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Material Insights: April 25, 2011

Published: April 25, 2011 6:00 am ET
Updated: April 25, 2011 12:00 am ET

Senior reporter Frank Esposito has news of Dow's plan to boost ethylene production in this week''s episode of Plastics News' Material Insights. Dow and Range Resources recently signed a deal to bring Pennsylvania shale gas to Texas, where the chemical giant is opening a new ethylene cracker. Also in this video, Momentive and Evonik sell business units in a pair of M&A deals.

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