CHEMICAL UPDATE
MAY 2013
McIlvaine Company
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Asian Companies Emerging as Suppliers of Continent’s Fast Growth Chemical
Industry
UK Researchers Devise PE Decomposition Additive
COMPANY NEWS
Mitsui & Celanese Enter Joint Venture to Produce Methanol in U.S.
Solvay, Ineos Reach Merger Agreement for PVC Businesses
Mitsubishi Buys Michigan-based Compounder Comtrex
Mitsubishi Chemical, JNC, and Japan Polychem to Transfer PP Businesses
Evonik and OPX Biotechnologies Signs Development Agreement for Bio-based
Chemicals
Dow Chemical’s Venture Targets $1 Billion in Carbon Investments