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Snapshots: SABIC Innovative Plastics, SABIC-Parent Company, Shell Chemicals, Sunoco, and Westlake Chemical - Zpryme
Austin, TX (ZPRYME NEWS) – 05/19/08 - SABIC Innovative Plastics which was launched in 2007 following the acquisition of the GE plastics by SABIC and true to its objective to strengthen its position in China to get the biggest and fastest market for polymers, became the largest displayer at the Chinaplas 2008 trade show.
Snapshot: BASF SE, Celanese, Chevron Phillips Chemical, Dow Chemical and DuPont - Zpryme
New York, NY (ZPRYME NEWS) – 05/16/08 - Early in 2008, in a corporate press release entitled “BASF now a European company (SE), the company, traditionally known as the BASF 'Aktiengesellschaft', was converted to a European Company or part of the Societas Europaea, SE together with a newly constituted Board of Executive Directors.
The BASF SE continues to become one of the world’s largest chemical companies and, according to Tracey Ryniec in report, with its more than 100 facilities around the world and its largest segment- the oil, gas, chemicals and plastics- the company remains optimistic for 2008 considering that with the slowdown in economic growth by 2.8 percent, the BASF SE continues to give excellent average ROE for the past five years of 15.58 percent which was at 19.2 percent in 2006 and increased in 2007 to 22.4 percent.
Snapshot: ExxonMobil Chemical, Formosa Plastics, INEOS, Methanex, and Occidental Petroleum - Zpryme
Austin, TX (ZPRYME NEWS) – 05/16/08 - ExxonMobil Chemical, a worldwide leader in petrochemical manufacturing, early in May of 2008 announced the introduction of a new co-extruded high speed separator films for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries and for the next generation of hybrid vehicles.
Plastics Industry: Consumers Demand Social Responsibility and Environmental Awareness - Zpryme
Austin, TX - (ZprymeNews) March 14, 2008 -- A comprehensive review conducted by Zpryme’s Austin based research team and Plastics & Polymers Group explored the following findings from three separate studies that revealed that consumers of all demographics from across the globe are willing to change their buying behavior, switch brands, and possibly pay more for social and environmentally friendly products.
