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Company News
BASF sells off equity in Ellba jv to partner Shell - SCG Chemicals acquires 51% of Norner Holding
- RTP takes over three plants of Alloy Polymers
- Bayer MaterialScience opens EUR250 mn TDI plant in Germany
- IVL to acquire Performance Fibers; adds on to auto portfolio
- BASF to buy Taiwanese TPU adhesives supplier
- Dow on track with divestures; sale of film and sodium borohydride units to gross US$225 mn
- Hanwha to purchase Samsung affiliates for US$1.7 bn; to create petrochem giant in South Korea
- PolyOne acquires liquid colour assets for US$49 m
- Wipak inaugurates Chinese factory
Materials News
- Marine litter and waste management, rallying points at plastics meet
- French engineers create electricity-generating plastic tree
- Technologies, new plants to boost propylene prices, study says
- Evonik starts up two new plant units for crosslinking activators
- DuPont to sell Neoprene SR unit to Denka
- BASF to build tech centre in India and catalyst plant in China
- Teijin starts OEM production of FR in Taiwan
- Bioplastics capacity to grow by 400% by 2018; Asia to take the lead
- Schulman doubles masterbatch in China; Americhem buys LTL
- CCL acquires German wine label company; launches e-commerce labelling
- Solvay to beef up capacity in India
- Cardia Bioplastic/Stellar Films merger to create biopackaging leader
- PCR PET-based fibre plant to start up in Middle East
- Processing waste PP into sustainable materials
