09.06.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has completed the expansion of its Polymer Chemistry production complex in Los Reyes, Mexico. The investment widens the Dutch group’s North...
23.05.2017
- Shortly after acquiring US flame retardant specialist Chemtura, in April, Lanxess has announced it will expand capacity of the Emerald Innovation 3000 flame retardant production...
16.05.2017
- Even though it is in the throes of finalizing a merger with DuPont, Dow Chemical has announced investments totalling $4 billion over the next five years. Plans include an expansion...
18.11.2016
- BASF is in the process of expanding its North American MDI output to take advantage of the abundance of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock on the US Gulf Coast. The German chemical...
15.04.2015
- Oil production from major US shale plays will decline by almost 60,000 barrels per day between April and May according to new estimates from the Energy Information Administration...
05.02.2015
- Business is looking up for the European plastics industry, says the trade association PlasticsEurope. In 2014, the association said plastics production continued to recover from...
05.09.2014
- European chemicals output dipped in June 2014 for the second consecutive month, the European confederation of chemical industry associations Cefic said its trend report published...
