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A new generation of blowing agents for polyurethane and polyisocyanurate insulating foams is being developed by Arkema to replace hydrofluorocarbons. The new materials are described as fourth generation blowing agents, and are hydrofluorolefins – HFOs. Arkema will be unveiling its new blowing agents in a conference paper at the Utech polyurethanes conference and exhibition in […]
The integrated refining and ethylene project at Fujian, being built at an investment outlay of 30 billion yuan, is likely to come onstream in May. Capacities include a 800,000 tpa ethylene unit, a 650,000 tpa polyethylene unit, a 400,000 ton polypropylene unit and a 1 mln tpa aromatic unit. Annual refining capacity of Fujian Refinery […]
While many PET producers in Europe and North America are cutting back production in the face of structural overcapacity and taking plants out of service permanently or temporarily, the world’s second-largest PET producer Indorama Polymers (Bangkok / Thailand; www.indoramapolymers.com) is about to open a new plant in the USA. Its subsidiary AlphaPet (Decatur, Alabama / […]
SHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Praxair China started up its new air separation plant for Jinlong Copper Co. Ltd. on February 27, 2009 in Tongling, Anhui Province. This is the third plant owned and operated by Praxair for Jinlong Copper and the fourth plant built overall by Praxair for Jinlong’s flash furnace-smelting process. Praxair and Jinlong, the largest copper […]
HUDDERSFIELD, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yorkshire Chemical Focus (YCF) has been awarded a contract to deliver the Water Industry Forum until March 2011 by the region’s development agency, Yorkshire Forward. The Forum, which has been running for nearly two years, will continue to support the water and waste water treatment sector in Yorkshire and Humber through a vibrant […]
A new plant using a new technology is being opened today by BASF to make its Neopor polystyrene insulating bead. Neopor is an EPS bead that incorporates graphite particles to enable moulded insulation panels to reflect heat. Until now it has been made in a suspension process, but the new plant uses an extrusion process […]
Italian extrusion line maker Torninova will show at Plast’09 the new plant Coex Bubble 10 for the production of multilayer air bubble film. Recently, Torninova has introduced into the market a new line to complete its range of extrusion plant for air bubble film. Coex Bubble 10 allow the production of multilayer coex bubble wrap […]
At Plast’09 World first for reaction processing: a new in mould painting process supplied from KraussMaffei to produce tractor engine covers. On the stand at the Plast ’09, KraussMaffei will show a sample of a tractor engine cover produced with this innovative technique. The covers, made of fibre-reinforced PUR in a LFI process, are given […]