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Petrochemical | 26 June 2016

Chemical Minister calls for doubling the output of industry in next 5 years

The Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar said that there are 22 refineries in the country, and there is a move to set up chemical hubs around them.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 June 2016

BASF breaks ground on new automotive coatings plant in Shanghai

The new plant is an expansion of the automotive coatings plant, which began production in 2014 at the same site.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 19 May 2016

Empire Petroleum acquires distribution contracts from Keeman

Empire Petroleum Partners announced today that it successfully acquired the wholesale distribution rights of Keeman Petroleum Company

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 19 May 2016

RPM acquires full interest in Chinese JV

RPM International announced that its Carboline Company subsidiary acquired the remaining 51% interest in its Chinese joint venture

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 18 May 2016

PETRONAS endures tough start to 2016

PETRONAS has recorded a group pre-tax profit of RM6.8 billion for the quarter that ended 31 March 2016, 60 per cent lower than the RM17.0 billion posted in the corresponding quarter of 2015.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 17 May 2016

AkzoNobel expands Indonesian coatings plant to meet growing demand

AkzoNobel has completed phase one of the €2.5 million expansion of its performance coatings plant in Cikarang, Indonesia.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 May 2016

Jacobs wins contract with Mitsubishi

Jacobs Engineering Group announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering services for the expansion of Mitsubishi’s polyester film plant in Greenville County, South Carolina.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 06 May 2016

Evonik buys Air Products’s performance materials division for $3.8 bn

Air Products has signed a definitive agreement to sell the Performance Materials Division (PMD) of its Materials Technologies segment to Evonik Industries for $3.8 billion in cash.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 29 April 2016

AkzoNobel opens new decorative paints site in Western China

The new 55,000-square meter decorative paints site observes the company's highest sustainability and safety standards.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 29 April 2016

A. Schulman announces new color masterbatch facility in China

This new facility will produce A. Schulman's premium color additives for packaging, automotive, agricultural, sports, leisure & home customers in China and other growing markets throughout the Asia Pacific.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 26 April 2016

DuPont quarterly sales fall 5.5%

The company now expects full-year 2016 operating earnings to be in the range of $3.05 to $3.20 per share, up from prior guidance of $2.95 to $3.10 per share, an increase of 10 to 16 percent over the prior year.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 25 April 2016

Asahi Kasei sets up subsidiary in Vietnam

Asahi Kasei has used CAE to successfully achieve several substitutions of metal with performance plastic in automotive parts such as cylinder head covers and brake brackets, and continues to work to further reinforce its product proposal ability.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 April 2016

Solvay announces Laboratory in Shanghai

Solvay’s new part testing laboratory in Shanghai will initially be equipped with installations dedicated to metal replacement applications.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 12 April 2016

Air Liquide strengthens its partnership with MPCC in China

Expected to start operations in the second quarter of 2017, the new ASU will supply industrial gases including oxygen and nitrogen to the customer's new ethylene oxide plant as well as to its existing one.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 12 April 2016

Proserv seals significant contract with Statoil

The agreement comes just months after Proserv was awarded a contract to provide topside control equipment at one of the largest field discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 April 2016

Pembina and PIC evaluate integrated polypropylene facility in Alberta

The project could consume approximately 35,000 barrels per day (bpd) of propane and produce up to 800,000 metric tonnes per year of polypropylene.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 08 April 2016

LyondellBasell completes second PP compounds acquisition in India

LyondellBasell will produce its Hostacom glass fiber-reinforced, mineral filled and unfilled colored grades as well as Hifax high impact thermoplastic olefins.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 28 March 2016

Rosneft and Siemens develop cooperation

The agreement also provides for cooperation between the companies in upgrading Rosneft's tank farms and commodity parks.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 March 2016

CNOOC and Shell to expand ethylene capacity in China

The project includes the ongoing construction of a new ethylene cracker and ethylene derivatives units, which will increase ethylene capacity by more than 1 million tonnes of per year

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 March 2016

PCS to invest $110m in naphtha import facilities

The project "will help ensure PCS continues to be a reliable supplier to all our customers with smooth and stable operations", Yonemura said.

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