US offers olive branch to China in trade deal truce January 16, 2020 // 1 Comment In what can be considered as a sweetener to the long running duel between the US and China, US President Donald Trump [...]
AMG, Shell Catalysts & Technologies to form jv for catalyst recycling October 18, 2019 // 1 Comment Amsterdam-headquartered critical materials company, AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group, and global catalysts specialist, Shell [...]
wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2019: Celebrate twenty years successfully; reassert positions as the region’s leading trade fairs in their sectors October 15, 2019 // 1 Comment Held on 20 September at BITEC, Bangkok, wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2019, the International Wire, Cable, Tube and Pipe [...]
Sibur acquires European BOPP film maker; enters into jv with Sinopec for NBR/SEBS production October 1, 2019 // 1 Comment Russian oil/petchem firm Sibur’s subsidiary Biaxplen has acquired a 50% stake in European BOPP film producer Manucor [...]
Lotte Chemical starts commercial operations of US plant September 6, 2019 // 1 Comment Lotte Chemical Titan Holding’s US-based joint venture company Lotte Chemical USA Corp has started operations of its ethane [...]
LyondellBasell drops bid to acquire Braskem June 10, 2019 // 3 Comments Dutch chemical firm LyondellBasell says it has ended discussions with Odebrecht S.A. concerning the potential acquisition of [...]
GENiE smart factory drive for Industry 4.0 in Malaysia April 25, 2019 // 0 Comments With the hype about Industry 4.0 and its power to revolutionise industries, Malaysian industrial automation specialist, [...]
Nouryon completes EBP expansion in Mexico February 20, 2019 // 0 Comments Chemical firm Nouryon has completed its Los Reyes facility expansion. Mexico Nouryon can now double its emulsion-based [...]
Toyo-Korea bags petrochem project in Thailand February 6, 2019 // 1 Comment An Engineering, Procurement and Construction Project is awarded by Thailand’s major C4 downstream product manufacturer, [...]
Shepherd to expand European ops January 22, 2019 // 0 Comments US-based lubricant additives firm Shepherd Chemical is investing US$8.5 million to expand its Mirecourt, France European [...]