Industry: Methanol & ammonia

AMERICAS Dow adding polyolefin elastomer capacity The Dow Chemical Company has announced an increased polyolefin elastomers manufacturing capacity at its production facilities in Freeport, Texas, and Tarragona, Spain. The capacity expansions, in conjunction with SCG-Dow Group’s new world-scale specialty elastomers plant in Thailand, which is currently under construction, will result in a net increase of […]

AMERICAS Dow to test plastic waste as a fuel source Dow Chemical Co. will run a one-day pilot test to analyze if plastic waste can be used as fuel in its operations. The trial will take place by the end of July at Dow’s headquarters site. Plastics of all shapes, sizes, and resin types will […]

AMERICAS Berry Plastics closing Lakeville, Minnesota plant Berry Plastics Corporation will be closing a film plant in Lakeville, MN, on Aug. 13. Berry will lay off 67 current employees and 28 furloughed workers. Berry announced that the closure resulted from its acquisition of an unnamed company with similar manufacturing capacity. Comments: Berry Plastics was established […]

AMERICAS CMR completes the 16th annual FlexPO international conference in China Chemical Market Resources Inc. (CMR) successfully concluded its 16th annual international conference event earlier this month. The event, FlexPO 2010, was held at the Novotel hotel in Beijing, Jun 9-11, 2010. This year’s event was co-hosted with China National Chemical Information Center (CNCIC), China’s […]

AMERICAS BP oil leak in Gulf of Mexico – Updates After a series of unsuccessful efforts, BP has made some headway in containing the oil spilling out of a well at a depth of 5,000 feet in the Gulf of Mexico. Following the failed “top kill” operation, BP deployed the lower-marine-riser-package (LMRP) cap containment system, […]

AMERICAS LyondellBasell Updates Access Industries terms US$12 billion offer by RIL too low for LyondellBasell Access Industries claimed that the US$12 billion which RIL has valued LyondellBasell was too low, and lacked merit. Access Industries claimed that since creditors like Apollo would make losses if the deal were to go through at RIL’s initial offer, […]

My Turn – Dr. Balaji B. Singh – Have a Merry Christmas Comments: Hope everyone will have a happy and peaceful Christmas. Reductions In Force have of late become a necessary evil. No organization ever plans for it …. Just like no employee ever comes to work for an organization with a pre-determined idea of […]

Dow to acquire Rohm and Haas for $18.8 Billion Dow and Rohm and Haas announced a definitive agreement, under which Dow will acquire all outstanding shares of Rohm and Haas common stock for $78 per share in cash. The acquisition of Rohm and Haas will make Dow the world’s leading specialty chemicals and advanced materials […]

Chemical Market Resources completes its conference on Specialty Polyolefins June 25 – 27 marked the 14th annual FlexPO 2008 conference hosted by Chemical Market Resources, Inc. FlexPO 2008 was held in Galveston at the San Luis Resort. The conference covered the global trends that are pushing all major polyolefin players to move towards specialty manufacturing […]

Keltic Petrochemicals receives approval to construct a petrochemical complex in Nova Scotia Keltic Petrochemicals Inc. announced its plans to develop, construct, and operate a world-scale petrochemical plant in Goldboro, Nova Scotia. When completed, the facility will consist of ethylene, polyethylene, propylene, and polypropylene plants as well as a supporting cogeneration plant and a receiving terminal […]

My Turn – Dr. Balaji B. Singh – Have a Merry Christmas Comments: The coming year, 2008 will be different than any in the past. Everyone including the organizations, people, and government – are bracing themselves for “CHANGE”. The fear of the Unknown will dominate all our discussions in 2008. Excitement and growth are omnipresent […]

My Turn – Dr. Balaji B. Singh THREE TOP REASONS FOR YOU TO ATTEND FLEXPO – OCT 17-19 in Bangkok Number 3 – First opportunity to meet major suppliers, Government, and downstream processors in Thailand- the Gateway to China; Number 2 – Come and Meet your future customers – the downstream converting industry in Thailand, […]