CHEMICAL UPDATE
JUNE 2012
McIlvaine Company
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MARKET
CEFIC reports EU Chemicals Sector Output
EXPANSIONS
Arkema Expanding Fluoropolymers Capacity
DuPont Investment Builds Work in Tonawanda, NY
New Bio-Based Chemical Plant in Northeast Louisiana Aided By Loan Guarantee
Linde to Boost Ultra-High Purity Bulk Gases Supply to Pacific NW Semicon Maker
LANXESS Sets Its Sights on Turkey's Growing Market
Celanese Plans Methanol Plant for Houston
BASF to Build New Formic Acid Plant in Geismar, Louisiana
Dow Kokam Expanding Midland Battery Park with New Pack Assembly Plant
Cytec Announces Carbon Fiber and Composites Manufacturing Expansions
COMPANY NEWS
Dow Grows North East Technology Presence with Move to Collegeville, PA
Clariant to Make Strategic Changes
BASF Sees China Sales More Than Double by 2020
A. Schulman Announces Joint Venture to Produce Polypropylene Compounds in Saudi
Arabia