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Released on 13/12/12
Wacker Chemie is strategically expanding its presence in the Middle and South American growth region. The Munich-based chemical company is investing EUR1.2 million and is extending its existing technical center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and creating a new technical center in Mexico City, Mexico. At the same time, the Group’s international training center - the Wacker Academy- will also be expanded at the former site, and a new one opened at the latter. Both projects are scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2013.
In Brazil, the Group is enlarging its technical center in Jandira near Sao Paulo. This center has been supporting customers in the devel-opment of new products and applications since 2003, taking local raw materials and environmental conditions into consideration. The expansion focuses mainly on the labs for dispersible polymer powders, which are used in dry-mix mortars for concrete applications, tile adhesives and sealing slurries, for example. The test area for polymer binders available at the technical center will more than triple in size and the new labs will get state-of-the-art testing equipment in line with international standards. In addition, the Wacker Academy training center will be equipped with a new, larger training lab, which will allow participants to carry out extensive practical tests.
In Mexico, too, polymer binders are the focal point of the new technical center that Wacker is currently building in the southwest of Mexico’s capital. The reason for this is the strong growth of the regional economy, especially of the construction and paint industries. Covering an area of over 800 m2, the facility will house the new offices of the local sales subsidiary Wacker Mexicana and the R&D labs for dispersible polymer powders and vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions. These binders find application in paints, coatings and adhesives. Due to the rising number of training inquiries from the region, a training center for the Spanishspeaking market will be created with the Wacker Academy Mexico.
Bundling sales, applications laboratories and the training center under one roof will foster closer teamwork between the sales and development teams and thus optimize customer support in the region. In the future, the technical center in Mexico will support customers from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, the Caribbean, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Bolivia. The technical center in Brazil will continue as the South American hub for customers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Source CHEManager Europe
Wacker Chemie is strategically expanding its presence in the Middle and South American growth region. The Munich-based chemical company is investing EUR1.2 million and is extending its existing technical center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and creating a new technical center in Mexico City, Mexico. At the same time, the Group’s international training center - the Wacker Academy- will also be expanded at the former site, and a new one opened at the latter. Both projects are scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2013.
In Brazil, the Group is enlarging its technical center in Jandira near Sao Paulo. This center has been supporting customers in the devel-opment of new products and applications since 2003, taking local raw materials and environmental conditions into consideration. The expansion focuses mainly on the labs for dispersible polymer powders, which are used in dry-mix mortars for concrete applications, tile adhesives and sealing slurries, for example. The test area for polymer binders available at the technical center will more than triple in size and the new labs will get state-of-the-art testing equipment in line with international standards. In addition, the Wacker Academy training center will be equipped with a new, larger training lab, which will allow participants to carry out extensive practical tests.
In Mexico, too, polymer binders are the focal point of the new technical center that Wacker is currently building in the southwest of Mexico’s capital. The reason for this is the strong growth of the regional economy, especially of the construction and paint industries. Covering an area of over 800 m2, the facility will house the new offices of the local sales subsidiary Wacker Mexicana and the R&D labs for dispersible polymer powders and vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions. These binders find application in paints, coatings and adhesives. Due to the rising number of training inquiries from the region, a training center for the Spanishspeaking market will be created with the Wacker Academy Mexico.
Bundling sales, applications laboratories and the training center under one roof will foster closer teamwork between the sales and development teams and thus optimize customer support in the region. In the future, the technical center in Mexico will support customers from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, the Caribbean, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Bolivia. The technical center in Brazil will continue as the South American hub for customers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Source CHEManager Europe
Released on 13/12/12
China’s Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Company (ZRCC) has shut its 250,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant in Zhejiang province on 13 December because of a technical issue, a company source said on Thursday.
ZRCC plans to restart the PP plant in six days’ time, the source added.
Meanwhile, the producer will be operating its other 300,000 tonne/year PP unit at normal rates during this period, the source said.
Local distributors said the plant's shutdown will reduce the supply to the domestic market, as ZRCC is one of the major PP producers in east China.
Source ICIS News
China’s Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Company (ZRCC) has shut its 250,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant in Zhejiang province on 13 December because of a technical issue, a company source said on Thursday.
ZRCC plans to restart the PP plant in six days’ time, the source added.
Meanwhile, the producer will be operating its other 300,000 tonne/year PP unit at normal rates during this period, the source said.
Local distributors said the plant's shutdown will reduce the supply to the domestic market, as ZRCC is one of the major PP producers in east China.
Source ICIS News
Released on 12/12/12
Shell has resumed operations at its olefins Norco complex in Louisiana after an unplanned outage last week, market sources said on Wednesday.
Shell has two crackers at the site with a combined 1.42m tonnes/year of ethylene capacity.
Market sources said the company had halted production in Norco because it could not ship ethylene out of the facility as a result of a pipeline leak last week.
Shell confirmed it had shut down a segment of a pipeline in Louisiana, but a spokesperson declined to comment on the company’s operational status in Norco, citing policy.
Source ICIS News
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Shell declares force majeure on ethylene after US pipeline leak
Shell has resumed operations at its olefins Norco complex in Louisiana after an unplanned outage last week, market sources said on Wednesday.
Shell has two crackers at the site with a combined 1.42m tonnes/year of ethylene capacity.
Market sources said the company had halted production in Norco because it could not ship ethylene out of the facility as a result of a pipeline leak last week.
Shell confirmed it had shut down a segment of a pipeline in Louisiana, but a spokesperson declined to comment on the company’s operational status in Norco, citing policy.
Source ICIS News
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Shell declares force majeure on ethylene after US pipeline leak
Released 30/11/12
Changing how batteries are produced, Lithium Battery Power 2012: Primet Precision's NanoScission process reduces costs and improves performance of Hybrid, Plug-In, and Electric Vehicles
Primet Precision Materials Inc, an Ithaca, NY, based advanced
materials company, is now licensing its breakthrough patented NanoScission
process technology to manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers.
The process dramatically reduces the manufacturing cost of electrode
materials, the most critical ingredients of the lithium-ion batteries that
power electric vehicles. These materials are the most expensive component of
the cells in battery packs.
Source Company Press Release / Nanotechnology Now
Changing how batteries are produced, Lithium Battery Power 2012: Primet Precision's NanoScission process reduces costs and improves performance of Hybrid, Plug-In, and Electric Vehicles
Primet Precision Materials Inc, an Ithaca, NY, based advanced
materials company, is now licensing its breakthrough patented NanoScission
process technology to manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers.
The process dramatically reduces the manufacturing cost of electrode
materials, the most critical ingredients of the lithium-ion batteries that
power electric vehicles. These materials are the most expensive component of
the cells in battery packs.
Source Company Press Release / Nanotechnology Now
Released on 01/11/12
German company Styrolution Group GmbH in Frankfurt am Main is reorganising its product portfolio. The current range consists of the important styrene products of the partners BASF SE and Ineos Industries. Styrolution will reorganise the products in a new uniform range to help customers. The range will be sectioned into 2 categories: Styrolution Specialities (transparent and non-transparent copolymers and speciality ABS) and Styrolution Standard Products (commodities such as styrene monomers, polystyrene and standard ABS). The brand names will also be unified on 1 Jan2013.
Source www.kunststoffe-international.com
German company Styrolution Group GmbH in Frankfurt am Main is reorganising its product portfolio. The current range consists of the important styrene products of the partners BASF SE and Ineos Industries. Styrolution will reorganise the products in a new uniform range to help customers. The range will be sectioned into 2 categories: Styrolution Specialities (transparent and non-transparent copolymers and speciality ABS) and Styrolution Standard Products (commodities such as styrene monomers, polystyrene and standard ABS). The brand names will also be unified on 1 Jan2013.
Source www.kunststoffe-international.com
Released on 11/12/12
Tongsuh Petrochemical Corp. Ltd is likely to start production at its new No. 4 acrylonitrile (ACN) line.
The new No. 4 ACN line at Ulsan in South Korea will have a production capacity of 250,000 mt/year.
According to a Polymerupdate source in South Korea, the company is likely to start commercial operations at the line in January 2013.
Source Polymer update
Tongsuh Petrochemical Corp. Ltd is likely to start production at its new No. 4 acrylonitrile (ACN) line.
The new No. 4 ACN line at Ulsan in South Korea will have a production capacity of 250,000 mt/year.
According to a Polymerupdate source in South Korea, the company is likely to start commercial operations at the line in January 2013.
Source Polymer update
Released on 12/12/12
GSP Crop Science Pvt Ltd of Ahmedabad, India received approval from Office of The Trade Marks Registry on the trademark LOCK UP (1732802).
The description of the mark registered is "Pesticides, insecticides, disinfectants, rodenticides, fungicides and weedicides included in class - 05." It comes under Class 5 Trademark classification.
Application for the trademark was filed on Sept. 16, 2008.
GSP Crop Science Pvt Ltd is an India-based company. It is a manufacturer of agrochemicals such as pesticides, insecticides and fungicides. Primarily, the company was involved in manufacturing Single Super Phosphate (SSP) fertilizers. It is an ISO 9001:2008; 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007 certified company. The company has domestic and international presence.
Source India Trademark News
GSP Crop Science Pvt Ltd of Ahmedabad, India received approval from Office of The Trade Marks Registry on the trademark LOCK UP (1732802).
The description of the mark registered is "Pesticides, insecticides, disinfectants, rodenticides, fungicides and weedicides included in class - 05." It comes under Class 5 Trademark classification.
Application for the trademark was filed on Sept. 16, 2008.
GSP Crop Science Pvt Ltd is an India-based company. It is a manufacturer of agrochemicals such as pesticides, insecticides and fungicides. Primarily, the company was involved in manufacturing Single Super Phosphate (SSP) fertilizers. It is an ISO 9001:2008; 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007 certified company. The company has domestic and international presence.
Source India Trademark News
Released on 12/12/12
ExxonMobil has resumed production at its Baton Rouge cracker in Louisiana after a brief outage last week, market sources said on Wednesday.
The outage was caused by a power outage, according to information in the market. The company has 1m tonnes/year of ethylene capacity in Baton Rouge.
An ExxonMobil spokesperson last week confirmed that the company had experienced an equipment malfunction at the site that resulted in flaring.
However, the spokesperson did not comment on the operational status of the unit other than to say that ExxonMobil was meeting all contractual commitments.
The spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request seeking a further update
Source ICIS News
RELATED STORIES
ExxonMobil shuts down cracker in Louisiana
ExxonMobil has resumed production at its Baton Rouge cracker in Louisiana after a brief outage last week, market sources said on Wednesday.
The outage was caused by a power outage, according to information in the market. The company has 1m tonnes/year of ethylene capacity in Baton Rouge.
An ExxonMobil spokesperson last week confirmed that the company had experienced an equipment malfunction at the site that resulted in flaring.
However, the spokesperson did not comment on the operational status of the unit other than to say that ExxonMobil was meeting all contractual commitments.
The spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request seeking a further update
Source ICIS News
RELATED STORIES
ExxonMobil shuts down cracker in Louisiana
Released on 12/12/12
The ongoing shale gas boom will see the US ethylene industry growing by more than a third by 2017, a research firm said on Wednesday.
US ethylene capacity is expected to rise from an estimated 26.1m tonnes/year in 2012 to 35.0m tonnes/year in 2017, reflecting a 34% increase, GlobalData predicts in a report.
Only five years ago, the US was one of the most expensive places to produce ethylene, the research firm said.
However, with shale gas the ethane-based US petrochemicals industry is now in a better position than the naphtha-based petrochemicals industries of Europe and Asia-Pacific, and second only to the Middle East in terms of production economy, the firm said.
“Investors have been keen to be a part of an ethylene industry on the rise, and many of the US’ major ethylene producers are investigating the possibility of bringing online new plants,” it added.
Source ICIS News
The ongoing shale gas boom will see the US ethylene industry growing by more than a third by 2017, a research firm said on Wednesday.
US ethylene capacity is expected to rise from an estimated 26.1m tonnes/year in 2012 to 35.0m tonnes/year in 2017, reflecting a 34% increase, GlobalData predicts in a report.
Only five years ago, the US was one of the most expensive places to produce ethylene, the research firm said.
However, with shale gas the ethane-based US petrochemicals industry is now in a better position than the naphtha-based petrochemicals industries of Europe and Asia-Pacific, and second only to the Middle East in terms of production economy, the firm said.
“Investors have been keen to be a part of an ethylene industry on the rise, and many of the US’ major ethylene producers are investigating the possibility of bringing online new plants,” it added.
Source ICIS News
6 Dec 2012
>>>>> Certiplant NV - Woomera
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soluble concentrate
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The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Jan 2017
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4 Dec 2012
>>>>> Barclay Chemicals - Mascot Hi-Aktiv Amenity
soluble concentrate
The product contains glyphosate at 490g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
amenity vegetation, enclosed waters, forest, hard surfaces, land immediately adjacent to aquatic areas, natural surfaces not intended to bear vegetation, open waters, permeable surfaces overlying soil
The product is approved for aquatic use and is not approved for aerial use
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suspension concentrate
The product contains mepanipyrim at 449.4g/l and is authorized for use as a fungicide
strawberry
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>>>>> Barclay Chemicals - Barclay Barbarian
soluble concentrate
The product contains glyphosate at 360g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
all edible crops, all non edible crops, apple, asparagus, barley, bulb onion, cherry, combining pea, durum wheat, enclosed waters, field bean, forest, grassland, green cover on land not being used for crop production, hard surfaces, land immediately adjacent to aquatic areas, leek, linseed, mustard, natural surfaces not intended to bear vegetation, oats, oilseed rape, onion, open waters, pear, permeable surfaces overlying soil, plum, sugar beet, swede, turnip, vining pea, wheat
The product is approved for aquatic use and is not approved for aerial use
ion expiry date is 30 Jun 2018
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
30/11/2012
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd - Othello
oil dispersion
The product contains diflufenican at 50g/l, iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium at 2.5g/l, and mesosulfuron-methyl at 7.5g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
horisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2014
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>>>>> Dow AgroSciences Ltd - Indar 5EW
emulsion, oil in water
The product contains fenbuconazole at 50g/l and is authorized for use as a fungicide
apple, pear
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2021
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
28/11/2012
>>>>> Dow AgroSciences Ltd - Dow Shield 400
soluble concentrate
The product contains clopyralid at 400g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
on barley, broccoli/calabrese, brussels sprout, bulb onion, cabbage, cauliflower, fodder beet, forage maize, grassland, linseed, mangel, oats, oilseed rape, ornamental plant production, red beet, sugar beet, swede, turnip, wheat
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Oct 2018
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
27/11/2012
>>>>> Life Scientific Ltd. - Life Scientific Lambda-Cyhalothrin
soluble concentrate
The product contains lambda-cyhalothrin at 100g/l and is authorized for use as an insecticide
barley, broccoli/calabrese, brussels sprout, cabbage, carrot (outdoor), cauliflower, combining pea, edible podded pea, field bean, lettuce (outdoor), oats, oilseed rape (spring), oilseed rape (winter), parsnip (outdoor), pear, potato, sugar beet, vining pea, wheat
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 27 Nov 2012
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
26/11/2012
>>>>> Certis BV - Trigger 5
bait, ready for use
The product contains metaldehyde at 5% w/w and is authorized for use as a molluscicide
all edible crops, all non edible crops, amenity grassland, managed amenity turf, natural surfaces not intended to bear vegetation, potato
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2021
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd. - Regatta
suspension concentrate
The product contains diflufenican at 100g/l and flufenacet at 400g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
barley (winter), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 30 Apr 2019
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd. - Firebird
suspension concentrate
The product contains diflufenican at 200g/l and 400.000 g / l flufenacet at 400g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
barley (winter), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 30 Apr 2019
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Syngenta Crop Protection UK Ltd. - Zulu
suspension concentrate
The product contains isopyrazam at 125g/l and is authorized for use as a fungicide
barley
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 3 Dec 2016
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd. - Vigon
suspension concentrate
The product contains diflufenican at 60g/l, flufenacet at 240g/l, and flurtamone at 120g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
barley (winter), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 30 Apr 2019
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
23/11/2012
>>>>> Nufarm UK Ltd. - Stabilan 750
soluble concentrate
The product contains chlormequat at 750g/l and is authorized for use as a plant growth regulator
arley (spring) (aerial), barley (winter) (aerial), barley (winter), oats (aerial), oats, oats (winter) (aerial), oats (winter), ornamental plant production, rye, triticale, wheat (spring) (aerial), wheat (spring), wheat (winter) (aerial), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic use and is approved for aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2021
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
16/11/2012
>>>>> Becesane - Mitemectin
emulsifiable concentrate
The product contains abamectin at 18g/l and is authorized for use as an insecticide
ornamental plant production (outdoor), ornamental plant production (protected)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Oct 2014
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Certiplant NV - Woomera
Soluble concentrate
The product contains diquat at 200g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
All edible crops, all non edible crops, ornamental plant production, potato, sugar beet
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
Authorisation expiry date is 30 Jun 2016
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> EZCrop Ltd - Hermes
water soluble granule
The product contains rimsulfuron at 25% w/w and is authorized for use as a herbicide
forage maize, potato
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Jan 2017
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Belcrop NV - Dragoon Gold
soluble concentrate
The product contains diquat at 200g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
all edible crops, all non edible crops, barley (for animal feed), combining pea (harvested dry), field bean, field bean (for animal feed), fodder beet, hops, linseed, mangel, oats (for animal feed), oilseed rape, ornamental plant production, potato, red clover (seed crop), sugar beet, white clover (seed crop)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Jan 2017
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
4 Dec 2012
>>>>> Barclay Chemicals - Mascot Hi-Aktiv Amenity
soluble concentrate
The product contains glyphosate at 490g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
amenity vegetation, enclosed waters, forest, hard surfaces, land immediately adjacent to aquatic areas, natural surfaces not intended to bear vegetation, open waters, permeable surfaces overlying soil
The product is approved for aquatic use and is not approved for aerial use
The authorisation expiry date is 30 Jun 2018
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Certis Europe BV - Frupica SC
suspension concentrate
The product contains mepanipyrim at 449.4g/l and is authorized for use as a fungicide
strawberry
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Mar 2017
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Barclay Chemicals - Barclay Barbarian
soluble concentrate
The product contains glyphosate at 360g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
all edible crops, all non edible crops, apple, asparagus, barley, bulb onion, cherry, combining pea, durum wheat, enclosed waters, field bean, forest, grassland, green cover on land not being used for crop production, hard surfaces, land immediately adjacent to aquatic areas, leek, linseed, mustard, natural surfaces not intended to bear vegetation, oats, oilseed rape, onion, open waters, pear, permeable surfaces overlying soil, plum, sugar beet, swede, turnip, vining pea, wheat
The product is approved for aquatic use and is not approved for aerial use
ion expiry date is 30 Jun 2018
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
30/11/2012
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd - Othello
oil dispersion
The product contains diflufenican at 50g/l, iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium at 2.5g/l, and mesosulfuron-methyl at 7.5g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
horisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2014
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Dow AgroSciences Ltd - Indar 5EW
emulsion, oil in water
The product contains fenbuconazole at 50g/l and is authorized for use as a fungicide
apple, pear
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2021
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
28/11/2012
>>>>> Dow AgroSciences Ltd - Dow Shield 400
soluble concentrate
The product contains clopyralid at 400g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
on barley, broccoli/calabrese, brussels sprout, bulb onion, cabbage, cauliflower, fodder beet, forage maize, grassland, linseed, mangel, oats, oilseed rape, ornamental plant production, red beet, sugar beet, swede, turnip, wheat
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Oct 2018
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
27/11/2012
>>>>> Life Scientific Ltd. - Life Scientific Lambda-Cyhalothrin
soluble concentrate
The product contains lambda-cyhalothrin at 100g/l and is authorized for use as an insecticide
barley, broccoli/calabrese, brussels sprout, cabbage, carrot (outdoor), cauliflower, combining pea, edible podded pea, field bean, lettuce (outdoor), oats, oilseed rape (spring), oilseed rape (winter), parsnip (outdoor), pear, potato, sugar beet, vining pea, wheat
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 27 Nov 2012
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
26/11/2012
>>>>> Certis BV - Trigger 5
bait, ready for use
The product contains metaldehyde at 5% w/w and is authorized for use as a molluscicide
all edible crops, all non edible crops, amenity grassland, managed amenity turf, natural surfaces not intended to bear vegetation, potato
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2021
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd. - Regatta
suspension concentrate
The product contains diflufenican at 100g/l and flufenacet at 400g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
barley (winter), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 30 Apr 2019
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd. - Firebird
suspension concentrate
The product contains diflufenican at 200g/l and 400.000 g / l flufenacet at 400g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
barley (winter), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 30 Apr 2019
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Syngenta Crop Protection UK Ltd. - Zulu
suspension concentrate
The product contains isopyrazam at 125g/l and is authorized for use as a fungicide
barley
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 3 Dec 2016
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
>>>>> Bayer CropScience Ltd. - Vigon
suspension concentrate
The product contains diflufenican at 60g/l, flufenacet at 240g/l, and flurtamone at 120g/l and is authorized for use as a herbicide
barley (winter), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 30 Apr 2019
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
23/11/2012
>>>>> Nufarm UK Ltd. - Stabilan 750
soluble concentrate
The product contains chlormequat at 750g/l and is authorized for use as a plant growth regulator
arley (spring) (aerial), barley (winter) (aerial), barley (winter), oats (aerial), oats, oats (winter) (aerial), oats (winter), ornamental plant production, rye, triticale, wheat (spring) (aerial), wheat (spring), wheat (winter) (aerial), wheat (winter)
The product is not approved for aquatic use and is approved for aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Dec 2021
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
16/11/2012
>>>>> Becesane - Mitemectin
emulsifiable concentrate
The product contains abamectin at 18g/l and is authorized for use as an insecticide
ornamental plant production (outdoor), ornamental plant production (protected)
The product is not approved for aquatic or aerial use
authorisation expiry date is 31 Oct 2014
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk
released on 11/12/12
Colombia (ICIS)--Brazil's Braskem, Latin America's largest petrochemical company, halted production of basic chemicals at its Triunfo petrochemical complex, the company said on Tuesday.
Basic chemical and steam production was stopped after a strong thunderstorm knocked out electricity at the complex in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the company said.
The interruption of the steam system caused the burning of feedstock naphtha in the flare system, Braskem said.
The steam system and plant operations are expected to be back to normal by the end of the day, according to the company.
The petrochemical complex produces basic chemicals, as well as polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and green polyethylene (PE), according to Braskem.
Source ICIS News
Colombia (ICIS)--Brazil's Braskem, Latin America's largest petrochemical company, halted production of basic chemicals at its Triunfo petrochemical complex, the company said on Tuesday.
Basic chemical and steam production was stopped after a strong thunderstorm knocked out electricity at the complex in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the company said.
The interruption of the steam system caused the burning of feedstock naphtha in the flare system, Braskem said.
The steam system and plant operations are expected to be back to normal by the end of the day, according to the company.
The petrochemical complex produces basic chemicals, as well as polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and green polyethylene (PE), according to Braskem.
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Released on 12/12/12
Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corp (FPC) has restarted its acrylic acid (AA)/acrylate ester plants located at Kaohsiung on 8 December as planned, a company source said on Wednesday.
The plants were initially shut because of a scheduled power shutdown at the facility ordered by the Taiwanese government.
The company produces about 51,000 tonnes/year of crude AA, 30,000 tonnes/year of glacial AA, 40,000 tonnes/year of butyl acrylate (butyl-A), 30,000 tonnes/year of methyl acrylate (methyl-A) and 20,000 tonnes/year of ethyl acrylate (ethyl-A), according to the source.
The company is currently running the units at “normal” rates, the source said without further elaboration.
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Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corp (FPC) has restarted its acrylic acid (AA)/acrylate ester plants located at Kaohsiung on 8 December as planned, a company source said on Wednesday.
The plants were initially shut because of a scheduled power shutdown at the facility ordered by the Taiwanese government.
The company produces about 51,000 tonnes/year of crude AA, 30,000 tonnes/year of glacial AA, 40,000 tonnes/year of butyl acrylate (butyl-A), 30,000 tonnes/year of methyl acrylate (methyl-A) and 20,000 tonnes/year of ethyl acrylate (ethyl-A), according to the source.
The company is currently running the units at “normal” rates, the source said without further elaboration.
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Released on 26/11/12
Nova Chemicals and construction materials producer PFB have called off a proposed deal for PFB to acquire Nova's speciality styrenic resins business. Under the agreement inked in May 2012, Nova would swap its styrenics unit for an equity stake in PFB. The Nova business produces expandable polystyrene and polystyrene-polyethylene resins used in packaging foam. The unit posted sales of $327 M in 2011. The transaction was previously expected to close in early 2013.
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Nova Chemicals and construction materials producer PFB have called off a proposed deal for PFB to acquire Nova's speciality styrenic resins business. Under the agreement inked in May 2012, Nova would swap its styrenics unit for an equity stake in PFB. The Nova business produces expandable polystyrene and polystyrene-polyethylene resins used in packaging foam. The unit posted sales of $327 M in 2011. The transaction was previously expected to close in early 2013.
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Released on 11/12/12
Dow Chemical’s US Gulf coast investment plans, including a new cracker in Texas, will raise the company’s global ethylene capacity by about 20%, the US-based producer said on Tuesday.
“The ethane flexibility actions, along with actions to restart a cracker in St Charles, Louisiana, together boost [Dow's] global ethylene capacity by about 20%,” a company spokesperson told ICIS.
Dow Chemical’s total propylene capacity will increase by about 900,000 tonnes/year and its total ethylene capacity by about 2.1m tonnes/year, the spokesperson said.
Dow said previously that its planned cracker at Freeport, Texas, will have an ethylene capacity of 1.5m tonnes/year with start-up expected for 2017.
Earlier on Tuesday, officials disclosed that Dow applied to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an air-quality permit to build the project in Freeport. The project is entering its front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage.
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Dow Chemical’s US Gulf coast investment plans, including a new cracker in Texas, will raise the company’s global ethylene capacity by about 20%, the US-based producer said on Tuesday.
“The ethane flexibility actions, along with actions to restart a cracker in St Charles, Louisiana, together boost [Dow's] global ethylene capacity by about 20%,” a company spokesperson told ICIS.
Dow Chemical’s total propylene capacity will increase by about 900,000 tonnes/year and its total ethylene capacity by about 2.1m tonnes/year, the spokesperson said.
Dow said previously that its planned cracker at Freeport, Texas, will have an ethylene capacity of 1.5m tonnes/year with start-up expected for 2017.
Earlier on Tuesday, officials disclosed that Dow applied to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an air-quality permit to build the project in Freeport. The project is entering its front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage.
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Released on 11/12/12
Mexican national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) over the weekend began the maintenance on a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) plant at the General Lazaro Cardenas refinery in the coastal state of Veracruz, the company said on Tuesday.
Pemex did not specify how long the maintenance on the GC-1 compressor would last.
In July 2011, Pemex announced a $3.56bn (€2.74bn) expansion and upgrade project at the Lazaro Cardenas refinery.
The project aims to increase the refining capacity to 246,000 barrels/day and expand the capacity to process heavy crude.
The refinery currently processes 190,000 bbls/day of crude and 30,000 bbls/day of mixed butanes, according to the company.
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Mexican national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) over the weekend began the maintenance on a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) plant at the General Lazaro Cardenas refinery in the coastal state of Veracruz, the company said on Tuesday.
Pemex did not specify how long the maintenance on the GC-1 compressor would last.
In July 2011, Pemex announced a $3.56bn (€2.74bn) expansion and upgrade project at the Lazaro Cardenas refinery.
The project aims to increase the refining capacity to 246,000 barrels/day and expand the capacity to process heavy crude.
The refinery currently processes 190,000 bbls/day of crude and 30,000 bbls/day of mixed butanes, according to the company.
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