices on February 1 by 3 cents/lb, or as contracts allow, the company said Friday in a letter to customers. The increase follows a similar announcement from December 3, when the ...
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German automaker Audi is set to equip its future vehicles with three new in-vehicle systems powered by the NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module (VCM) from NVIDIA. The three systems include a connected infotainment system; the world's ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that Mr. Michael J. Graff (57) and Mr. R. Bruce Northcutt (53) have been elected to the company's board of directors. Mr. Graff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Air Liquide ...
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Japanese vinyls producer Tosoh Friday posted a 79.8% year-on-year surge in consolidated net profit to Yen 16.9 billion ($166.9 million) for the fiscal year ended March 31. The company attributed the spike to a reduction in extraordinary ...
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Glass panel is widely used in refrigerators. This craft originated from South Korea and is brought into China by LG. From that time, glass panel is becoming widely in Chinese market and bring new styles for refrigerators. Facing the ...
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Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its consolidated results for the first nine months of its 2013 fiscal year. The company’s consolidated net sales for the period ended December 31, 2012, amounted to ¥474.4 billion (US$5.9 ...
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Acura has unveiled the 2014 MDX prototype at the ongoing 2013 North American Cin Detroit, US that is scheduled for launch by mid 2013. The vehicle is powered by a direct-injected 3.5L i-VTEC SOHC V-6 engine with Variable Cylinder ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation's previously announced expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA has begun. This expansion will be completed in conjunction with a planned maintenance turnaround and will ...
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Major Latin American PVC producer Mexichem continued to conduct internal discussions in efforts to respond to a force majeure announced last week by its feedstock VCM supplier PPG in the US, a Mexichem source said Wednesday. "We're ...
Tags: PVC, Mexichem, force majeure, Latin America
SAN DIEGO, CA, September 20, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SoleraTec LLC, a provider of innovative video lifecycle management and storage products, is introducing the new Phoenix Firebird family of media asset management archiving appliances ...
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