Celanese AG, Frankfurt, Germany, said its Ticona business unit recently completed construction of a new 30,000 metric-ton per-year production plant for the company's GUR ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene.
Millennium Chemicals, Red Bank, NJ, announced that it would not exercise its right to purchase Occidental Chemical Co.'s interest in the joint-venture business Equistar on a ratable basis.
A survey conducted by RadTech International North America finds that suppliers and users of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies are forecasting market growth of 6-9% per year over the next three years.
ElizaNor Polymer Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ, said it has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a new polymer technology .
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), Decatur, IL, announced plans to assume direct marketing of industrial ethanol products for delivery beginning Jan. 1, 2003.
A California appeals court handed the coatings industry a stunning legal success in striking down stringent VOC limits on architectural and industrial maintenance coatings enacted in 1999 by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
Akzo Nobel announced an agreement to acquire Plascon UK's United Kingdom and Ireland specialty paint businesses, which manufacture high-performance coatings for a range of decorative and protective markets.