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March 2014 Archives
Company News
Molecor setting up RM80 m facility for pipes in Malaysia- Ineos sues Sinopec subsidiaries for breaching acrylonitrile patents
- China sales for Rhein Chemie post highest growth
- Lanxess divests Perlon-Monfil; posts 2013 results with silver lining: Asia’s share
in group sales is up - Styron in the US and PolyPipe in the UK go for IPOs
- Eastman adds on window films to portfolio
- Shini inaugurates US technical centre in Georgia
- Octal to start up recycling plant in the US
- Semi-con firm’s staff on missing Malaysian flight
- Celanese offers engineered materials with anti-counterfeiting technologies
- Novamont takes majority stake in Mater Bioplolymer
- Solvay/Ineos jv to continue with sale of assets
- Evonik snags top US silicic acid ester supplier
- BASF divests PolyAd Services business to Edgewater Capital Partners
- Davis-Standard opens spare parts and service centre in Asia
- Styrolution posts strong 2013 results; anticipates unchanged market climate for 2014
- Clariant’s strategy reaps profitable 2013
- Mattel expands toy brands with acquisition of MEGA for US$460 mn
Materials News
- Bayer sells CNT and graphene patents to FutureCarbon
- Using nature’s greenhouse gas for renewable plastics
- Invista breaks ground for feedstock/nylon plants in China
- French/Belgian partners launch Atol technology for bio-ethylene productions
- Oxea to increase Oxsoft plasticiser by 50 kilotonnes
- Oxea and Eastman to expand plasticiser feedstock capacity in Texas
- Addivant to double capacity at jv facility in Middle East
- Evonik opens silica plant expansion in Thailand
- European Parliament’s vote ushers new provisions on bioplastic bags
- New prosthetic foot features Solvay's ultra-high performance Torlon PAI
- BASF expands production capacities for food packaging films
- Songwon 2013 sales clamber; top performance for Polymer stabiliser business
- Succinity starts production of biobased succinic acid
- BASF to build world-scale amines plant in Nanjing
- China, strong market driver for amines; ethanolamines a leading type
Machinery News
- KraussMaffei Berstorff showcases rice husk-sheet extrusion
- W&H sets up new subsidiary in China
- Italian machinery sector posts small loss for 2013
- Erema to showcase Intarema at Chinaplas
- Chinaplas upgrades with new features
- Greenpak China utilises Reifenhäuser blown film technology
- Amut clinches order in Vietnam
- Recron boosts efficiency with Maag and Automatik Plastics Machinery
- ProTec Polymer Processing designs new system for Benecke’s TPO
- NGR buys majority stake in Dr Collin
