INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP Process for the manufacture of homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to China Shenhua Coal to Chemical Xinjiang Coal Chemical Company, a subsidiary of China Shenhua Group ...
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Shell announced that it has taken a final investment decision to 'debottleneck' its Singapore ethylene cracker on Pulau Bukom (Bukom Island). This is expected to increase the capacity of olefins and aromatics by more than 20 per cent. ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported net income for the three months ended September 30, 2012 of $87.0 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, on sales of $821.2 million. This represents an increase in net income of $19.1 million from the ...
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Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, announced to expand the production capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts. The expansion will be achieved by a low double-digit million Swiss francs investment at its current ...
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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that China's Jiutai Energy (Zhungeer) Co. Ltd. has licensed Honeywell's UOP methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to convert methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. Honeywell's ...
Consumer preferences are driving change across the diverse end markets of Asia, prompting firms such as Dow Chemical Co. To have to adapt quickly, especially in such sectors as plastics packaging. Four Dow executives shared their views on ...
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Commodity resin prices are tumbling throughout North America, with polypropylene experiencing the steepest drop -- a 14-cent dive since Oct. 1. Regional prices for polyethylene, PVC, polystyrene and ABS also are down in recent weeks, ...