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Hanbang Petrochemical has shut the 2.2 million mt/yr PTA unit today for 2-week turnaround.

• PTA

BP upgraded its PTA plant in Charlestown, South Carolina and expanded its capacity by 10% to 1.4 million mt/yr. The upgrade will also cut the facility's carbon emissions by about 109 kt/yr.

• BP
• PTA

Chinese built Hawassa Industrial Park to be Ethiopia’s blue print for Green Economic Zones as it is designed and constructed in an environment-friendly principles,

• China
• Industrial
• Park

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced today that the two polyethylene (PE) units of its $6 billion petrochemical investment on the U.S. Gulf Coast successfully

• Chevron
• Phillips
• Chemical

Deep and non-saturated blues emerged as top car hues in automotive paint supplier BASF Coatings' annual color trends report, a 65-color recommendation for automakers.

• BASF
• Paints

Berger International Private Limited (BIPL), the Singapore-based indirect subsidiary of Asian Paints, has sold its entire stake in Lewis Berger (Overseas Holdings) Limited (LBOH),

• Berger
• International
• Coating

PPG (NYSE:PPG) today marked the opening of a 45 million euros (US$49 million) paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia.

PPG (NYSE:PPG) today marked the opening of a 45 million euros (US$49 million) paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia.

• PPG
• Paint
• and
• Coating

Dyeing plants in Wujiang of Jiangsu received emergency notice in the night of Jun 15th 2017 that the output should be suspended for half and no document was seen.

• Textile
• Dye

Gaomi Silver Hawk's one VSF line caught small fire early last week, which was shut for maintenance and it already came back on stream at the weekend.

• VSF
• line
• Textile

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. won U.S. antitrust approval for their $73 billion merger, overcoming one of the last remaining hurdles to a deal that would create a global chemicals giant.

• Dow
• Dupont

Groupe Michelin has filed a public tender offer in France to acquire 1,042,324 shares in natural rubber producer Société Internationale de Plantations d’Hévéas (SIPH) not currently under its control.

• Michelin
• Rubber

New research projects being carried out at a leading national technology centre will help biopharmaceutical companies

• Pharmaceutical
• Investments

Textiles and jute minister Emaz Uddin Pramanik on Wednesday told parliament that export of jute goods to India have been affected after New Delhi imposed antidumping duties on the jute products from Bangladesh.

• Export
• India
• Antidumping

UK supermajor BP and India’s Reliance Industries Limited will invest US$6 billion in the development of three projects from already-discovered deepwater gas fields offshore India, BP said in a statement on Thursday.

• BP
• Reliance
• Gas

Medron L.L.C. will be expanding its thermoplastic extrusion capabilities.

• Medron

Wacker Chemie A.G. has opened its Silicones R&D Center in Ann Arbor that will be used to develop new products for its customers in the Americas.

• Wacker

he construction industry is faced with major challenges in the coming years. In a wide range of projects – new buildings, restorations, and interior finish – there will be big demand for progressive and sustainable products.

• BASF

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) issued the following statement recognizing the progress made by the Environmental Protection Agency.

• Dow

Dow Chemical Co secured import approval from China for its next-generation Enlist corn variety and announced it would be commercially available in the United States and Canada next year

• DowChemical
• Corn