A. Schulman to double its masterbatch production at Chinese site
A. Schulman, Inc. has added equipment in its manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China to accommodate increasing demand.
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Bayer MaterialScience finished new TDI plant
Company invested some EUR 250 million at Dormagen site to produce foam component TDI.
Ineos and Sasol start HDPE project in Texas
Ineos and Sasol celebrate ground breaking ceremony for High-density Polyethylene joint venture.
Perstorp steps up its bioplastics competitiveness
The investments include a pilot plant, increased technical resources and a new laboratory at Perstorp in Sweden.
Evonik opened new plant for HTPB in Marl
The Group invested a mid-double-digit million euro amount in the plant for hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene.
Corbion Purac to construct a 75kTpa PLA plant
Corbion Purac will accelerate its thrust into the biotechnology arena, making the next step in the bioplastics value chain by becoming a PLA producer.
BASF increases production capacity for tertiary Butylamine
BASF will expand the production capacity of its existing production plant for tertiary Butylamine at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China.
New Borealis joint venture in Finland
Borealis aims to create joint venture with Neste Oil and Veolia to modernise and operate the power plant in the Kilpilahti petrochemical cluster.
Röchling puts new factory in China into operation
Plastics specialist Röchling has begun production in its new plant in Kunshan/China.
Huntsman will expand MDI production
Huntsman announced 400 ktes MDI expansion plan for US manufacturing plant.
LyondellBasell considers adding new ethylene capacity
LyondellBasell evaluates expansion project at Channelview site in Texas that would add up to 227k tons annualy of ethylene capacity.
RusVinyl project launched
The RusVinyl polyvinyl chloride production facility in Kstovo was inaugurated on 19 September.
