The state's Omani Centre for Investment Promotion & Export Development (OCIPED) has proposed a plant to produce 100,000 t/y of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins and 85,000 t/y of hydrochloric acid, among its several...
HOUSTON -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) issued the following statement on Georgia Gulf Corporation's (NYSE: GGC) rejection of Westlake's proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf for $30.00 per share in cash and its...
Enabling wiring through room-temperature hardening without heating, optimal for all base materials such as PET film Tokyo, Jan 17, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd (a company of Tanaka Precious...
Enabling wiring through room-temperature hardening without heating, optimal for all base materials such as PET film Tokyo, Jan 17, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd (a company of Tanaka Precious...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6c09da/india_petrochemica) has announced the addition of the "India Petrochemicals Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. The Indian petrochemicals market is set to see full-year growth figures at...
ATLANTA -- Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC) announced today that its Board of Directors has rejected Westlake Chemical Corporation's unsolicited proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf for $30.00 per share. "The Georgia Gulf Board...
Movement on other four of Echem's projects, supposed to begin from the first quarter of 2011, was halted because of the revolution. This means completion of all the four plants will be delayed...
In December 2010, the Arab Petroleum Investments Corp (APICORP), a multilateral development bank of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), sold 12% stake in ACBC to the Aditya Birla Group of...
$1.1 Billion Proposal Provides Immediate and Significant Premium to Georgia Gulf Shareholders HOUSTON -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that it has submitted a proposal to Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC)...
To raise the pitch of a guitar string, you tighten the tuning peg, increasing the tension. The less slack in the string, the faster the pitch increases. Replace pitch with price, guitar with...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/70e6bc/kazakhstan_and_uzb) has announced the addition of the "Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Petrochemicals Report 2012" report to their offering. Kazakhstan's vast oil and gas resources reflect latent potential for rapid...
HEADNOTE Keywords East Asian IT industry, production network structure, supply chain, Japanese firms CHANGES IN GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS Japanese manufacturing, under pressure from trade friction and a strong yen, has shifted...
* SPENT HYDROCHLORIC ACID Q. We make HCL drops our of our line and need to pump the spent acid to a holding tank. What is the best type of pump for this?...
By Abache Abreu Detlef Kratz, Head of Industrial Petrochemicals Europe at BASF LONDON (ICIS)--Just as children finalise their Christmas wish lists, Santa seems to be preparing for the busiest day of his life,...
Tokyo, Dec 21, 2011 - (JCN) - Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, ADEKA Corp. and Kaneka Corp. have announced that they will be withdrawing their capital investment from both Kashima Chlorine & Alkali Co....
BOSTON -- Audax Group announced it has completed the sale of ColorMatrix Corporation ("ColorMatrix") to PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL). Headquartered in Berea, Ohio, ColorMatrix is the world's largest manufacturer of liquid color and additive...
TOKYO (ICIS)--Japan's production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fell by 11% to 107,748 tonnes in November from the previous month, Vinyl Environmental Council (VEC) announced at a press conference on Wednesday....
By Abache Abreu LONDON (ICIS)--Slow demand and price erosion are common during the destocking cycle, but will economic uncertainty extend the downtrend beyond the year-end and towards the feared double-dip recession? Despite gloomy...
Program enhances Macy's eco-friendly business philosophy SOLON, Ohio -- Earthworks System LLC, the global leader in 100% recycled PVC sheets for the plastic card industry and plastic card recycling programs, announced today that...
TOKYO (ICIS)--Japan's exports of three primary resins, namely low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS), fell in November year on year because of a strong currency and easing market conditions in...