Evonik Expands Plasticizer Alcohol Capacity
Evonik Industries AG is expanding its oxo alcohol production capacity at the Marl site by 60,000 metric tons per year.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
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BASF presents new methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymers AMSAN
In the plastics segment, BASF intends to focus on specialties and products with a high potential for differentiation in the market. The target is to increase the sales share of these products by 2010 from roughly 25 to 40%. At The International Construction Fair Budma 2008 in Poznań, Poland, the company showed its new methylstyrene-acrylonitrile copolymers (AMSAN). AMSAN are the group of polymers which are highly compatible with PVC and have a high glass transition temperature.
