Keyword: Automotive industry

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Radici Opens China Polymer Plant

27.04.2023 -

Italian polyamide and polymer specialist Radici has opened a new manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China, stepping up its presence in the Asian market. The site is designed...

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Versalis Expands Elastomers at Ravenna

19.04.2023 -

Versalis is planning a project at its site in Ravenna, Italy, to increase capacity for elastomers. Estimated investment costs are put at about $80 million

Strategy & Management

Material Solutions for the Automotive Industry

02.04.2018 - Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has...

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Borealis Studies European PP Expansion

08.11.2017 - Major polyolefins producer Borealis is to undertake a feasibility study on a series of PP capacity increases during the next nine months. The study will assess a program of...

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Evonik With New Composite Molding Technique

25.01.2017 - German chemical producer Evonik has combined two traditional production techniques to develop a new method of mass-producing complex molded composite parts. The PulPress method...

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Trinseo to Produce ABS in China

07.11.2016 - Trinseo, the former Dow Chemical styrenics business, will begin production of ABS resin at its Zhangjiagang, China, site in 2017. The Chinese production will use the US company’s...

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EU Chemicals Growth Still Lags, CEFIC Says

07.07.2016 - Chemical production in the 28 EU member states shrank by 0.7% year-on-year on average in the first four months of 2016 and thus remained 5.9% below the pre-crisis 2008 level, the...

Markets & Companies

Adding Value to Plastics

05.04.2016 - Demand is growing around the world for plastics to be made with varying physical and chemical characteristics which can be tailored to specific end-uses. Additives are added to...