Keyword: Plastics & Polymers

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Ascend Plans Intermediates and Polymer Expansions

31.10.2017 - US producer Ascend Performance Materials is planning to raise capacity across its intermediates and polymers portfolio in response to growing customer demand. The Houston...

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GreenMantra and Sun Recycle PS for Inks Use

16.10.2017 - GreenMantra Technologies and leading inks producer Sun Chemical have agreed to jointly develop polymers from recycled polystyrene (PS) waste for use in ink formulations. As part of...

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Stahl Closes BASF’s Leather Chemicals Buy

10.10.2017 - Netherlands-based Stahl Group has completed the purchase of BASF’s leather chemicals business. The German group retained a 16% stake in the Waalwijk-based company in order to...

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Solvay to Launch PEKK Production in US

18.09.2017 - Solvay has announced it will begin producing high-performance polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) polymers early next year in order to meet growing demand from the aerospace industry. The...

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Arsenal Capital Buys Cyalume for $45 million

15.08.2017 - New York-based private equity group Arsenal Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cyalume Technologies Holdings for $45 million in cash. Headquartered in...

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Ineos Styrolution Upgrading ABS in India

15.08.2017 - Ineos Styrolution has announced plans to increase compounding capacity for styrenic polymers by 34,000 t/y at its Moxi plant at Vadodara in India’s Gujarat state. The company is...

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AkzoNobel to Hike Peroxide Capacity in China

21.07.2017 - AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is planning a further expansion of its organic peroxides plant in Ningbo, China, during the next two years. A project is already underway...

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Dow Plans Coatings Polymer Plant in Saudi Arabia

13.07.2017 - Dow Chemical will build a new $100 million plant to produce polymers for coatings and water treatment applications in the PlasChem Park at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The US group also...