ASAHI KASEI

Second performance plastics production facility opened in the US

MITSUBISHI / ASAHI KASEI

Ethylene joint venture to start on 1 April / Asahi Kasei creates European Materials Hub in Germany

ASAHI KASEI

Mexico subsidiary officially opened / Sales and technical support for plastic compounds / Still mulling own local production plant

ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS

European compounds sales centre moved from Belgium to Germany

ASAHI KASEI

Developing new transparent polymer for displays / Plans to produce in Japan

MITSUBISHI / ASAHI KASEI

Consolidation of two Japanese crackers by 2016 / Streamlining of S-SBR chain / Difficult market

POLYMER PRICES

China Engineering Thermoplastics January/February 2014: Feedstock and polymer prices soft or falling / Factories shuttered for holiday break / Slow start to the lunar new year / Consumption levels will continue to rise

POLYMER PRICES

China Engineering Thermoplastics August/September 2013: Most feedstocks rise / Demand sees modest growth / Import quotes increase / Domestic prices remain stable but with some concessions / National Day holiday looms in October

ASAHI KASEI

PA 6.6 compound production begins in Indonesia / Growing automotive industry / Targets market leadership for performance plastics business

DUPONT

China subsidiary to pull out of JV Asahi-DuPont POM / Focus on homopolymer production

ASAHI KASEI

PMMA process licensed to Thailand's PCC

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL

Kashima No.1 cracker to cease operations by 2014 / Ongoing focus on higher added value products

PTT ASAHI CHEMICAL

Commercial production of acrylonitrile kicks off in Map Ta Phut

SABIC

ACN joint venture agreed with Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi / Construction of 200,000 t/y plant in Saudi Arabia