Tuesday, 09-Feb-10

IDES offers plastics search engine in five languages
LARAMIE, WYO. (February 9, 2010) -- IDES Inc. is offering a Prospector database of plastic material datasheets in five languages including German, Spanish, French, Chinese and English.

Sunday, 07-Feb-10

Oxo-biodegradable additive suppliers rebut critics
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (February 7, 2010) -- A pair of oxo-biodegradable plastic additive makers have fired back at the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.’s Bioplastics Council over claims related to biodegradability.

Tuesday, 02-Feb-10

EuPR calls bioplastics and oxo-degradables unsustainable
LONDON (February 2, 2010) -- Europe's plastics waste generation nearly reached 25 million tons in 2008. Even though 51 percent of this amount has been recovered more effort is needed in order to fully realize its potential, according to the European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR).

US group questions oxo-degradability claims
WASHINGTON (February 2, 2010) -- The Bioplastics Council of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. has joined the growing number of voices questioning the scientific validity of biodegradability claims made by producers of oxo-degradable and oxo-biodegradable products.

Monday, 01-Feb-10

ConocoPhillips launches PP business
HOUSTON (February 1, 2010) -- ConocoPhillips Co. has launched its own Copylene-brand polypropylene business.

Tuesday, 26-Jan-10

Eliokem invests in Chinese vinyl pyridine plant
SHANGHAI (January 26, 2010) -- French specialty chemicals company Eliokem is continuing its expansion and investment in China with the construction of a manufacturing facility to meet Asian demand for vinyl pyridine lattices.

Wanhua launches industry park
Yantai, China (January 26, 2010) – At the opening ceremony of the new Wanhua Bajiao Portside Industrial Park in Yantai, Wanhua’s chairman Jiansheng Ding said the company is fully aware of the impact the new investments may have on the global trade balance.

Monday, 18-Jan-10

Eastman buys celluose-based polymer plant in China
TONGXIANG, CHINA (January 18, 2010) -- Eastman Chemical Co. has purchased a cellulose-based specialty polymers plant near Shanghai from Tongxiang Xinglong Fine Chemical Co. Ltd.

European composite firms worry about dumping complaint
BRUSSELS (January 18, 2010) -- Europe’s composites and plastics converting companies are warning the European Commission that an anti-dumping review into Chinese exports of certain continuous filament glass fiber products could force them to relocate outside Europe.

Wednesday, 13-Jan-10

Huntsman sets up polyols JV in China
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS (January 13, 2010) -- Huntsman Corp.'s polyurethanes division has created a new, China-based joint venture with Jurong Ningwu Chemical Co. Ltd. to research, develop, manufacture and sell base polyether polyol products.

Tuesday, 12-Jan-10

Korea's Lotte considering bid for Dow's Styron business
SEOUL (January 12, 2010) -- Lotte Co. Ltd., a South Korean conglomerate, is considering buying Dow Chemical Co.’s styrenics and polycarbonate business, according to a Dow Jones report.

Monday, 11-Jan-10

Borouge opens sales office in Guangzhou
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (January 11, 2010) -- Polyolefin maker Borouge Pte. Ltd. has opened a new sales and marketing office in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to better tap into the South China market.

Lummus gets design contract from Petrochina
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS (January 11, 2010) -- Petrochina Jilin Petrochemical Co. has awarded a contract to Lummus Technology for the license and process design of a grassroots ethylbenzene and styrene monomer plant in Jilin.

Ineos looks to Chinese JV for market growth
NANJING, CHINA (January 11, 2010) -- Ineos Phenol and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical have formed a joint venture to build and operate a phenol/acetone manufacturing site at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park in Jiangsu province.

Friday, 08-Jan-10

Datang starts first Unipol PP unit in China
DUNLUN, CHINA (January 8, 2010) – China’s first Unipol polypropylene gas phase technology unit, China Datang Inner Mongolia Duolun Coal Chemical Co. Ltd., has conducted a successful trial-run, producing Aim grade PP resin.

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