Sumitomo Chemical has decided that it will close down an ethylene plant at its Chiba Works located in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, in or before September 2015 when the next periodic shutdown maintenance will take place, to reinforce the ...
Jean-Pierre Labry, Executive Vice-President, R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa R&M on Sunday announced double-digit growth in the Middle East over the past 12 months, stating that it now intends to replicate this success in Turkey, ...
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Unipetrol recorded 10% increase of revenues at CZK 107bn in 2012. EBIT excluding one-off impairment reached positive result of CZK 372m in 2012. The volume of crude oil processed 3927 kt in 2012 similar to volume of 2011. EBIT negatively ...
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The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) plans to commit US$ 5 billion investment in the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex located in the southern state of Johor in Malaysia. On his visit to Malaysia, the vice-chairman of QIA’s ...
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PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings (PMC) business received the 2013 Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence from SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings during the SSPC 2013 trade show at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention ...
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A narrow propylene arbitrage from Asia to the US has opened this week with increased discussions between Asian producers and traders to fix cargoes, market sources said Friday. Discussions intensified late this week after Taiwan ...
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Everybody knows that how important are the machines for the growth of any industry. Whether it is petrochemical industry, oil & gas industry or any cement industry, it is very much significant that the machines in the industries should be ...
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming, Guangdong, China. Under the terms of the ...
US industry continued to choose up sides on the issue of liquefied natural gas exports Tuesday with chemical giant Huntsman announcing it was joining America's Energy Advantage, a new trade group dedicated to limiting gas exports from the ...
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Southwire Company kicked off the 2013 year with a reorganization of its senior management structure, with Jack Carlson (first photo) now leading all of the company’s sales and marketing and product development efforts in North ...
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During the enforced idleness that came with a cold, rainy, dreary holiday period in which the sun seemed to be in permanent hiding, we watched reruns of the second season of the wildly popular PBS series, “Downton Abbey.” I ...
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Apollo Goessnitz GmbH (Germany), a subsidiary of HMS Group, manufactured and delivered bespoke BB5 pumping unit to one of Uralchem Group subsidiaries- Azot branch (Berezniki, Perm region). Horizontal 12-stage barel pump with back-to-back ...
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US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has developed a biodegradable plastic, dubbed a thermoplastic, can be used in disposable food containers. USDA have developed the thermoplastic in collaboration with Professor Jinwen Zhang of Washington ...
The biggest private sector company in India – Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) released results for third quarter ending December 31, 2012 and for nine months from April 2012 to December 2012. HIGHLIGHTS OF NINE MONTH’S ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 1/16/2013 4:02:05 PM U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and university cooperators have developed a biodegradable plastic that could be used in disposable food ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing