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).