Braskem Idesa, a joint venture in Mexico formed by Braskem and Grupo Idesa, has begun building the structural components of the Ethylene XXI Project, which is the largest petrochemical project under construction in the Americas.
LyondellBasell has announced that the company will restore a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) line in Wesseling, Germany, that has been out of service since January 2012. Startup of the new line is targeted for mid-2013.
Royal DSM N.V., the global life sciences and materials sciences company, has opened its third production unit for Stanyl ForTii high performance polyamide. The plant is co-located with DSM’s two existing plants in Geleen, The Netherlands. The capacity increase is needed to meet the strongly growing market demand for the new polymer, used in electronics, automotive and other markets.
Fifty years after its founding sees BASF Polyurethanes GmbH in Lemförde continuing its success story.
The sharply rising global demand for the high-tech plastic Apec from Bayer MaterialScience is spawning major investment in eastern Germany.
Glass production is a heat-intensive process. To produce glass from sand, soda and limestone, the furnace has to deliver constant temperatures of over 1,500 degrees Celsius.
Mold-Masters is pleased to announce that it has completed the purchase their Turkish distribution agency in order to serve the growing Turkish customer base with a direct Sales and Service office for the full range of melt delivery and process controls products and services.
PolyOne expands innovation centers for increased customer collaboration and development
Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G Group), leading producer of PET for packaging applications in the Americas and the market's technological leader, announces that it has purchased the land in Corpus Christi, Texas where it will build its one million tons per year PET plant (2.2 billion pounds) and accompanying 1.2 million tons per year (2.6 billion pounds) PTA plant.
Lanxess is building the world’s largest plant for EPDM synthetic rubber in China. The German specialty chemicals company is investing EUR 235 million in the plant in Changzhou (Jiangsu Province). This is the largest investment the company has made in China to date.
Manholes made from polyethylene emerge as a faster and safer option for sewage infrastructure works.
APPE, the packaging division of LSB, says building work at its new Polish factory is on schedule with commercial production due to commence in December and the plant fully operational by January 2013.
