- CHINA: What's hot, what's not
If you are looking for inexpensive sources of chemicals, China may or may not be the place to look. It all depends on the chemicals you need. Unlike the country's burgeoning manufacturing industry, which is driven by exports, the chemicals industry in China, for the most part, was created with ......
- PLANTS AND PROJECTS
Basf's Altamira PlantNow Producing Styrene Copolymers BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has brought a 45,000 metric ton/yr Styrolux styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBCs) plant online at its Altamira facility (Tamaulipas, Mexico) to serve North and South American customers. These injection molding and extrusion thermoplastic resins are customized for specific applications, such as ......
- More corn for plastics.
Cargill Inc. and Dow Chemical Co. are planning a full-scale conversion of corn to polylactic acid (PLA) which can replace petroleum in the manufacturing process for a wide range of textile and plastic products. The joint venture, Cargill Dow Polymers, plans to invest $300 million to build a new PLA-producing ......
- Dow & Bayer reorganize units.
Two major plastics and chemicals firms have restructured their global business groups. Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., created three new units, each headed by a senior v.p. * Plastics, headed by Romeo Kreinberg, encompasses PE, PP, PET, PS, and engineering thermoplastics, as well as fabricated products, automotive, wire and cable, ......
- Leading the new industrial revolution. (View from the
Top).
What is Cargill Dow LLC? Cargill Dow LLC is a young and aggressive stand-alone company--a product of a joint venture between Cargill Incorporated, the largest privately held food and feed company in the world, and The Dow Chemical Company, a leading science and technology company. Founded in 1997, Cargill Dow ......
- Chemicals: in 2001, the chemicals industry made huge
reductions in its spending. (Industry Watch).
Chemicals: In 2001, the chemicals industry made huge reductions in its spending. Spending on equipment and plants received the biggest cuts, while cuts to R&D were less drastic. The 25 chemical companies surveyed by Chemical & Engineering News averaged a 13.1% drop in capital spending to $7.07 billion in 2001....
- Deloitte & Touche report on Canada's chemical
sector.
A recent report from Deloite Touche Tohmatsu International, states that the Canadian chemical industry is experiencing a revival, encouraged by the relatively stable Canadian dollar, a growing economy and increasing export opportunities. Indeed, the chemical industry in the wider North American region is coming out of a six year slowdown....