BASF and Sinopec today inaugurated two new plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) at their state-of-the-art Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China. Additionally, a new butyl acrylate ...
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German automaker Audi has partnered with its Chinese joint-venture partner FAW to introduce a plug-in hybrid car, Audi A6 e-tron4, in China. Based on the long-wheelbase version of the Audi A6, the new model is powered by latest battery ...
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Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) on April 7 announced the establishment of Star River Energy, a joint venture with several local insurance companies specifically for investing in and managing operation of PV systems or ...
German autoparts maker Continental has acquired full ownership of Zytek Automotive, an automotive engineering firm based in the UK. Zytek Automotive, a former joint venture of Continental, offers its services in all areas of automotive ...
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BASF, the world's leading chemical company, and TODA KOGYO CORP., one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, have announced that they will enter exclusive negotiations to ...
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German automaker Volkswagen Group has signed joint declarations with its Chinese joint venture partners SAIC Motor and First Automotive Works (FAW) Group to work collaboratively in the field of forward-looking technologies. Under the ...
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In the presence of Germany’s Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and the Chinese State President Xi Jinping, Daimler AG and its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC Group) today signed an agreement on the further ...
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The partnership will see the new line of collectables reach SuperAwesome's network of 30 million children in the US and UK. SuperAwesome, the team behind Box of Awesome and Box of OMG, has teamed with LEGO to bring LEGO Mixels to its kids ...
MEGlobal has set its April North American benchmark price for monoethylene glycol at 51 cents/lb, down 3 cents/lb from March levels, a company source said Friday. The reduction was anticipated. Earlier this month, MEGlobal nominated its ...
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Molybdenum oxide prices continued their rally on Friday, reaching a nine-month high, although some participants believe the market may be poised for a period of consolidation in the first half of April. The Platts daily dealer molybdenum ...
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A textile industrial park is likely to come up in Nghia Hung district of Vietnam’s Nam Dinh province, and on completion it would become the largest textile park in Vietnam, reports Vietnam Plus. The industrial park would be set ...
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MAUSER Group has signed an agreement to increase its stake from 32.5% to 50% in intermediate bulk containers (IBC) joint venture (JV) Fanshun MAUSER Shanghai Packaging, located in China. The MAUSER Packaging's IBC production assets will ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that Severstal-Gonvarri-Kaluga, a joint venture between Severstal and Gonvarri , has begun producing blanks for interior and exterior parts of the Volkswagen Jetta. This is the second Volkswagen ...
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South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor is set to establish its fourth plant in Chongqing, China, with an investment of $926.48m. This move is aimed at increasing the company's global market share in the automotive industry. The ...
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German plantmaker SMS Meer has announced that it will supply a semi-continuous billet mill for Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, the new integrated steel plant Taiwan-based Formosa Group is building in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam. The produced billets ...
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