2:00 min
Management
MEGlobal to build new MEG production facility at Dow’s Oyster Creek operations
New production will benefit from long-term ethylene supply agreement with Dow
MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company, plans to construct a new world-scale monoethylene glycol (MEG) manufacturing facility at Dow’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas. The ...
1:14 min
Management
Spanish multi-million Euro investment in PET reinforces leading position of Linpac in Europe
LINPAC is addressing the growing demand for PET and rPET by investing in excess of €8m in new extrusion and thermoforming capacity in Pravia, Spain to deliver a greater range of lighter, more cost-effective and sustainable products.
1:14 min
Management
Joint Venture
Indorama Ventures and Dhunseri form joint venture in India
Thailand’s Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) and India’s Dhunseri Petrochem Ltd. (Dhunseri) have agreed to enter into an equal joint venture to manufacture and sell PET resins for Indian domestic markets and for exports. Dhunseri will purchase a 50% stake in the 216,000 ...
1:10 min
Management
Athena Automation and Sipa: The two companies end collaboration on PET preform injection molding systems.
The common agreement between Athena Automation Ltd. (Vaughan, Ontario) and SIPA S.p.A. (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), involving injection molding systems for PET preforms, has come to an end. The two companies began a formal collaboration in late 2012 on equipment based around small and ...