Journals By Industry - Propylene

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...

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...

Under an agreement signed on Feb. 11, 2008, Echem and the Italian industrial conglomerate Tecnimont have set up a JV in Egypt to offer project management (PMC) and engineering services. Shareholders in this...

$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)...

Submitting firm: CDM Smith Client/owner: Port of Portland Other consultants: Carleton Hart Architects, Cascade Design, Cosmopolitan Engineering, JE Dunn, Parametrix and Willamette Cultural Resources. Like many large airports, the Port of Portland uses...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/68cd26/light_olefins_amer) has announced the addition of the "Light Olefins Americas Market to 2020 - Cost Effective Ethylene from Shale Gas-Derived Ethane and On-Purpose Technology for Propylene to Promote...

The polyolefins sector is poised to benefit from improving demand and tighter supply Tighter supply and improving global demand are expected to help boost profit margins in the polyolefins sector in 2012. North...

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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...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7e1271/nigeria_petrochemi) has announced the addition of the "Nigeria Petrochemicals Report 2012" report to their offering. The Nigerian petrochemicals industry will be primarily focused on utilising gas resources for...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e714ce/vietnam_petrochemi) has announced the addition of the "Vietnam Petrochemicals Report 2012" report to their offering. Additional refinery capacity is set to move Vietnam towards self-sufficiency in refined products,...

New HPPO facility finalizes start-up with successful full capacity run as planned. MIDLAND, Mich. -- The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:Dow) announced today that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and Siam...

Tokyo, Jan 4, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) completed the transfer of its automotive air-conditioner heat exchanger business to Keihin Corp. (Keihin) on January 1, 2012 by transferring 60%...

Saudi Aramco is planning several aromatics projects in Saudi Arabia as part of its strategy to leverage its existing assets and diversify its chemicals production. Fayez Al Sharef, the state-owned group's chemicals director,...

A series of planned cracker shutdowns in the first half of the year, combined with potentially higher energy prices, are likely to lend support to US olefins prices in 2012, even though the...

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HEADNOTE This step-by-step plan reduces the chances of mixing incompatible products. IDENTIFYING LUBRICANTS IN THE FIELD, from determining the method for identification to the physical tasks of installing the identifiers on the components,...

With the start of the new year, commodity resin prices, except for PVC, appear to have bottomed out. Ditto for ABS. But further price declines are forecast in this first quarter for PVC,...

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...