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Chevron Phillips Chemical | September 29, 2022

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC today announced the appointment of Darren Ercolani as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1. Ercolani will succeed Carolyn J. Burke, who has resigned from the company effective Sept. 30. He will continue to report to Bruce Chinn, president and CEO. Ercolani, currently senior vice president, business transformation, has 30 years of industry experience and joined Chevron Phillips Chemical from Phillips Petroleum (no...

Showa Denko | September 01, 2020

Showa Denko obtained a license to process industrial waste, and started to accept used plastics which were crushed and molded. Since 2003, SDK's Kawasaki Plant, which is located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, has been operating "plastic chemical recycling business," a business to recycle used plastics as raw materials for chemicals under the provisions of Containers and Packaging Recycling Law. SDK calls this business "Kawasaki Plastic Recycling (KPR)." We gasify ...

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Westlake | August 05, 2021

Westlake Chemical Corporation, today announced plans for one of its subsidiaries to acquire the parent company of Dimex LLC, from Grey Mountain Partners, a private equity firm. Based in Marietta, Ohio, Dimex produces a variety of consumer products made from post-industrial-recycled (PIR) polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE) and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials, and has annualized sales of approximately $100 million. These consumer products include landscape edging; industrial, home...

NEWS 1130 | February 17, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency reported Alaska led the nation in 2018 toxic chemical releases. But a state commissioner contends a large portion should not be categorized as toxic. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune argued that releases caused by unearthed rocks moved at mining sites do not have a significant effect on public health, The Juneau Empire reported Friday. More than 99% of Alaska’s releases, 970.6 million pounds (440.3 million kilogram...