The Lubrizol Corporation announces an update to its ambitious global expansion program supporting the company's Engineered Polymers thermoplastics polyurethane (TPU) business and growing global demand for its Estane® TPU, Pearlthane(TM) TPU, Pearlbond(TM) TPU and other product lines.    In...

Due to significant and continuous raw material cost increases throughout 2017 and early 2018, Jotun Powder Coatings announce price increase of all their products with immediate effect. The necessary increase will be in a range, of up to 20 per cent, depending on the specific compositions of the products. Ram...

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will expand the capacity for Macrolex dyes at its Leverkusen site. With an investment volume of more than five million euros, the current production capacity is to be increased by 25 percent, which will be available from the end of 2018. Dominik Risse, who is responsible...

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On February 27, SOCAR Polymer Plant produced the first polypropylene product for demonstration and testing purposes, with the participation of SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev and company vice-presidents, according to SOCAR. As part of a working visit to Sumgait, the SOCAR President inspected Azerikimya...

At Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West show, PolyOne unveiled an expanded line of OnColorä HC Plus colorants and OnCapä HC Plus additives for healthcare. These colorants and additives are pre-certified to meet USP Class VI or ISO 10993 biocompatibility testing for global healthcare...

AkzoNobel has reinforced its commitment to customers in India following the inauguration of a new €9 million facility for the production of powder coatings. Located in Thane, Mumbai, the plant is the company’s sixth production site in India.  Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, AkzoNobel...

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Teijin Limited announced today the full-scale launch of SOLFIGA®, a new brand of high-performance specialized polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compounds made w ith proprietary PPS resin technologies of Initz Co., Ltd., a joint venture betw een Teijin and SK Chemicals. Full-scale production of SOLFIGA®...

Evonik Industries has opened another production line for specialty polyamide 12 powders (PA 12) of its VESTOSINT® brand at its largest global production site in the Marl Chemical Park. The new facility primarily produces high-performance powders for the 3-D printing market, which is expanding heavily...

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and Evonik Industries have successfully started production at their new joint venture to produce chlorine and potassium hydroxide at the company’s Ibbenbüren site in Germany. The facility uses state-of-the-art membrane electrolysis technology to produce up to...

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The Włocławek company from ORLEN group has received in the second edition of INNOCHEM program a total of over 5 mil. PLN subsidy for executing two projects increasing the effectiveness of production in the area of plastics and nitrogen fertilizers.  The first undertaking of ANWIL to receive...

BASF joined the World Plastics Council (WPC), a global organization of key leaders in the plastics industry. The WPC promotes industry topics of global relevance like the responsible use of plastics, efficient waste management and solutions to marine littering. James Seward, Chairman of WPC and Vice...

Syngenta announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nidera Seeds from COFCO International. Nidera Seeds is an important player in the South American seeds market, diversified across crops, with a pool of proprietary germplasm and a relevant presence in key South American countries including...

DRT, global leading producer of ingredients derived from plant-based chemistry, and Mangalam Organics Ltd., leading Indian manufacturer of resins, have entered into a supply and distribution alliance for terpene phenolic resins.  DRT will become the worldwide distributor of Mangalam’s terpene...

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KIZAD (Khalifa Industrial Zone of Abu Dhabi) and Shaheen Chem Investment announced the signing of an agreement for the land lease of a two-phase chemical complex in the industrial zone with an expected investment of $1.09bn, reported the Emirates News Agency (WAM). The plant will support the...

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Sumitomo Chemical has submitted applications for registration of its new fungicide INDIFLINTM (ISO common name: inpyrfluxam) to regulatory authorities in Japan, Argentina, the United States, Canada and Brazil. INDIFLINTM, a novel fungicide active ingredient discovered by Sumitomo Chemical, belongs to...

PolyOne Corp. is adding production of thermoplastic elastomers to its existing factory in Pune, India, the company announced Feb. 7 on the opening day of the Plastindia 2018 trade fair. It said it will start manufacturing TPEs this summer at the Pune facility, where it currently makes color and additive...

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Yara and Arab Potash Company have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration on potassium nitrate. Yara and Arab Potash Company, the Jordan-based potash producer have recently signed an MoU for mutual cooperation in the field of potassium nitrate production and sales. The parties...

The production of Neolyse Ibbenbüren GmbH, a joint venture of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and Evonik Industries AG at the AkzoNobel site in Ibbenbüren (Germany), is off to a successful start.  The plant with its state-of-the-art membrane technology has an annual capacity of 120,000...

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LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, is bringing to market the new Moplen HE745T, a high flow, nucleated polypropylene (PP) homopolymer that has been enhanced to provide improved impact resistance for houseware and packaging applications. This new...