South Korea-based creora spandex producer Hyosung Corp. reports its new creora easy scour spandex enables mills to reduce water consumption and improve quality, and also enhances a fabric’s color appearance. According to the ...
Global polypropylene capacity increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.2% from 2003, reaching 65 million tons per year (mmty) in 2013, and is expected to continue rising to 86 mmty by 2018, at a slightly higher CAGR of 5.8%, ...
Tags: China&Russia, Polypropylene, Textile
LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings from continuing operations for the second quarter 2014 of $2.22 diluted earnings per share, or $1.17 billion. Second quarter 2014 EBITDA was $1.94 billion. The increase from the first quarter ...
Tags: LyondellBasell, Q2 Ebitda, Textile
GAIL (India) Limited announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sumitomo Corporation, Japan (Sumitomo). Under the MOU, GAIL and Sumitomo will pursue business opportunities in natural gas and LNG value chain business ...
Iran-based Fanavaran Petrochemical Company has surpassed its own earlier record of monthly methanol production, FARS News Agency reported. During the last month of the Iranian calendar year that ended on July 22, the company produced ...
Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced its operational results for the first half of the current year. In the first half, TMK shipped 2.056 million mt of steel pipes to customers, ...
Tags: TMK, operational results, Metallurgy, Mineral
Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe has announced that the US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has announced the final determinations in the antidumping (AD) duty investigations of imports of certain oil country tubular ...
Tags: OCTG, Interpipe, Metallurgy, Mineral
The top leadership of OCM India Limited came together with its all-India sales agents in a major two-day brainstorming session with an aim to discuss the company’s future strategies and upcoming plans and collections. The meeting ...
A new industrial estate for garments is going to come up in Indonesia’s Boyolali Regency in the eastern part of Central Java province, reports The President Post. The garment park is planned to be set up by the local government of ...
Tags: New Garment Park, Boyolali, Apparel
Exxon Mobil Corporation’s board of directors has elected David S. Rosenthal as vice president and controller and Jeffrey J. Woodbury as vice president of investor relations and secretary, effective Sept. 1. Rosenthal, 58, is ...
Tags: Exxonmobil, Vice President, Textile
Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced that its Omani plant TMK Gulf International Pipe Industry (TMK GIPI) recently received an order for 18,400 mt of OCTG (threaded and coupled casing ...
Tags: TMK, Gulf International Pipe Industry, Order
The exports of petrochemical products from Iran earned US$ 838 million in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year that began on March 21, 2014, according to an IRNA report. During the four-month period, Iran ...
Tags: Exports, US$838 Million, Textile
With all its 19 units successfully passed the trial run, Sinochem Quanzhou 12 million MT/a refining project (hereinafter referred to as Sinochem Quanzhou refining project), invested solely by Sinochem Group, was officially rolled out on ...
Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom has announced the results of a tender for pipe supplies with a total value of RUB 34.629 billion (approx. $1 billion). Pipe Innovation Technologies, which specializes in the packaged supply of tubular ...
Tags: Pipe, steel pipe
Tarkett has expanded its laminate flooring portfolio with the addition of 21 options. Tarkett has added 21 new laminate flooring options to its flooring collection. The new options integrate into the existing iSelect System and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Flooring