BASF is building a new Ultramid polymerization plant with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year in Shanghai, China. The new plant is planned to start up in 2015. "As part of our long-term strategy, we aim to locate production close ...
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BASF increased sales by 3% in the second quarter of 2013 to just under €18.4 billion thanks to higher sales volumes in all segments. Income from operations (EBIT) before special items decreased by 5% to around €1.8 billion. In the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Sumitomo Chemical Co has reduced operating rates at its Caprolactam (CPL) plant to 50% capacity levels. This was revealed to fibre2fashion by a Sumitomo official. Providing reasons for lowering the rates, he said, “Demand from ...
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Japan based - Sumitomo Chemical Co. is operating its caprolactam (CPL) plant at reduced rates. “The CPL plant is currently operating at 50-70% of production capacity, as demand has gone down,” a Sumitomo official told ...
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Ube Chemicals has begun the restarting process of a caprolactam (CPL) plant which was shutdown due to technical reasons. An Ube official told fibre2fashion, “The gradual process of restarting the CPL plant which was shutdown due ...
Luxi Chemical Group Co.,Ltd. posts that it gained CNY 2.6 billion operating incomes in the first quarter this year, falling by 10.27 percent year on year. It made CNY 137 million net profits, rising by 51.26 percent year on year. A ...
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Reflecting the coverage of our monthly consulting services, our conference will feature papers on a number of fibres including those in acrylics, carbon, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, spandex and viscose as well as the raw materials for ...
Japan based DSM Nanjing is building a new Caprolactam (CPL) plant in China and plans to start commercial production by September 2013. A DSM Nanjing official informed fibre2fashion, “We are building a new CPL plant in Nanjing, which ...
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Taiwan based China Petrochemical Development Corp. (CPDC) has scheduled a maintenance turnaround of its caprolactam (CPL) lines towards the end of April 2013. “Two CPL lines in the Tou-Fen plant are scheduled for a maintenance ...
Tags: CPDC, Tou Fen CPL plant, CPL plant
Ube Industries, Ltd. announced that it will cease production of caprolactam (CPL) at the Sakai Factory in Japan. The decision was made today at a meeting of the Board of Directors and will result in the company recording an extraordinary ...
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New paraxylene capacity of 2.6 million mt/year and benzene capacity of 820,000 mt/year will be built in Saudi Arabia over the next four years by Saudi Aramco, a source close to the state company said Tuesday. These aromatics capacities ...
Tags: Saudi Aramco, Benzene, paraxylene
Europe's chemical volumes' growth in 2013 will be "sluggish" with only marginal gains on 2012, global bank HSBC said Monday. "Our forecasts are not materially different to what the industry is expecting: the European chemical ...
Taiwan-based China Petrochemical Development Corp. (CPDC) will undertake a maintenance turnaround at its Caprolactam (CPL) plant. The CPL plant located in Hsiaokang will undergo maintenance turnaround early next year and will stay ...
Tags: Turnaround, CPL plant, production capacity, Caprolactam plant
Japanese petrochemical majors are scouting overseas countries to set up petrochemical plants either on the own or in joint ventures. Big petrochemical companies like Sumitomo, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Ube ...
Asian aromatics hit all-time highs this week on shrinking supplies and rising feedstock costs. Toluene and styrene monomer spot prices set new records Wednesday, assessed at $1,388.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,674/mt FOB Korea respectively while ...
Tags: Asian Aromatics, Chemicals, Tight Supply, Speculation