1:31 min PET processing

DAK Americas completes acquisition of Wellman’s PET business.

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the PET Resins business of Wellman, Inc. (“Wellman”). The acquisition brings DAK Americas total PET resin production capacity to more than 4.3 billion pounds annually (1,945 KTons) in the Americas. The ...
3:46 min Additives

Clariant calls on Pallmann mills for masterbatch production

Clariant calls on Pallmann mills for masterbatch production.(Photo The Pallmann ...
1:50 min PET processing

Start up of PET MTR® plant at Alco-Naphtha JSC in Kaliningrad, Russia

In the spring of 2011 Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Alco-Naphtha JSC started up the first ...
2:57 min PET materials

OCTAL sets the pace for environmental excellence

Nicholas Barakat, OCTAL´s CEO, will invest some 600 million Euro over the next five years. (Photo: OCTAL)   OCTAL is an international sensation with pioneering the production methods that are unique worldwide. A massive reduction of energy inputs in all areas has been ...
4:22 min PET processing

M&G selects Corpus Christi, Texas as the site of its 1 million ton PET and 1.2 million ton PTA plants

M&G Group, the largest producer of PET for packaging applications in the Americas has selected Corpus Christi, Texas, as the location for construction of its previously announced one million tons per year PET plant (2.2 billion pounds) and accompanying 1.2 million tons per year (2.6 ...
3:26 min Additives

Innovative Colors – Special Effects: New Ceresana study on pigments

Pigments are needed in large quantities: Printing inks, paints & varnishes, ...
0:37 min Additives

REPI S.p.A. recently opened its own company in Moscow, Russia

This follows 12 years of work on the Russian market, the last 5 years of which through its own representative office.The decision to open an own Russian company came from a belief in the growing importance of the Russian market - and in the need to supply constant and competent ...
1:59 min Additives

PolyOne Distribution announces global expansion into Asia

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced that it will open a new polymer distribution warehouse and sales facility on July 1 in Shanghai, China.  This marks the first entry point for PolyOne Distribution into Asia.“PolyOne Distribution is the market leader in less than ...
0:16 min PET processing

Expansion of PET capacity in Europe to be at Poland

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1:10 min PET processing

New PET production plant for SKC Co., Ltd.

SKC Co., Ltd. and Uhde Inventa-Fischer have signed a contract for the supply of a plant for the production of high-quality PET for the manufacture of films in Jincheon, Republic of Korea. The plant will have two lines with production capacities of 144,000 and 54,000 tonnes of resin a ...