polyethylene

… said it will shut down an older crude processing unit and a polyethylene production unit as part of a restructuring effort at its Grangemouth ..... projects including expansion of the site's ethylene and polyethylene capacity, new polypropylene and ethanol production units …

… subsidiary of Germany's ThyssenKrupp Engineering, to build a 200-million-deutschemark, 300,000-tonnes/year polyethylene plant that Krupp says will be the largest of its kind in the world. The plant will be built in the Marun Petrochemical Complex …

… technology to China Petrochemical International Co. Ltd. (Sinopec) for a planned 350,000 tonne/year, high-density polyethylene plant to be built in China. The plant will be constructed at Sinopec's Maoming Petrochemical complex in China's Guangdong …

… PLC (NPC) awarded a $67.89 million contract to the South Korean conglomerate Samsung Engineering Co. to build a new polyethylene plant. The contract forms a key part of the $130 million investment NPC is putting into building the 250,000 tonne …

… based Iranian engineering firm Nargan a contract for the design and construction of a 300,000 tonne/year low-density polyethylene unit for the nineth Olefins Complex at Asaluyeh. The contract is worth 100 million euros net to Technip-Coflexip, the …

… and Germany's BASF AG. The acquisition, effective Oct. 1, gives ExxonMobil Chemical full ownership of the plant, which manufactures linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) resins. Details of the deal were not provided.

… ascertain whether the project can produce a globally competitive complex, initially comprising two world-class ethylene and polyethylene plants. Two locations are being considered: Altamira in Tamaulipas state and Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz state. The partners …