Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--The four major member firms of Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) racked up total revenue of NT$137.677 billion in November, up 3.2% year-on-year, announced the group yesterday (Dec. 4). The group noted that the ...
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Bostik, S.A. has been granted a patent for an adhesive composition obtainable by mixing 100 parts by weight of at least one organic polymer having moisture crosslinkable reactive silane terminal functions, and 1-70 parts by weight of at ...
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The backwardation in the Asian styrene monomer market has steepened over the past one week as arbitrage cargoes from Europe and the US -- totaling around 20,000-30,000 mt -- are due to arrive in late December and early January, trade ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,21 commodities increased in prices, 29 fell and 50 remained unchanged on 04/12/2012.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.08%),PET (0.98%),LLDPE (0.78%),while the largest ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,27 commodities increased in prices, 33 fell and 40 remained unchanged on 03/12/2012.The largest rises were Nickel (2.95%),Hydrochloric acid (2.94%),Bromine (1.27%),while ...
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames Laboratory have discovered new ways of using a well-known polymer in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), which could eliminate the need for an increasingly problematic and ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,18 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 20/11/2012.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.43%),Acetone (1.17%),while the largest ...
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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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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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Demand for synthetic rubbers, which are used to manufacture tires, in Asian market is expected to recover from slump, following improvement in the economic condition in countries like China and India, according to a new report. According ...
Ineos is considering a further cut in production run rates at its acrylonitrile plants in Europe due to declining demand, a company source said Tuesday. Ineos operates a 300,000 mt/year plant in Cologne, Germany and a 280,000 mt/year ...
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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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BASF inaugurated its new dispersions plant in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, China. The new plant will produce styrene butadiene (XSB) dispersions and styrene acrylic (SA) dispersions. XSB dispersions are mainly used as ...
Demand for high impact polystyrene in Asia has fallen over the past one month on plunging acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene prices, making it more attractive than HIPS for many customers, Asian HIPS producers said this week. ABS is a ...
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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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