Hubergroup, USA has acquired Alden & Ott Printing Inks Company for an undisclosed sum. The company intends to hold the all employees and management team of the acquired business to support the business, specifically in the Midwest and ...
Tags: Printing Inks, flexo printing
Indorama Ventures has made its foray into Indian polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market with the acquisition of Micro Polypet (MicroPet) for an undisclosed amount. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary Indorama Ventures Global ...
Inglesid Ethylene, LLC, a joint venture between Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) and Mexichem started construction of their ethylene cracker at OxyChem’s Ingleside, Texas complex. The partners say the project remains on schedule to ...
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The global market for acrylic acid is expected to reach $22.78 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing adoption of super absorbent polymers in emerging economies such as India, China and Brazil is ...
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Paraxylene (PX) production capacity is increasing in the global market, mainly because majority of the PX is utilized for production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), a key raw material in the textile industry for making polyester ...
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Marketsandmarkets report, "Acrylic Resins Market by Raw Material (Acrylates, Methacrylates, Hybrids and Others), by Solvency, by Property (Thermoplastics and Thermosetting) & by Application (Paints & Coatings, Construction, Industrial & ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating, Acrylic Resins
Chinese companies will face challenges in importing a key raw material for the electrolytic aluminum industry when the Indonesian government introduces new export policies, experts said. Wan Ling, manager of China nonferrous metals at ...
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Saudi Hydrogen Peroxide Company, a newly created joint venture between Sadara Chemical Company and the Solvay Group, recently announced that they have begun constructing one of the world's largest hydrogen peroxide (HP) plants in the ...
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The production of paraxylene, a key raw material needed for production of polyester fabrics, is getting stagnated in China, as new projects are getting derailed, which may affect the textile companies that use PX as a raw material. ...
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Global demand for precursor, a material used in manufacturing of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), is set to more than double from 2012 to 2016, as the market for LED lighting booms, according to a new report entitled “Precursor for LED ...
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It is expected to witness steady growth owing to the robust development of the shipbuilding and offshore engineering industries in the region. Moreover, ships are subject to harsh environments and the constant need for their maintenance and ...
Tags: Marine Coatings, Coatings
France-based Diana has completed the acquisition of Confoco in Ecuador, a manufacturer of flakes, powders and purees from tropical fruits or vegetables, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition, which is part of Diana's growth and ...
Tags: Fruit Ingredients, Diana
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes announced the achievement of an important milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials by successfully demonstrating the production of ...
Tags: BASF, Acrylic Acid, Renewable Materials
China's pending move to slap anti-dumping tariffs on imported solar polysilicon from key countries will generate a surge in pricing for this key raw material in June and July, but the magnitude of the increase will be limited by market ...
Tags: Solar Polysilicon, tariffs
Kenya s East African Portland Cement plans to expand after returning to profit during the six months ended December, boosted by cost cutting and improved cement sales. Portland, Kenya s No. 3 cement producer, said on Monday it was ...
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