Semiconductor material distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see its revenues decrease within a range of 5% in the first quarter of 2014 thanks to strong sales of silicon wafers in China and rising demand for semiconductor materials ...
Tags: silicon, Semiconductor material, photoresists, chemicals
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
Aceto Corporation, a US global leader in the marketing, sale and distribution of products for human health, pharmaceutical ingredients and performance chemicals, has announced that it acquired Inter'actifs, a French distributor of ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use
Clariant Healthcare Packaging, a business segment of Swiss specialty chemicals firm Clariant, has formed a partnership with PumpArt System to launch an airless dispensing technology called Tubairless. Tubairless is a combination of an air ...
Tags: Healthcare Packaging, Packaging
Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc (MPM) has increased and expanded its manufacturing capacity of tantalum carbide coatings (TaC) in response to the growing demand for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices and the increased need for ...
Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical of the Republic of Korea announced that they have signed a Heads of Agreement to pursue a 50/50 joint venture arrangement for the design, construction and operation of a proposed 1 million metric ...
Tags: Ethane Cracker, Textile
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced that it has signed an agreement to divest the Water Treatment business in Africa to AECI, domiciled in South Africa. The total consideration of the sale amounts to CHF 34 million in ...
Tags: Water Treatment Business, Clariant
Styrene monomer prices nosedived $40/mt or 2.4% Monday to $1,594.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,621.50/mt CFR China, compared to last Friday, as the Chinese market returned from the Lunar New Year holidays amid a build-up in inventory levels and ...
US toluene disproportionation, Mobil selective toluene disproportionation and hydrodealkylation margins moved higher on Monday after spot benzene prices surged, sources said. TDP margins rose $43/mt to be estimated Monday at $298.87/mt, ...
Tags: Spot Benzene, Chemicals
Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives,according to Penn State and University of Florida researchers.The team also found that N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP)—an ...
Tags: Pesticides, Crop Pesticides, kill insects
Axon, a business unit of Pro Mach, will showcase stainless steel version of Aurora, a series of in-line mandrel-style shrink sleeve applicators, at West Pack 2014 in Anaheim convention center in California, US, to be held between 11-13 ...
Tags: Axon, Sleeve Applicator
The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant in the week ending Friday fell 8.98 cents, or 15.04%, to a 28-week low of 50.73 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. ...
Tags: dry-mill ethanol, Chemicals
The exports of petrochemicals from GCC countries of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE is expected to increase, once the Bali Package is ratified by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council later this year, ...
Tags: Bali Package, Textile
Designed with a strong eco-friendly approach, the M&J Group’s SS15 collection is a sum of the latest trends and the most innovative materials and technologies in the denim industry. With Blue as the leading mood, every piece ...
Tags: Denim Collection, Apparel
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Alcoa announced it will bring to market a more durable commercial truck wheel that’s easier to maintain than existing models. The Dura-Bright EVO wheel is being launched in Europe first, and will be introduced to ...
Tags: Aluminum Truck Wheel, Aluminum, Wheel