The Government of Indonesia wants the country to become net exporter of petrochemical goods by 2016 from its current status of net importer, and hence it is developing two new upstream petrochemical centres. Muara Enim in South ...
Tags: petrochemicals, petrochemical goods, petrochemical centres
Mainland China imported 110,180 tonnes of fuel oil from Taiwan in November, up by 176% month on month, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. Taiwan CPC exported extra low-sulphur straight-run fuel oil because of ...
Tags: China Taiwan, Fuel Oil, Russia, Venezuela
Business Line reported that Reliance Industries, which acquired BP Plc’s Malaysian petrochemical oil and gas processing plant in Kuantan for USD 230 million in September, is bullish about its prospects in the South East Asian nation. ...
Tags: Reliance Industries, BP Plc, Malaysian, oil, gas
Ciao Bella, a US-based dessert brand, has appointed Carlos Canals as the new chief executive officer of the company. Carlos Canals, a veteran in the natural food industry, worked as a president in Unreal Brands, a candy company that ...
China's Panjin Ethylene Industry Corp. raised its butadiene offers by Yuan 300($48)/mt, or about 3%, to Yuan 11,310/mt ex-tank, effective Monday, local end-users said. This is PEIC's first price hike after slashing prices on five ...
Tags: PEIC, butadiene prices, Chemical Industry
Middle Eastern petrochemical producers will continue to enjoy considerable cost advantage compared with their counterparts in Southeast Asia even as a scarcity of gas forces them to shift to other feedstocks, Jaap Kalkman, a partner at ...
Tags: ME petchem, petrochemical, gas prices
Smithfield Foods will launch a line of deli and meat products in the US under the Cracker Barrel brand. US restaurant chain Cracker Barrel wants to take its brand into other channels and it today (13 November) announced a licencing deal ...
Tags: Smithfield Foods, Cracker Barrel, deli products, meat products
US snack firm Snyder's-Lance is reported to be in negotiations to offload its own-label snacks business Vista. Citing two unnamed sources, Bloomberg said ConAgra Foods, TreeHouse Foods and Ralcorp Holdings are interested in the unit, ...
Tags: Snyder's-Lance, own-label snacks, unnamed sources, ConAgra Foods
Washington, DC -- Key members of the oil and gas industry and energy-intensive manufacturing industries recently participated in a seminar, Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas and the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance, at the Ronald Reagan ...
Tags: oil and gas, Natural Gas, energy-intensive manufacturing
After Emerson Process Management replaced existing valve positioners in the Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) with Fisher® FIELDVUE™ DVC6200f digital valve controllers, the SECCO plant gained better control, production ...
Tags: Digital Valve Controllers, valve positioners, digital valve positioner
Oman Daily Observers reported that Oman Gas Company is studying a number of initiatives designed to add value to the country's gas resources. Mr Maktoom al Matani GM of Engineering and Technical Services OGC said that the proposed ...
As just-food, along with companies and executives from across the food manufacturing and retailing sectors, prepare to head to Paris for this year's SIAL exhibition, here we share with you a few highlights of what you can expect from the ...
Canadian food group George Weston has secured a deal to market cookies sold under the Mrs Fields brand at stores in North America. Interbake Foods, the cookie and cracker unit of George Weston, will manufacture and sell Mrs Fields ...
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The price of styrene monomer in Asia hit a four-and-a-half-year high of $1,645/mt FOB Korea and $1,672/mt CFR China Wednesday, as the price of feedstock benzene soared to a record high of $1,477/mt FOB Korea on the same day, Platts data ...
Tags: styrene monomer, feedstock benzene, benzene prices, overseas markets
Mimi's Cafe, a French-inspired casual dining restaurant, has launched new Brunch Feast To-Go and a winter seasonal menu in the US. The Brunch Feast To-Go menu features assorted baked muffins, a variety of six quiches with choice of ...
Tags: Mimi's Cafe, seasonal menu, casual dining restaurant, food industry