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Sumitomo Chemical and Mitsui Chemicals dissolve joint polyolefins business Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. and Mitsui Chemicals Inc have agreed to dissolve the business arrangementfor their polyolefins joint venture company, Sumitomo Mitsui Polyolefin Co., Ltd. (SMPO), effective October 1, 2003. Accordingly, SMPO will transfer its marketing and research functions back to both companies, and employees will […]
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Dow to idle 900 million pounds of polyethylene capacity Dow Chemical announced that it had begun the process of idling about 900 million pounds of North American PE capacity due to low polyethylene demand, higher feedstock costs and eroding polyethylene margins. Dow began the idling process Aug. 14, and the company said that most of […]
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Exxon to sell Tonen stake in retreat from Japan Exxon Mobil plans to sell most of its 50 percent stake in Japanese refiner TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK and unload other assets in Japan in a roughly $5 billion deal, sources with knowledge of the matter said. The deal will mark a retreat from the world’s third-largest […]