LYNDHURST, ENGLAND — Chemicals giants Ineos Group and Solvay SA have announced their intention to enter into a 50-50 joint venture which, the companies said will create a PVC business with an annual sales of about 4.3 billion euros ($5.63 billion).
SHANGHAI -- French automotive supplier Faurecia SA used the Shanghai Auto show to unveil a joint venture with China's Chang'an Automobile Group to supply interior systems to the Chinese market, including two new factories making instrument panels, door panels and other parts.
MEXICO CITY -- Industrial packaging manufacturer Mauser Group has started operating an intermediate bulk container-producing joint venture with Mexican company Plastienvases SA de CV.
AVON LAKE, OHIO -- Materials firm PolyOne Corp. has opened a color concentrates plant in Saudi Arabia through a joint venture with a Saudi company.
TORONTO — Labels and containers major CCL Industries Inc. is partnering with a Japanese firm to set up a plastic tube plant in Bangkok, Thailand.
WICKLIFFE, OHIO -- Chlorinated PVC continues to be a strong market for Lubrizol Corp., as the firm has announced plans to build a new CPVC plant in Thailand through a joint venture with Sekisui Chemical Co.
SIDNEY, OHIO -- A rebound in the North American automotive market is leading Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Prime Polymer Co. Ltd. to increase the size of a planned compounding expansion at a plant in Sidney, Ohio.
MEXICO CITY -- The decision by state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos to form a $556 million vinyl chloride monomer joint venture with Mexichem SAB de CV underscores the new federal government's commitment to the plastics industry, according to a top association official in Mexico.
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY -- BASF SE and Chinese national oil firm Sinopec will develop a plant making plasticizer feedstock in Guangdong, China.
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