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NEW YORK (ICIS)--US bioplastic producer Metabolix plans to scale down its next bioplastic production capacity to 10,000 tonnes/year as opposed to the...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--Here is Wednesday’s end of day Americas oil and chemical market summary from ICIS. CRUDE: Apr WTI: $106.28/bbl, up 3 cents; Apr...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--US energy giant ExxonMobil has been ordered to complete several environmental projects to reduce air pollution at its Baytown refinery...

ORLANDO, Florida (ICIS)--US ethanol exports reached a record 1.1bn gal (4.2bn litres) in 2011, more than 600m gal over the previous record of 396m gal...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (ICIS)--Within nine months, Brazilian citrus industry will be able to deliver concentrated orange juice to the US with no...

MEDELLIN, Colombia (ICIS)--Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has begun the restart process of a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit at the Cardon...

NEW YORK (ICIS)--Dutch industrial biotechnology firm Avantium expects to start commercialisation of its bio-based polyester, polyethylene furanoate...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--A US producer nominated a 25 cent/lb ($551/tonne, €413/tonne) increase in its March butadiene (BD) contract price, market sources...

NEW YORK (ICIS)--US chemical firm DuPont expects sales coming from its industrial biotechnology business to reach $1.2bn (€900m) in 2012, an...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--March contract prices for US styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) could rise sharply if upstream producers successfully push through hikes...

Here is the lunchtime bulletin for the Americas on Wednesday from . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and market news and...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--A statistical index of future US construction slipped marginally in January but remained in positive territory, the American Institute...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--The February contract price for purified terephthalic acid (PTA) was assessed higher by on Wednesday at 66.19 cents/lb ($1,459/tonne,...

MEDELLIN, Colombia (ICIS)--Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican national oil company, processed over 60m barrels of fuel in the General Lazaro...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--Here is Wednesday’s midday Americas oil and chemical market summary from ICIS. CRUDE: Apr WTI: $105.98/bbl, down 27 cents; Apr...

LONDON (ICIS)--A final decision on whether the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline project will be selected to carry Azerbaijani gas to Europe is not expected...

LONDON (ICIS)-- Germany ’s housing and construction sector saw a 14.1% year-on-year increase in December’s order intake, the country’s...

LONDON (ICIS)--Ships offloading in Mombasa , Kenya , the largest port in eastern Africa , have been severely delayed because of congestion at the port...

MEDELLIN, Colombia (ICIS)--Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has announced the country may build a petrochemicals plant at the Santa Ines industrial...

LONDON (ICIS)--Serbia-based styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) producer FSK Elemir will shut for planned maintenance on 27 February until the end of...

Fulton is set to introduce a hot water boiler that is suitable for a range of food and beverage, industrial, chemical, pharmaceutical and medical applications.

Knowles Sound Solutions has announced the launch of its N’Bass virtual back volume technology, which it says doubles the effective air volume in miniaturised loud speaker systems and can be used in applications such as music, video, gaming, and portable media devices such as smartphones and tablets.

The Acusolve V1.8B computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation tool from Altair Engineering is part of the Hyperworks series of computer-aided engineering software, and is suitable for analysing complex designs driven by multiphysics and multidisciplinary simulations.

Kistler Instruments is supplying the Corrsys-Datron CDS-GPS data logger, which features a built-in global positioning system (GPS) and is suitable for applications such as longtitudinal vehicle testing — including braking tests, acceleration and deceleration tests, fuel consumption assessments, tire validation, ABS brake testing, irregular brake-force balance monitoring and the testing of other vehicle electronic control systems — and extended transversal vehicle dynamics testing.

NSK’s ultra high-speed ball bearings are suitable for use in the drive motors and power generators of next-generation hybrid systems.

Control valves from Samson Controls are designed for aseptic applications within industries such as food, beverage and brewing.

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Shell is manufacturing gas-to-liquid (GTL) oils at its Qatar GTL plant that can be used to improve petrol and engine lubricants.

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Celesco’s SG1 series cable extension transducer — available from Variohm Eurosensor — is suitable for demanding measurement applications ranging from hydraulic cylinder positioning to structural testing and medical equipment position feedback.

A laser-based technique could overtake resistance technology as a faster welding method for automotive and other applications

SABMiller, an international beer brewer and bottler, has commissioned a Brewing Science Research and Innovation Centre housed within Nottingham University’s School of Biosciences as part of a drive to reduce energy and water consumption — but taste remains the top priority.