China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has raised its East China price for isomer-grade mixed xylenes by Yuan 200/mt or 2.3% effective Monday, market sources said Tuesday. The company's isomer-MX ex-works price at its four ...
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The new "XSpark - designed by BASF" basecoats for automotive OEM coating contains very fine glass particles that reflect the light with greater precision, thus creating a pronounced sparkle. It glitters in an even more focused and intensive ...
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Saudi Hydrogen Peroxide Company, a newly created joint venture between Sadara Chemical Company and the Solvay Group, recently announced that they have begun constructing one of the world's largest hydrogen peroxide (HP) plants in the ...
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On June 1, 2013, the University of Kaiserslautern (TU) established a new junior professorship "Process Development and Raw Material Change." Together with two other junior professorships, it belongs to the Chair of Thermodynamics under the ...
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The Supervisory Board of BASF Coatings GmbH has appointed Thomas Hartmann as Managing Director and Industrial Relations Director of BASF Coatings GmbH, effective September 1, 2013. He succeeds Eva Müller who will assume a new position ...
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China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has cut its ex-works price of orthoxylene in East China by Yuan 200/mt, or 1.9%, effective Tuesday, market sources said. Yangzi-BASF and Sinopec Zhenhai, the company's subsidiaries in East ...
The University of Kaiserslautern (TU) established a new junior professorship "Process Development and Raw Material Change." Together with two other junior professorships, it belongs to the Chair of Thermodynamics under the supervision of ...
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A wide price spread between naphtha and cheaper propane is making propane an attractive petrochemicals feedstock in Northwest Europe. When heating demand is low during the summer large quantities of North Sea propane are used by the ...
BASF plans to invest about €90-million to build a world-scale plant for the production of high performance resins and electrocoat (e-coat) in Shanghai, China, to support growing demand for automotive coatings in Asia Pacific. "The ...
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GIA released a comprehensive global report on Renewable Chemicals markets. Global market for Renewable Chemicals is projected to reach $66.1 billion by 2018, driven by spiraling petroleum prices, rising demand for eco-friendly products and ...
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According to a new report from Markets and Markets, he global colorants market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6 percent from 2013 to 2018 and reach 11 million metric tons by 2018. Asia-Pacific, with its thriving economies and rapidly ...
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BASF has unveiled its annual automotive color trend report, which looks 2-3 years out, based on research efforts by its team of global color design experts. The theme of the forecast, "Making Headway" indicates a movement towards more color ...
Progress and purposefulness are characterizing the automotive world’s color mood. The colors in this year’s BASF trend collection entitled “Making Headway” are predicting this positive outlook ahead. “With new ...
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The Georgia Mining Association (GMA) recently awarded its Miner of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards to two employees of BASF ’s Middle Georgia Kaolin site. Jack Hodge, Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) Team Leader ...
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Progress and purposefulness are characterizing the automotive world’s color mood. The colors in this year’s BASF trend collection entitled “Making Headway” are predicting this positive outlook ahead. “With new ...
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