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(plastemart) -- Over the next eighteen months, SABIC will invest Euro 135 mln in safety, energy conservation and the environment at their production site in Geleen.
The goal of the investment is to ensure a safer, more competitive and more energy efficient cracker that is better for the environment. On April 11, an upgrade project was officially launched that will transform the Naphtha Olefins 4 cracker into one of the best crackers in Europe in terms of safety, durability and cost efficiency.
The Geleen investment fits in perfectly with SABIC's growth strategy of becoming the market leader in the chemical industry. As well as the upgrade project, the 135 million euro investment will be used to launch more than twenty additional improvement projects and a substantial maintenance shutdown scheduled for September 2013. Built in the 1970s, the cracker will be modernized according to the latest technologies so that it can continue to compete with the younger' plants.
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EuroChem makes significant deal to expand its business
(chemmonitor) -- The Russian company EuroChem is about to make a significant deal for the world fertilizer market. The manufacturer will become a new proprietor of the Germany-headquartered company K+S Nitrogen.
The Russia's firm is to pay EUR 140 (USD 182) million for the German company.
The transaction activities are to be finalized by July of the current year under terms of the agreement signed by the Russian manufacturer and Germany-based K+S Aktiengesellschaft, an actual proprietor of the German fertilizer firm.
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Braskem plans investment of USD100 mln in green PP plant
(plastemart) -- Braskem has confirmed plans for a USD100 mln expansion in Brazil in a move that will ramp up the company's efforts to curb its environmental footprint. Braskem, the world's first producer of green plastic produced from 100% sugar cane derivatives, plans to fund a new plant to produce 30,000 tpa of polypropylene, dubbed Green PP, from ethanol.
The new plant will be built adjacent to Braskem's existing 200 tpa green PE facility, at it's 60 km sq site in Rio Grande de Sul, and is expected to be completed in 2013.
Currently, green PE is available at a premium of about 20% compared to conventional PE, but reduces the carbon impact by 2.3 kilo tons of CO2 per ton, vs gas or naphtha based PE.
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Artenius profits dropped by more than two thirds
(polyestertime) -- Profits dropped by more than two thirds at Artenius PET Packaging UK (APPE) in 2011 as the
container maker was hit by decreased sales volumes and shrinking margins.
APPE supplies containers and preforms to the food and beverage sector and to the personal care and healthcare sector. Despite turnover increasing from GBR164.5m to GBR170.8m in the year to 31 December 2011, APPE reported pre-tax profit of GBR2.4m, down from GBR8.5m in 2010.
The company said the increased turnover reflected the high price of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin but underlying volumes declined. Overall sales volumes fell by 13 %.
"2011 was a challenging year, arising from the current difficult economic situation and in particular, the significant increase in raw materials prices," said Chris Brown, APPE's business unit director for UK & Ireland.
APPE is part of Catalan parent group La Seda de Barcelona
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Saudi Arabia Petrochemical and Turkey's Bayegan to launch new project
(chemmonitor) -- The Jubail-based Saudi Arabia polymers producer Advanced Petrochemicals Co and the Turkish, based in Istanbul, trading company Bayegan Group, inked a MoU. According to the agreement, the two companies will develop a new unit, which is assessed at about USD 1 billion.
The new PDH and PP facility will be able to generate around 500,000 tons of PP annually. The unit will be situated in Turkey.
Advanced Petrochemicals Co will possess a 70% interest in the new project, while the Turkey-based producer will own a 30% stake.
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