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April 15-Sabic Innovative Plastics has launched a Lexan polycarbonate (PC) film technology -- Lexan EFR film -- that delivers non-brominated, non-chlorinated flame retardance (FR) at thinner gauges than flame-retardant polypropylene (FRPP). According to the company, the material ...
April 14-Dow Wire & Cable claims its new range of Ecolibrium plasticisers are the first on the market to be made from nearly 100% renewable feedstocks. The company would not say what exactly the feedstocks it is using, only that it has replaced phthalates with crop-based systems. ...
SHANGHAI,Feb 3-Bayer MaterialScience, a unit of German industrial giant Bayer, has committed to continuing its investment in a toluene diisocyanate (TDI) project in Shanghai with the goal of expanding the production site, a top company executive said. The company, one of the ...
April 9 -Princeton University engineers have developed a new technique for producing electricity-conducting plastics that could reduce the costs of manufacturing solar panels. The plastics offer a low-cost alternative to indium tin oxide, an expensive conducting material ...
CARACAS, April 17-China and Venezuela signed a series of agreements on Saturday to help the latter develop its oil and electricity industries. Under the agreements, the two countries will set up an oil exploiting and processing joint venture in Venezuela's Orinoco reserves belt. ...
p> According to the Bayer Group, 2009 was operationally one of its strongest years. "We were successful in a difficult environment, and we are optimistic for the future," says Werner Wenning, chairman of the board of management, at a recent financial conference at the company's ...
p> - By 2013, approximately 500 jobs will be cut worldwide - Overcapacities will be reduced, the product portfolio streamlined - The consolidation process will be implemented in close cooperation with staff members and customers BASF is repositioning its global pigments business. ...
p> PUWORLD(2010-4-15) DSM is very likely to have its 200kt/y caprolactam facility located in Nanjing undertaken maintenance in July, a market source said recently. The facility finished expansion in middle of March and yielded qualified products in late March. The source also ...
p> Dow Wire & Cable, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow"), today signaled a groundbreaking advance in sustainable chemistry by launching DOW ECOLIBRIUM Bio-Based Plasticizers, a new family of phthalate-free plasticizers for use in wire insulation and jacketing that ...
Apr 8-PET single-serve bottles have less impact on the environment over their lifecycle than aluminium cans or glass bottles, according to a study commissioned by the PET Resin Association (PETRA). The study, conducted by Franklin Associates, compared total energy, solid waste ...
LONDON, March 30 - Oil and gas producer JKX (JKX.L) reported a 6 percent rise in production in 2009 and promised a year of growth as it looks to nearly double its production by 2011. JKX said it plans to invest $230 million in its Russian and Ukrainian operations in 2010, ...
DHAKA, March 28 - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Sunday it will provide a $266 million loan to meet about half the cost of a major expansion of Bangladesh's natural gas supply network in a bid to spur economic growth. Bangladesh faces gas shortages of up to 300 million ...
p> PUWORLD(2010-03-16) Zhejiang Shao Xing Hengfeng Polyurethane Industry newly added two sets of polyether polyol production lines and another two sets of conjugate polyether units. The new capacities have been put on stream in Feb, adopting DCS automatic control system. Total ...
p> GM China Investment Co., Ltd. is to recall 7,942 imported Cadillac CTS cars in the Chinese mainland from April 28 due to possible brake fluid leakages, China's quality watchdog said Thursday. The rubber part of the brake lining could trap water with impure chemical materials, ...
p> BASF is setting up a Coatings Technical Center at the Gyeonggi Techno Park in Ansan City, Gyeonggi Province, with the support of GGPG. In this technical center, BASF plans to conduct research and development of eco-friendly waterborne coatings for use by automotive OEMs as ...
NEW YORK, March 15 - Consol Energy Inc (CNX.N) agreed to buy Dominion Resources Inc's (D.N) Appalachian natural gas properties for $3.48 billion in cash, giving Consol a leading position in the growing Marcellus Shale field. Consol's shares fell more than 9 percent on news it ...
p> China has an unfortunate recent history of scandals involving people sickened or killed by contaminated food. An official's response to the latest case shows one reason this keeps happening. Tons of cowpeas from the southern island of Hainan carried residues of toxic ...
p> A consortium led by Blackstone Group has agreed to invest about $600 million in a Chinese agricultural company ahead of its planned Hong Kong listing, sources with knowledge of the deal said on Wednesday. China Shouguang Agricultural Product Logistic Park, one of the country's ...
March 16 - OPEC ministers due to arrive here for their meeting on March 17 say there is no need to change output targets with oil prices above their preferred range, but soft demand is prompting calls to curb overproduction. "In my opinion, I don't think we are going to see any ...
NEW YORK, March 15 - Mid- and small cap stocks fell on Monday as a drop in oil prices hurt commodity and energy-related companies. The overall mood was bearish as investors fretted about a potential credit tightening in China that would slow global economic growth. Oil prices ...
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