BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd, in Kuantan, Malaysia. ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, BASF, PETRONAS Chemicals Group, paint and pigment
Since the implementation of policy of subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery in 2004, China agricultural machinery industry has maintained double-digit growth, even with the operating revenue growth rate of 33.8% in 2011. However, ...
Tags: agricultural machinery, tractor
Pan-European investment firm Aurelius Group has purchased UK-based compounder and recycler of post-use rigid plastics Regain Polymers Holdings. Previously owned by Chamonix Private Equity, Regain provides plastic recycling services to ...
Vietnam’s textile and garment industry attracted a majority of the biggest foreign direct investment (FDI) projects approved in the first six months of this year though many provinces had earlier announced they would keep away from ...
Tags: textile fashion, FDY project, garment
China based Swellfun, the subsidiary of Diageo, has terminated its CNY2.3bn ($370m) Chinese liquor brand industrial park project owing to the recent anti-graft campaign in the country. As cited in Guangzhou's Time Weekly, the project was ...
Tags: Swellfun, misguided policies
BASF SE has entered into a technology license agreement with EM.tec design GmbH for the production of valure. The new production plant, located in Bingen, Germany, will have an annual capacity of about 1.5 million square meters of surface ...
Thailand-based industrial conglomerate Siam Cement hopes to jack up 5-10% sales out of its paper and packaging this year, banking on demand from Southeast Asian countries. Domestic growth, however, is expected to be around 1-2%. Siam ...
Tags: Packaging Business, Siam Cement
PET packaging specialist APPE will invest £10m in its preform manufacturing platform at Gresford plant in the UK. PET preform production at the plant started 30 years ago. The capital will be used for the installation of five ...
Tags: PET Preform, packaging
Boxboards and linerboards firm Metsa Board is testing foam forming technology at its Kyro mill in Finland, to produce lightweight paperboards. The foam forming process involves aerating the water-fiber suspension with a stream of tiny ...
Ford has inaugurated its $1bn integrated manufacturing facility along with an engine plant in Sanand, Gujarat which will double the company’s manufacturing capacity in India. The facility, which is spread across 460 acres, will ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have lowered quotes for PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) monocrystalline models from US$0.49/W at the beginning of 2015 to US$0.45/W currently due to lower-than-expected demand, ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Crystalline Silicon
The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) will begin construction of a textile and garment factory complex in the central province of Quang Nam on March 25, 2015, according to Vietnamese media reports. The textile and ...
Tags: Textile, Garment, garment factory
Thailand-based polyester and yarn manufacturer Indorama Ventures will be acquiring a 94.91% stake in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymers maker Bangkok Polyester for an undisclosed amount. A producer of PET polymers in Rayong, ...
Demonstrating its commitment towards the environment, textile manufacturer Eurojersey will involve Italian mountain climber Marco Confortola in the SensitivEcoSystem environmental sustainability project. As part of the collaboration, ...
Tags: Italian Climber, Eurojersey's Sustainability Project, textile
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, including Motech Industries, Neo Solar Power and Gintech Energy, plan to set up production lines in countries other than China to cope with US ant-dumping tariffs and have begun searching ...
Tags: Solar Cell, ant-dumping tariffs