Celanese Corp. has announced it is expanding its vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) manufacturing facility at its Nanjing, China, integrated chemical complex.
BASF has announced first figures for the third quarter of 2009. Sales were EUR 12.8 billion and thus 19 percent less than in the same period of 2008 and 2.4 percent more than in the second quarter of 2009.
The Lubrizol Corp. announced that it expects to report earnings performance for the third quarter of 2009 of approximately $2.46 per diluted share, including a restructuring and impairment charge of approximately $.06 per diluted share.
PPG Industries has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first resin production facility in mainland China at the Zhangjiagang Yangtze International Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, Zhangjiagang, China.
ASTM International is a primary standards contributor to a recent rule approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on greenhouse gas reporting by large sources and suppliers in the United States.
According to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, global coatings consumption is forecast to be off sharply in 2009 owing to the effects of the financial crisis and resulting worldwide recession.
A group of researchers at the Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of Cladophora algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries.
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