- Dow and Crystalsev's sweet
deal.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Dow Chemical Company and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol players, have announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane. Under the terms of a memorandum of understanding, Dow and Crystalsev will create a joint venture in Brazil to design and build ......
- NOVA Chemicals goes south.
NOVA Chemicals is a focused, commodity chemical company that produces ethylene, polyethylene, styrene monomer, and styrenic polymers, which are used in a wide range of consumer and industrial goods. NOVA Chemicals manufactures its products at 18 operating facilities located in Canada, the U.S., France, the Netherlands, and the U.K. It ......
- New HDPE demonstrates benefits with Michigan project:
new resin meets project challenges; saves $1 million.
A high density, polyethylene (HDPE) pipeline project in northern Michigan is serving as the latest example of technology evolution for polyethylene (PE) pipe used in underground pipe applications--and offers a telling case study for a new PE100 resin from The Dow Chemical Company. When the MTD Pipeline goes on line ......
- Dow divides.
Dow Chemical Company has announced a new organization with three global business portfolios and the appointment of senior vice-presidents who will lead them. Plastics will be headed by Romeo Kreinberg and include polyethylene, polypropylene, PET, polystyrene, engineering thermoplastics, fabricated products, automotive, wire and cable, and rubber and elastomers. Chemicals and ......
- Basell completes Lyondellacquisition.
The recently completed merger of Basell Polyolefins in The Netherlands and Houston-based Lyondell Chemical Co. has resulted in the formation of LyondellBasell Industries, the world's third largest independent chemical company. With corporate headquarters in Rotterdam, LyondellBasell is organized into four global business units. North American headquarters for the polymer business--which ......
- CPChem Performance Pipe: a division of Chevron
Phillips Chemical Company LP. (Capabilities Guide: Special Advertising
Section).
PERFORMANCE PIPE is the successor to Plexco and Driscopipe. On July 1, 2000, Chevron Corporation and Phillips Petroleum Company announced the combination of their worldwide chemicals businesses into a joint venture, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP. Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, succeeds Plexco and Driscopipe ......
- Volume thermoplastics to challenge higher-cost
'engineering' resins.
Volume Thermoplastics To Challenge Higher-Cost 'Engineering' Resins Much like engineering resins, developments in high-volume or "commodity" thermoplastics in the 1990s will hinge on new copolymer and alloy technologies. The results will be especially apparent in polyolefins. With new ways of making higher-performance, "engineering-level" grades, commodity thermoplastic producers say their materials ......