IIR Industry Alert: Ticoma/DSM Joint Venture Chases Roaring World Polybutylene Terephthalate Demand

DSM already has a 30,000 t/yr PBT plant at Emmen, which was expanded in 1999. The plant brings in raw material feedstock....

(PRWEB) July 17, 2002 --July 15, 2002--Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). A recently concluded 50/50 joint venture between the Celanese (XETRA & NYSE) (Kronberg in Taurus, Germany) subsidiary Ticona and DSM (Euronext:DSM) (Heerlen, Netherlands) will build a world scale 600,000 t/yr polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) plant at Emmen in the Netherlands.

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