LyondellBasell plans to permanently close one of its two polypropylene (PP) plants at Brindisi, Italy, due to increasingly difficult market conditions and a poor outlook...
13.03.2017
- US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced plans to close its surgical suture manufacturing plant in Livingston, Scotland, with the potential loss of 400 jobs...
16.12.2015
- Inovyn, the 50:50 chlorvinyls joint venture of Ineos and Solvay, will shut its chloromethane plant in Runcorn, UK, from Mar. 1 2016 as it has decided to consolidate production at...
07.12.2015
- Just weeks after its spin-off from Bayer, German engineering plastics producer Covestro has announced its first streamlining measure, saying it plans to close its 170,000 t/y MDI...
30.11.2015
- Leading US carbon black player Cabot is planning to close a smaller plant at Merak, Indonesia, at the end of January, cutting 50 local jobs. The shutdown is part of a global...
04.11.2015
- Celanese will close its vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsions plant in Meredosia, Illinois, USA, by Dec. 15. The company explained that it “favors integrated production sites that...
21.08.2015
- Chemours, the former DuPont Performance Chemicals business, is to close its Edge Moor titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant located outside Wilmington, Delaware, USA, as well as a third...
13.05.2011
- A fire at Formosa Petrochemical Corp's Mailiao plant in central Taiwan has forced the shutdown of ethylene and aromatics facilities, the company said on Friday. A spokesman said...
