Page 56 - Plastics & Polymers

Showa Denko expands utilisation of used plastic to produce ammonia

The Japanese firm processes used plastic to obtain part of hydrogen necessary for the synthesis of ammonia

Solvay opens highly dispersible silica plant in Poland

The site will have capacity to produce 85,000 tonnes of highly dispersible silica, a reinforcing agent in the tyre rubber that reduces a vehicle's fuel consumption by as much as 7%

Masterbatches maker Plastiblends to set up production plant in Surat

The company has already started construction of manufacturing facility which will be commissioned in phased manner

Kabra Extrusiontechnik forms JV with Italy's Penta SRL

The JV company, Penta Systems India, will set up a plant for manufacturing and trading of auto feeding systems for the plastics and food processing industries

Air Liquide opens hydrogen facility in Saudi Arabia

Built with investment of more than Euro 350 million, the facility will supply hydrogen to the new Yasref refinery (a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and China's Sinopec)

Arkema to double specialty molecular sieves capacity in France

The expansion, to be carried out with Euro 60 mn investment, will cater to its customers, in particular in the refining and petrochemicals sector of Asia and the Middle East

Reliance to shut down distillation unit at Jamnagar refinery for maintenance

The other three crude distillation units including major secondary processing units will remain unaffected and operate at normal throughput

Implementation of GST will be a big positive signal to investors: Dr Joerg Strassburger

In this interview, Dr Joerg Strassburger, CEO of Go East Advisors, highlights on steps to be taken by the government to encourage investment in the chemical industry

BASF commissions pilot plant for PU-aerogel insulating panels in Germany

The company will manufacture the first sample quantities of the new high-performance insulating material at the Lemforde location

PolyOne opens innovation centre in China

The new facility enables collaborative innovation, accelerates application development and increases speed-to-market for customers in the Asia Pacific region

Huntsman acquires Italian PU elastomer maker Tecnoelastomeri

Tecnoelastomeri is a manufacturer of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) based hot-cast elastomer systems and processing machine

Flokser, BioAmber & DuPont Tate collaborate to develop synthetic leather

Synthetic leather fabric has 70% bio-content, which is made using BioAmber's polyol Bio-SA and DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products' Susterra (bio-based 1,3-propanediol)

Astral Poly Technik close down Baddi production plant

The company reported 40.32 percent drop in its net profit to Rs 16.58 crore for the March 2015 quarter, as against Rs 27.78 crore during the previous quarter

VHCL Industries receives Rs 22.7 cr order for plastic granules

Star Implex Llc has awarded the contract for supplying 3500 MT of recycled plastic granules

Arkema plans to divest Sunclear subsidiary to BF Invest

Sunclear markets a wide range of products including polycarbonate sheets, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sheets, and PVC panels

BASF inaugurates Euro 500-mn acrylic acid complex in Brazil

It is the first world-scale production complex for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers in South America

Mangalore Refinery begins commercial production of polypropylene

The plant, having capacity to produce 440,000 TPA of polypropylene, will meet the growing demand for the PP polymer in South India

Polypropylene catalyst market to reach $1.33 bn by 2020

The growth in the PP catalyst industry is anticipated to come from advanced metallocene and single site catalysts, says a MarketsandMarkets report

Jamshedpur uses plastic waste to build roads

Under this initiative, started by Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (a Tata Enterprise), so far 48-50 km of roads in the city have been constructed using plastic waste

Govt plans to set up plastics park in Manipur

The Chemicals & Fertilizers Ministry is planning to expand CIPET, Imphal to generate employment opportunities in the plastic processing industries