Company Dynamic

Unilever and Indonesian government-owned palm oil plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in Indonesia.

• Unilever

ExxonMobil Chemical has started commissioning a new ethane cracker at its complex in Baytown, Texas, US as part of a multi-billion expansion that will dramatically boost its plastics production.

• ExxonMobil

BASF is expanding its alkyl polyglucosides (APG) production capacity at its sites in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA), and Jinshan, China.

• BASF

ICI Pakistan has expanded the capacity of its soda ash production plant by 75,000 tons per annum.

• Pakistan
• ICI
• Soda Ash

Japanese chemicals firm, Showa Denko (SDK), has announced a two-phase expansion of capacity for silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers for power devices, which are marketed under the trade name of ‘High-Grade Epi’ (HGE).

• SDK

Transformation within expectations The transformation of AkzoNobel into a focused Paints and Coatings company, including the separation ...

• AkzoNobel
• Revenue
• Coatings

OPSC restarted the 750kta PTA unit on Feb 9 and ran at full capacity.The unit had been shut since Feb 6.

• OPSC
• PTA

Yisheng Dalian cut production of its 3.75 million mt/yr PTA unit yesterday due to catalyst issue.

• Yisheng
• PTA

The anti-dumping investigation period is from Jul 1, 2016-Jun 30, 2017 and damaging investigation from Jul 1, 2014-Jun 30, 2017.

• Mexico
• Antidumping
• China
• Fiber

The rest capacity of chips and chip-spun PIY kept running normally.This maintenance just cost about 40% of Unifull's output.

• Unifull
• PIY

SAFE will encourage innovation in foreign trade and expand pilots of foreign exchange management in free trade zones.

• China
• Overseas
• Invest

Nanjing Chemical Fiber announced that after Faboer thermal power plant shut down its coal-fired power unit, electricity price will hike ...

• Fiber
• Nanjing Chemical
• Faboer

The aforesaid PET plant in Apple Grove was previous owned by M&G, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, and the closing shall be co...

• PET
• Far Eastern

Materials giant DowDuPont Inc. saw its combined sales increase in 2017, even as the firm's profit slipped.

• DowDuPont

PPG has announced the opening of a wood coatings research and development lab at its Springdale, Pennsylvania, location.

• PPG
• Wood Coatings

The partnership will explore solutions aligned with the principles of a circular economy, in contrast to today’s linear take-make-dispose economic model.

• Solvay

Evonik will soon begin construction of an additional line for compounding its Acrylite trademarked PMMA (Polymethyl Methacrylate) at its site in Osceola, Arkansas (USA).

• Evonik
• PMMA

Germany’s Evonik has inked a cooperation agreement for the production of ThreAMINO (L-threonine) with China’s Fufeng Group.

• Evonik
• Fufeng

AkzoNobel’s speciality chemicals business is investing more than €12-mn to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Los Reyes, Mexico.

• AkzoNobel
• Organic

This will deepen the cooperation on energy transportation between COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation and Sinochem Oil.

• COSCO
• Sinochem