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PolyOne to expand via ColorMatrix in Africa

PolyOne to expand via ColorMatrix in Africa

ColorMatrix, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corporation and a leading innovator of liquid color and additives for plastics, has today announced plans to open a new facility in Africa.

Evonik invests in Singapore

Evonik invests in Singapore

Evonik’s new polyamide 12 line is planned to be built in Singapore by 2014 to increase the availability of this specialty plastic.

BASF to build butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp

BASF to build butadiene extraction plant in Antwerp

BASF plans to build a butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 155,000 metric tons and is scheduled to start up during 2014.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag invests in new production systems

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag invests in new production systems

The Japanese parent company, Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) Ltd., is investing a further € 20 m in maintaining and extending the technological leadership at the injection moulding machine manufacturer Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery with its headquarters in Schwaig/Germany.

Evonik plans new facility in Brazil

Evonik plans new facility in Brazil

Evonik Industries AG intends to build a facility for the biotechnology production of Biolys in the Brazilian town of Castro in the state of Paraná.

LyondellBasell will develop a catalyst-assisted technology

LyondellBasell will develop a catalyst-assisted technology

LyondellBasell was awarded a $4.5 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a catalyst-assisted technology to improve the energy efficiency of producing ethylene from ethane gas while emitting less greenhouse gases (GHG).

Amcor opens new facility

Amcor opens new facility

Amcor Rigid Plastics, one of the world’s leading producers of rigid plastic packaging, held a grand opening today for its new on-site bottle manufacturing operation at PepsiCo’s Gatorade production facility in Mountain Top, Pa.