Polyurethanes
Palmer and BioBased announce strategic alliance

Palmer International and BioBased Technologies have agreed to form a strategic alliance focused on developing a new family of bio-based polyols derived from ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
UZBEKISTAN: ADB to Help Develop Uzbekistan's Largest Petrochemical Plant

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan and political risk guarantee totaling up to USD 400 million to help build the largest-ever petrochemical ...

Polyurethanes
BMS builds multi-purpose plant for PU coating raw materials

Bayer MaterialScience has begun construction of a multi-purpose production plant for PU coating raw materials at Chempark Leverkusen in Germany. The new plant ...

Polyurethanes
Eurofoam to close its production site in Bexbach

Eurofoam, the 50/50 joint venture between Recticel and the Austrian group Greiner, announced its decision to streamline its flexible foam operations in Germany ...

Polyurethanes
THAILAND: PTTGC to invest B100 billion

PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC) plans to invest 100 billion baht over the next five years, half of it on recent acquisition Perstorp Holding France SAS, a ...

Polyurethanes
Recticel intends to close its production site in Bladel

Recticel b.v. has recently announced its intention to streamline its flexible foam operations in the Netherlands by closing its comfort foam converting unit in ...

Polyurethanes Thermoplastic Elastomers
AkzoNobel to take 100 % control of Metlac Group

AkzoNobel plans to strengthen its position in packaging coatings by exercising the right to buy the remaining shares of Metlac, an Italian-based packaging ...

Polyurethanes
BMS commissions new hydrogenation technical center

Bayer MaterialScience has commissioned a new technical centre for the development of isocyanate production processes at Chempark Dormagen, Germany. The research ...

Polyurethanes
BASF to build an integrated 300 kt TDI plant in Ludwigshafen

BASF today announced that it will build a single-train 300,000 t/y production plant for TDI and expand additional plants for its precursors at its site in ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
SOUTH KOREA: Korea eyes more petrochemical exports in 2012

Korea's petrochemical companies hope to further increase their exports after they climbed to a record high last year, a local industry group said Friday (13 ...

Polyurethanes
SCG-Dow Group achieves successful Thailand HPPO plant start-up

The SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and Siam Cement Group, has finalised the start-up of its new propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand by ...

Polyurethanes
AkzoNobel completes acquisition of Chinese surfactants producer

AkzoNobel has completed its acquisition of the Chinese speciality surfactant producer, Boxing Oleochemicals. Boxing is a supplier of nitrile amines and ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
BASF and Sinopec complete second phase of Nanjing investment and announce new plans for expansion

BASF and Sinopec have inaugurated the USD 1.4 billion second phase of their integrated petrochemical site in Nanjing, bringing chemicals to the Chinese market ...

Polyurethanes
Baalbaki announces expansion of UAE PU raw material production facilities

Baalbaki announced that it has commenced construction of its new 40,000 t/y polyester and prepolymer production plants on its existing 30,000 m² industrial site ...

Polyurethanes
Huntsman announces acquisition of Turkish PU systems house

Huntsman announced on 30 December 2011 that it has acquired EMA Kimya Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., a polyurethanes systems house in Istanbul, Turkey.