Two new purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants have become operational in China, which has led to a rise in demand and consequently an increase in imports of paraxylene (PX) in September 2012. A new plant with capacity to produce 1.5 ...
Tags: PX imports, purified terephthalic acid, paraxylene, PX
Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park, which mainly engages in the production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), used extensively in the production of textiles, has begun operations at its plant in Dalian located in Northeast China’s ...
BP announced that it has agreed to sell all its interests in purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production in Malaysia to Reliance Global Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Reliance). The agreement concerns BP’s 100 per cent equity in BP Chemicals ...
Tags: terephthalic acid, BP Chemicals, paraxylene technologies
UK-based BP and JBF Petrochemicals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JBF Industries have signed an agreement for licensing BP’s purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology to be used in the 1.25mt per annum plant in Mangalore, India. ...
Tags: BP, JBF Petrochemicals, purified terephthalic acid technology
At the same time, Coca Cola is opening a new plant in the country, located in Heidelberg, southeast of Johannesburg which will fill Coca Cola's Valpré Spring water using the recyclable packaging. The 100% recyclable ...
Tags: Coca Cola, Plant Bottle, South Africa, new plant
Indorama Ventures PCL, Thailand, has announced plans to expand its U.S. polyethylene terephthalate (PET) annual production capacity by 540,000 metric tons at an undisclosed brownfield location. The expansion is expected to be completed in ...
Tags: Indorama Ventures PCL, polyester and monoethylene glycol
Hengli Petrochemical recently commissioned the first phase of a world-scale purified terephthalic acid (PTA) project in Changxing Island of Dalian, Liaoning Province – China, in a record time of just two years, from the time the ...
Tags: Hengli Petrochemical, PTA project, chemicals, PTA plant
Oman Oil Company (OOC), a state-run enterprise, intends to develop a huge US$ 800 million petrochemical project in Sohar. The project is intended to facilitate production of one million tons of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and ...
Tags: OOC, PTA plant, petrochemical project, home textile
Tightness in raw material supplies has sent North American prices for PET bottle resin up by an average of 4 cent per pound since Sept. 1. Paraxylene feedstock, in particular, has been in tight supply, according to buyers contacted recently ...
Tags: PET bottle resin