Driven by sales from Vinnolit, which it acquired in July 2014 and higher sales prices, revenue at Westlake Chemical surged 24.8% year-on-year in the third quarter ending September 30, 2014. Third-quarter of 2014 turnover climbed to ...
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US chlor-alkali facilities operated at 86% capacity in May, according to data released Friday by the Chlorine Institute, the highest effective operating rate since the 87% seen in May 2013. May 2014's operating rate represented a ...
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The Jeti Titan HS made its North American debut at the International Sign Association’s Sign Expo last week in Orlando. In May, it will also be shown at FESPA Digital in Munich, Germany. Its newly added primer option improves ink ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported record quarterly net income of $170.3 million, or $2.54 per diluted share, on net sales of $1,004.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. This represents an increase in net income of $83.3 ...
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DuPont and Kuraray today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for DuPont to sell its Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a part of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, to Kuraray for $543 million (U.S. ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported record quarterly net income of $170.3 million, or $2.54 per diluted share, on net sales of $1,004.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. This represents an increase in net income of ...
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According to a new market report "Petrochemicals Market by Product (Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Benzene, Xylene, Toluene, Vinyls, Styrene and Methanol) -Global and China Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 ...
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Japanese vinyls producer Tosoh Friday posted a 79.8% year-on-year surge in consolidated net profit to Yen 16.9 billion ($166.9 million) for the fiscal year ended March 31. The company attributed the spike to a reduction in extraordinary ...
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Natural materials Directly "burning" images on wood were some of the first uses of engraving lasers. The laser power required here is often less than 10 watts depending on the laser being used as most are different. Hardwoods like walnut, ...
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Question: What is Wicker? Answer: Wicker is a weaving process, and not the name of any single material. Wicker furniture can be made of any natural or man-made material that is pliable and durable enough to be woven into furniture. ...
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Ineos ChlorVinyls plans to close its 149,000 mt/year mercury chlorine cell room at Wilhelmshaven, Germany during the second quarter of 2013, a company source said Tuesday. The previously announced move to reconfigure its 300,000mt/yr ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported net income for the three months ended December 31, 2012 of $95.3 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to net income of $26.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, reported for the fourth ...
US-based INX International Ink introduces new AquaTech ION Label ink systems into the market. AquaTech ION Label ink systems offers performance with press stability for better printability at a wide range of press speeds. ION-P series ...
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During their development, adhesives have gained a strong position in more and more production processes. There is hardly any product in our surroundings that does not contain at least one adhesive - be it the label on a beverage bottle, the ...
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NATRIUM-By early 2013,the$2.1 billion merger of the PPG Industries Natrium plant-along with other portions of the Pittsburgh-based company's chemical business-and Atlanta-based Georgia Gulf will be complete. "Going forward,we believe ...
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