2013 Exhibitions
Lead Feature
Philippines plastic bag ban intensifies
It’s typhoon season in the Philippines and flooding ensues in the larger part of the national capital region (NCR) where most of the country’s key financial, institutional and commercial establishments are located.Earlier in June, heavy rains caused flooding in the metropolis,and once again plastic... Read More»
Latest Headlines
- SGL/Samsung carbon fibre jv to target Asia
- Italian machinery exports fall by 4%
- Borealis to invest EUR65 million in Finnish PE plant
- Philippines plastic bag ban intensifies
- Partnering for joint gains
- Medical Devices: Of opportunities and drivers that keep it in shape
- India’s newest blow moulding machine maker sets up factory
- Evonik starts up plasticiser plant and works on biobased plasticisers
- Clariant registers 255 chemicals with EU
- Keba tops its sales and sets on course its business in Asia
- Evonik's biobased Vestamid terra polyamide tested in a racing car for
the first time - CSM to change its name to Corbion
- Solvay expands production for PEEK and PAEK in China
- NGR buys screen changer firm
- Treofan will not acquire Max Speciality Films
- DuPont China opts out of POM jv with Asahi Kasei
- BASF targets growth and investment in the Asia Pacific region
through 2020 - China economic slowdown is temporary, says Lanxess
Company News
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BASF opens world-scale tBA plant in China
Chemicals firm BASF opens its wholly-owned world-scale tert. Butylamine (tBA) production plant at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China. The plant, which has an annual capacity of 10,000...
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Materials News
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First biobased PBT produced by Lanxess/Genomatica in trial run
Germany-based Lanxess and US company Genomatica have successfully run a production campaign of biobased PBT in Lanxess’s world-scale production plant using...
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Machinery News
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Davis-Standard to expand its global advantage to Asia
With 30% of its business coming from Asia Pacific, it is no surprise that extrusion and converting technology systems manufacturer Davis-Standard is honing into the region, by expanding its manufacturing...
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PRA June/July 2013
ON THE COVER:
Lanxess’s recently opened butyl rubber plant in Jurong Island, Singapore
SUPPLEMENTS
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Lanxess steps up its butyl rubber footprint in Asia
German speciality firm Lanxess has invested over EUR500 million to upgrade its global butyl rubber manufacturing units in Canada and Belgium and build a brand new facility in Singapore, adding around 200,000 tonnes/year of capacity in total. Read More»
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Stackteck upgrades IML pilot cell with automation equipment
StackTeck announces a new commitment for the existing In-Mould Labelling (IML) pilot cell at its facility. As with previous generations of IML pilot cells, the third generation cell began using automation equipment from ABB and CBW...
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