Article: Mercury usage in acetylene-based PVC production to decrease.(Health, Safety & Environment)

Article: Eugene-based PVC pipe maker posts record ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  February 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard Eugene-based PW Eagle reported record profits for the fourth quarter of 2005, and for the year as a whole, after losing money in 2004. Profits for the company, which produces PVC pipe products, were $39.1 million, or $3.56 per share, for the quarter that

Article: Industrial scale solvent-based PVC recovery plant ...
British Plastics & Rubber;  July 1, 2000 ;     666 words ...THE first industrial scale plant for the mechanical recycling of PVC using a selective dissolving process is to be built at Ferrara in Italy, with a start-up date of mid-2001. The plant will use the Vinyloop technology developed two years ago. This uses the total solubility of PVC in some

Article: Solvay Indupa Plans Bio-based PVC Project.
Chemweek's Business Daily;  December 14, 2007 ;     552 words ...Solvay Indupa (Buenos Aires), a Solvay subsidiary, says that its board has approved a $135-million investment for an integrated plant to produce ethylene, a key ingredient for the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), from bioethanol at Santo Andre, Brazil. The company expects the facility to be

Article: Sanmars big bang ; The Chennai-based ...
Business Today;  May 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Narayanan Sankar's office on the eighth floor of Sanmar Building, not too far from the Marina beach in Chennai, has a fair collection of paintings on display. The famous painting of movie star Madhuri Dixit by Maqbool Fida Husain, one of his prized possessions, finds a prominent place in his room.

Article: Solvay to extend sugar cane-based PVC ...
High Performance Plastics;  February 1, 2008 ;     613 words ...Solvay SA, Belgium, has announced that its affiliate Solvay Indupa will invest $135 million in an integrated line to produce ethylene with ethanol originating from sugar cane at its plant in Santo Andre, Brazil. Santo Andre would be the first industrial project in the Americas implementing

Article: Coalition Fingers Formosa Plastics, Inc. in Foreign Campaign ...
PR Newswire;  September 8, 1999 ;     681 words ...WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A coalition of environmental organizations today charged a Taiwanese chemical company, Formosa Plastics, with involvement in the White House foreign campaign finance scandal. The coalition called for a full investigation of the company's role, and any

Article: State of China chlor-alkali & PVC industry.(Polymer)
China Chemical Reporter;  November 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... expansion of carbide-based PVC plants to meet ... manufacturing sectors in China has also enlarged ... expects ethylene-based PVC producers in China to regain their ... expansion of carbide-based PVC industry which ... certain regions of China. The rapid economic ...