LONDON (Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m. ET) — The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is backing calls for more support for the development of graphene, a "super material" discovered by researchers at the University of Manchester.
AKRON, OHIO (Jan. 14, 12:30 p.m. ET) — The startup of a pair of shale gas-related plastics projects is featured in this week’s Material Insights video. Also this week, we look at the postponement of a bioplastics plant in Brazil and news ...
DETROIT (Jan. 14, 10:45 a.m. ET) — General Motors Co. is upping the ante on carbon fiber for the auto industry, making the composite standard for the hood and roof on its next-generation Chevrolet Corvette. GM unveiled the 2014 Corvette...
HOUSTON (Jan. 11, 10:30 a.m. ET) — Westlake Chemical Corp. has launched work on a project that will add 230 million pounds of annual capacity for plastic feedstock ethylene at its plant in Lake Charles, La.
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL (Jan. 10, 1:30 p.m. ET) — Dow Chemical Co. and Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co. Ltd. will postpone plans to build a plant for sugarcane ethanol-based plastics, citing rising design and construction costs and land ownership laws in Brazil.
ACTON, MASS. (Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m. ET) — Jeff Durham, credit manager at Mass Polymers Corp. in Newton, Mass., died unexpectedly on Dec. 31. He was 61.
LYON, FRANCE (Jan. 10, 12:30 p.m. ET) — Europe’s third ranked PVC producer Kem One of Lyon, France has announced it plans to expand production of its vinyl plant at Hernani in northern Spain.
HAMBURG, GERMANY (Jan. 10, 12:30 p.m. ET) — Polymer distributor Biesterfeld AG has acquired all shares of Küttner GmbH of Speyer, Germany. The transaction, which is still subject to regulatory approval, is intended to position Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH to expand its business in rubber, rubber chemicals and thermoplastic elastomers.
EASTON, PA. (Jan. 9, 2:50 p.m. ET) — Post-consumer scrap recycler National Plastics & Manufacturing Co. Inc. plans to move its operation about 10 miles west to Whitehall Township., Pa., from its current plant in Palmer Township., Pa.
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