http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/ ru Sat, 25 May 2013 22:57:55 -0500 skylight.1011@gmail.com Thu, 23 May 2013 05:49:45 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22113/ Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies Simrit has developed a new friction optimized seal that fits in existing standard sealing grooves. Designed to provide more consistent performance, the combined elastomer / polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) system offers low break away force, improved durability and... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:47:04 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22112/ For magazine subscribers only Thu, 23 May 2013 05:45:59 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22111/ LyondellBasell announced that it will shut down a high density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in Wesseling, Germany in the third quarter of 2013. The 100 KT per year unit is among the smallest and least efficient of the LyondellBasell HDPE units in Europe. The company has sufficient HDPE capacity to meet... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:43:32 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22110/ Rollepaal BV, a Dedemsvaart, Netherlands-based manufacturer of extrusion equipment for PVC and polyolefin pipe, is increasing capacity at its plant in Ahmedabad, India. “We will triple our India plant capacity by the middle of 2014,” said Rob Spekreijse, managing director and CEO.... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:42:17 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22109/ For magazine subscribers only Thu, 23 May 2013 05:37:35 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22108/ Global demand for plastic pipe is forecast to rise 6.2% annually through 2017 to 23 million metric tons, according a new Freedonia report. Construction-related pipe applications will drive growth. Plastic pipe will continue to supplant competing materials such as steel, copper and ductile iron in many... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:35:15 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22107/ Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that all closing conditions, including regulatory review, have been met and it has closed the previously announced acquisition of CertainTeed Corporation's Pipe and Foundation Group (PFG) business effective today. The PFG acquisition includes the PVC pipe,... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:31:10 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22105/ Irving Oil announced the delivery of the first natural gas shipment by truck to McCain Foods in Easton, Maine. McCain is one of Irving Oil’s newest natural gas industrial customers to receive compressed natural gas (CNG) by truck.  Frank Finn, President of McCain Foods USA, said the... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:29:39 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22104/ Engel North America reported more than $200m (£128m) in sales when the privately held company closed the books on fiscal year 2012 at the end of March. Sales were at a record high, according to the Pennsylvania -based injection moulding machine maker, a division of Austria's Engel... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:46:47 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22092/ ADA-ES, Inc. announced that it has recently received awards and letters of intent to award for approximately $30 million in Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) and Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) systems from multiple utilities. Work has begun on some of the projects and deliveries of the systems are scheduled... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:44:42 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22091/ The specialty chemicals producer Connect Wilson, domiciled in Penglai, China, invests in the construction of a new production site for its “Wincon” products. The project was started in autumn 2012 and is designed to meet the long-term requirements of the constantly growing market... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:41:00 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22090/ Australia-based Kairiki Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Beijing Junlun Runzhong Science & Technology and Hefei Xinxin Petrochemical to acquire two onshore oilfields in northern China. The acquired assets include Daerqi and WengTe oilfields in Inner Mongolia. Both the... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:39:56 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22089/ For magazine subscribers only Wed, 22 May 2013 04:38:00 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22088/ Ultra Polymer has launched two polypropylene grades for rotational moulding – a high impact variant for automotive and technical products (UP301PP) and a stiffer polypropylene for large infrastructure products (UP321PP). Both grades are supplied as powder, with a particle size less than 600... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:34:57 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22087/ Ireland-based San Leon Energy has signed an agreement with United Oilfield Services (UOS) to provide hydraulic well fracturing services for its Baltic Basin wells in Poland. As part of the deal, UOS will carry out drilling, completion and stimulation services on the Baltic Basin wells. San Leon is planning... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:32 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22086/ For magazine subscribers only Wed, 22 May 2013 04:32:10 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22085/ Linde Gases, a division of the Linde Group, announced the launch of its Crop Science business. The re-energised product and service offering – previously referred to as its "fumigants" business – is recognition of Linde's renewed commitment to combating the increasing... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:29:38 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22084/ BASF has signed a contract to sell its subsidiary Industrial Water Management France SAS based in Lyon, France to Degrémont, the world water treatment specialist for local authorities and industrial customers. Degrémont, a subsidiary of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT Group, will continue operations... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:21 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22075/ China's crude oil imports rose 3.7 percent in April from a year earlier to 23.08 million tons, or 5.64 million barrels a day (bpd), according to latest data released by the Chinese government. Imports also edged up 0.1 percent from March's 23.05 million tons (5.45 million bpd), the General... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:40 -0500 http://www.chemmarket.info/en/news/view/22074/ UK-based BP has commissioned a new advanced diesel hydrotreater and hydrogen plant at its Cherry Point Refinery in Blaine, Washington, US. The new diesel hydrotreater unit will have production capacity of 25,000 barrels per day, while the hydrogen unit will generate 44 million standard cubic feet of...