Borealis expands PP capacity in Europe to meet the growing demand
Borealis, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers…
Resin Production
LyondellBasell’s Spherizone technology selected for a 300KT per year Polypropylene (PP) plant in China
China Petroleum Materials Limited Corporation (CPMC) and Petrochina Liaoyang Petrochemical Company (LYPC) have selected LyondellBasell’s Spherizone technology for installing a…
Hanwha Total Petrochemical invests in a new Polypropylene plant, South Korea
Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Hanwha has decided to expand its Daesan integrated refining and…
Total Corbion starts production at its 75,000 tons per year PLA bioplastics plant in Thailand
Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, has started production of Luminy PLA resins at its…
The Compound Company invests €8 million to double its production capacity
The Compound Company, headquartered in Enschede, the Netherlands, the fast-growing manufacturer of EcoForte thermoplastic performance compounds and Yparex extrudable adhesive…
INVISTA’s Orange, Texas, site sets a 12-months production record for Adiponitrile
INVISTA’s site in Orange, Texas, achieves a 12-month production record for adiponitrile (ADN), a key ingredient for nylon 6,6 plastics…
DuPont investing $80 million for new Specialty Materials facility in East China
DuPont has decided to invest more than $80 million to construct a new manufacturing facility to produce compounded high-end engineering…
Kolon BASF innoPOM starts operations of its new Polyoxymethylene (POM) plant in Korea
KolonOLON BASF innoPOM Inc., the 50:50 joint venture between Kolon Plastics and BASF started operations at its 70,000 metric tons…
Celanese to create the world’s largest POM manufacturing plant in Frankfurt, Germany
Celanese Corporation, a global specialty materials company, has decided to create the world’s largest POM manufacturing plant at the Industriepark…
Novamont reopens the Mater–Biopolymer plant in Patrica (FR)
Mater-Bi, a company wholly controlled by the Novamont group, is a manufacturer of ORIGO–BI, biopolyesters with a high level of…