New construction at Arburg in the USA
Ground-breaking ceremony marked start of construction of new Arburg Inc. building in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.
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Lanxess starts expanded cresol plant
The expansion increases capacity for high-quality intermediate by some 20 percent.
Clariant opens new innovation center
New Innovation Center in Frankfurt will coordinate Clariant's global R&D activities.
BASF and Yara discuss potential joint ammonia investment
BASF and Yara are evaluating a possible joint investment into ammonia plant at the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Styrolution and Braskem plan ABS joint venture
The new joint venture would be only producer of ABS and SAN specialties in South America.
New ethylene plant opened in China
Sinopec started production in its new ethylene plant in Wuhan, China.
Evonik opens Plexiglas plant in South Africa
New plant will produce several thousand metric tons of semi-finished material per year for the African market.
Clariant and Lummus Novolen to build PP catalyst plant
Clariant signed polypropylene catalyst commercialization agreement with polypropylene technology licensor Lummus Novolen Technology.
Borealis upgrades Borstar PE plant in Porvoo
The company will invest EUR 65 mln to upgrade Borstar PE2 plant technology to the third generation.
New tert. Butylamine plant in China
New plant will support the growing rubber chemical and tire industries in China.
Lanxess runs a new butyl rubber plant
World's leading manufacturer of synthetic rubber is officially opening a new butyl rubber plant in Singapore on June 4.
New polyethylen plant in Middle East
Orpic announced its plan to build new polyethylene plant in Oman with the annual capacity of 1 mln tons.
