02.07.2015
- Along with the official launch of the new Ineos-Solvay PVC joint venture Inovyn and BASF’s sale of its 25% stake in SolVin, another PVC jv, to Solvay, BASF has completed the sale...
02.07.2015
- Following clearance of the merger by the European Commission in mid-June, PVC producer Inovyn, the new 50:50 joint venture of Ineos and Solvay, officially started trading on Jul. 1...
06.06.2014
- Controversy And Competition - The Soccer World Cup from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil will captivate millions of people. However, such a big event is not without controversy...
17.02.2012
- VIP-Visions in Plastics - Natural fibres such as wood, hemp and flax are sometimes combined with polymers to make what is called "WPC: Wood Polymer Composites". In these composites...
09.02.2012
- Solvay said it has successfully commissioned its 1 MW industrial demonstration fuel cell at the SolVin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. This proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel...
01.10.2010
- Until recently, the use of glass fibres was restricted to products made by traditional PVC processes (extrusion, injection moulding) or to products made by pultrusion. In the first...
28.06.2010
- Arkema and SolVin (a joint venture between Solvay and BASF) have decided to each buy back the minority cross-holdings in the vinyls joint venntures, effective July 1. This affects...
