November 2012 Archives
Company News
   Songwon and Polysys Industries expand in the Middle East
   Indorama to expand capacity in the US
   LyondellBasell to re-start LDPE line
   Q3 profit for Borealis on uptrend
   Oxea delivers first speciality esters produced from new unit
   SABIC and Shell progress on plans for expansion at SADAF jv
   Shell to debottleneck Singapore plant
   PPS mark hits the high note
   Baerlocher opens plant in China
   Klöckner Pentaplast on global expansion drive
   BASF and Gazprom swap assets
   Lanxess’s growth drivers unfazed amidst challenges
   Borealis to acquire DEXPlastomers
   Songwon discloses a solid Q3 2012 financial performance
   Chemical firm becomes world’s first to order LNG-run tankers
   New heads setting the course for Euromap
   Oxea studies additional Texas expansion
   BASF inaugurates first APAC Innovation Campus and Greater China HQ
   Shell leads global lubricants sector
Materials News
   Plant-based fibre debuts in auto seats
   New foil packaging goes lightweight with Mucell
   Waste solids to plastic and paper materials
   Mitsui to expand metallocenes in Singapore
   China to push shale gas growth
   Vinyloop paper aims to bring on recycling awareness
   Clariant’s latest agriculture films technology
Machinery News
   China leads in plastic and rubber machinery but riddled with challenges says study
   Maag unveils new Shanghai complex
   Automatik Plastics offers servicing of Maag pumps in Malaysia
   WPC line to be a highlight at conference
   Nordson acquires die assets of Kodama; forms new division
   Huhtamäki buys Indian label firm 
   Instron’s HDT-VST Tester for high-temperature plastics
   Chinaplas 2013 to showcase technologies
   Davis-Standard Tech Centre boosts capabilities




