A. Schulman buying France's Elian SAS
FAIRLAWN, OHIO (Jan. 31， 2012) -- Compounder A. Schulman Inc. is expanding in Europe and boosting its specialty color masterbatch business, buying Elian SAS from British Vita plc.
Indorama planning integrated PET plant in India
BANGKOK (Jan. 31, 2012) -- Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL) plans to build an integrated purified terephthalic acid), PET resin and polyester staple fiber plant in India, with a third-party
paraxylene producer.
Dr. Schneider expands in China and Mexico
KRONACH-NEUSES, GERMANY (Jan. 31, 2012) -- German auto supplier Dr. Schneider Group will spend 5 million euros to open new manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico. CEO Klaus Fricke said the
plants answer requests from customers to expand with them in China and North America.
Eastman buying Solutia for $3.4 billion
KINGSPORT, TENN. (Jan. 31, 2012) -- Specialty plastics and chemicals maker Eastman Chemical Co. has acquired Solutia Inc. -- a maker of specialty plastic films and specialty chemicals -- for almost
$3.4 billion.
Appeals court affirms Dow's victory in PE patent case
WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2012) -- Dow Chemical Co. has won a $76 million settlement from Nova Chemicals Corp. in a legal conflict over enhanced polyethylene resins.
Dow and Teknor Apex working together on flexible PVC
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (Jan. 31, 2012) -- Materials firms Dow Chemical Co. and Teknor Apex Co. are working together to make flexible PVC compounds using Dow’s bio-based plasticizers. Teknor already has
sent one shipment of the new compounds from its Pawtucket plant. The products also may be made at Teknor’s other U.S. plants as well as in plants in England and China.
Colorado prof. researching catalysts for bioplastics
FORT COLLINS, COLO (Jan. 24, 2012) -- Eugene Chen, a chemistry professor at Colorado State University, has developed several patent-pending chemical processes for converting non-edible plant biomass
into bioplastics.
Keyuan building ABS plant in Guangxi
NINGBO, CHINA (Jan. 24, 2011) -- China’s Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. said Jan. 19 it plans to build a 400,000 metric ton ABS resin plant in Guangxi province, allowing it to expand its markets in
south and west China and in Southeast Asia.
Ford using PET in Focus Electric models
DEARBORN, MICH. (Jan. 24, 2012) -- About 2 million plastic bottles will be used in the 2012 Ford Focus Electric and future Ford Motor Co. vehicles.
Sabic signs cooperation deal with Sinopec
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (Jan. 17, 2012) -- Saudi Basic Industries Corp. and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) have signed an agreement that will see the Saudi and Chinese firms explore new
business opportunities. The deal expands on a joint cooperation deal for polycarbonate production.
Milliken and Langang co-develop PP resin
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 17, 2012) -- Milliken & Co. and Langang Petrochemical, a subsidiary of PetroChina, have co-developed a polypropylene resin for thin-wall injection molding as an alternative to
disposable EPS food packaging.
Former Dow scientist sentenced in trade secret theft case
BATON ROUGE, LA. (Jan. 17, 2012) -- Former Dow Chemical Co. scientist Wen Chyu Liu to five years in jail for selling information on production of Tyrin-brand chlorinated polyethylene to Chinese firms.
Conferences at NPE to highlight hot topics
ORLANDO, FLA. (Jan. 17, 2012) -- Bioplastics, sustainability, regulatory issues and initiatives in California that could impact the plastics industry nationwide are among the leading issues that are
on the planned agendas for the three educational conferences that will be held in conjunction with NPE 2012.
PlasticsEurope cautiously optimistic about 2012
BRUSSELS (Jan. 17, 2012) -- PlasticsEurope director Wilfried Haensel says there are still opportunities for the region’s plastics industry, despite all the ongoing economic uncertainties facing the
Eurozone.
Reichhold launches China plant
 Tianjin plant
Xinghui acquiring SKN polystyrene plant
SHANTOU, CHINA (Jan. 10, 2012) -- A Chinese manufacturer of model cars is acquiring the majority share of a local polystyrene plant owned by South Korea’s SK Networks, a move that the company said
will help achieve upstream vertical integration.
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