Chemicals company Tessenderlo Group has announced that its plans to sell Profialis, its continental European PVC profile business, to investment firm Open Gate Capital, for an undisclosed sum. Belgium-based company said staff at Los ...
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US-based Clear Lam is rolling out its second bio-based resin for container packaging, besides developing a film-based flexible, stackable container product line, with an aim to replace rigid plastic bottles, glass jars and metal cans. ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that it will perform planned maintenance and an expansion of the Petro 2 ethylene unit at its complex in Lake Charles, LA in the first quarter of 2013. This expansion will increase ethane-based ...
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US-based consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced the availability of Oral-B manual toothbrush made with Octal Petrochemicals' recyclable DPET (direct PET) sheet, as part of its move to help eliminate all uses of ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,17 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 28/11/2012.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.29%),Nickel (0.90%),Benzene (0.40%),while the ...
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US-based Tekni-Plex, a company that develops and manufactures innovative packaging materials and precision-crafted tubing solutions, has introduced a new sustainable blister film solution at PACK EXPO in Chicago. The films provide ...
Top Value Fabrics has expanded its line of premium textiles. 9 oz. Blockout Self-Adhesive Wall Coveringis an opaque fabric wall covering that is advantageous for upscale museums, restaurants, entertainment complexes and applications when ...
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HIGH POINT — Showtime will host 19 exhibitors from China, Taiwan and India in its International Pavilions during the fabric show here Dec. 2-5, according to organizers. The International Pavilions, which debuted at Showtime in June, ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 60 remained unchanged on 29/11/2012.The largest rises were Potassium chloride (0.56%),Xylene (0.54%),Wheat (0.45%),while the ...
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Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi(SCAD)issued its monthly report on the prices of building materials for the month of October 2012.The report presents an analysis of the movements in the prices of the various materials used in the construction ...
Tags: Prices Down, Building Materials, SCAD
Despite the tough economic climate,Total Glass continues to buck the general trend as an expanding product range and pro-active marketing campaign has helped the Liverpool-based PVC-U and aluminium window and door fabricator to grow by ...
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A little while ago, the folks from ReBinder reached out to me regarding their zero waste binders and other office supplies, and they were generous enough to send some over to me to review. In this review, we will take a look at some of ...
Crystal Windows & Door Systems, an award-winning national manufacturer, has partnered with SAGE to offer SageGlass® to its architectural and commercial building customers. Crystal will integrate SageGlass dynamic glass into its energy ...
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BRASKEM announces its results for the third quarter of 2012. Braskem ended the third quarter of 2012 with EBITDA of R$930 million, which increased 10% from the previous quarter and remained virtually stable compared to the same period of ...
Tags: Braskem, naphtha, resins, petrochemical products, thermoplastic resins
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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