Keyword: Plastics & Polymers

News

Wacker Builds New Specialty Monomers Plant in Burghausen

05.03.2015 - Germany's Wacker Chemie is building a new 3,800 t/y plant for specialty monomers at its Burghausen site. The new €8 million unit will produce vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate...

Markets & Companies

Ineos Still Bullish on Shale Gas

17.01.2015 - As the UK government's push to repeat the US shale gas boom on its own soil moved up a notch in late 2014 with the sale of exploration licenses, Ineos revealed plans to expand...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Siemens Optimizes Silicone Production with Coriolis Flow Technology

25.11.2014 - Delta Application Technics specializes in the design and manufacture of application machinery and dosing systems for silicone and other pasty, sludgy liquids. The Ophasselt...

Books

Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry: Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, and Business

06.10.2014 - This book discusses the connectivity between major chemicals, showing how a chemical is made along with why and some of the business considerations. Not intended to give expert...

News

Azelis to Distribute Myriant’s Bio-succinic Acid

09.09.2014 - Under a recently signed agreement, Belgian specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has begun distributing Myriant's bio-succinic acid in the Nordic countries, Benelux, France...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chlor-Alkali Strives to Stay Competitive

30.07.2014 - For Europe's chlor-alkali industry, reduction of its rising production costs, especially energy costs, is now a pressing priority. This is not only because of the sector's low...

Markets & Companies

Dyneon Prepares for the Future

29.07.2014 - Market indicators unanimously point to a rosy future for polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and other fluoropolymers, with mean growth of 4.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

Chemicals & Distribution

Umicore Develops Catalyst within EuroBioRef Project

- The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing) was a four year project coordinated by CNRS, France. Launched on March...