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Posted April 3, 2015 by Everchem

Massive Fire at Appliance Park

Firefighters work to extinguish fire at GE plant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A fire that broke out early Friday at General Electric's Appliance Park here has consumed one building and shut down production in others,

Posted April 3, 2015 by Everchem

Frimo Names New Sales Director

FRIMO Announces Steve Willis as the new Director of Sales in North America

WIXOM, Mich., April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – FRIMO North America – a division of The FRIMO Group and one of the leading developers of system solutions for the manufacture of high quality plastic components – has announced the appointment of Steve Willis to the role of Director of Sales.

Posted April 2, 2015 by Everchem

Invista European Expansion

INVISTA expands production of TERRIN™ aliphatic polyols into Europe

VLISSINGEN, The Netherlands — INVISTA is bringing production of its TERRIN™ polyols to Europe via its facility in Vlissingen,

Posted April 2, 2015 by Everchem

Royal Adhesives Acquires CIL

2 April 2015

The stock of Chemical Innovations Limited (CIL) has been acquired by Kömmerling UK Limited a group company of Royal Adhesives &

Posted March 31, 2015 by Everchem

Lanxess Restructures Rhein Chemie

ANXESS at UTECH – Pooled Additive Competence for the PU Industry

The new Rhein Chemie Additives business unit of specialty chemicals company LANXESS is exhibiting its premium products for the polyurethane industry at UTECH 2015 from April 14 to 16.

Posted March 31, 2015 by Everchem

Middle East Polyol Update

Mideast Polyols seen stable as low Europe offers hit Asia cargoes
31 March 2015 09:19 Source:ICIS News

Focus story by Fahima Khail

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Spot polyether polyols prices in the Middle East,

Posted March 30, 2015 by Everchem

New GM for Bayer SPF Unit

Bayer MaterialScience Spray Polyurethane Foam E-Update
Spring 2015

Meet the New GM

Please help us welcome Bill Brengel as the new General Manager for Bayer’s SPF business unit.

Posted March 30, 2015 by Everchem

Benzene Expected to Rise

AFPM `15: US benzene prices expected to rise in Q2
29 March 2015 19:00 Source:ICIS News

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ICIS)–US benzene spot and contract prices are expected to increase in the second quarter on straightforward market fundamentals,

Posted March 27, 2015 by Everchem

April Propylene Nominations Down

Nomination for US April propylene CPs calls for 1-cent decrease: sources
 

Houston (Platts)–26Mar2015/537 pm EDT/2137 GMT

Posted March 27, 2015 by Everchem

Dow Merging Chlor-Alkali Business with Olin

Dow and Olin Corporation Create an Industry Leader in Chlor-Alkali and Derivatives with Revenues Approaching $7 Billion

Fri March 27, 2015 7:00 AM|Business Wire  | About: DOW