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13 Jun 2007
Borouge awards US$300 million Olefins Conversion Unit contract for Borouge 2 expansion project
Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, today awarded a contract worth approximately US$300 million for the construction of a new olefins conversion unit (OCU) to Samsung Engineering for Borouge 2, the major expansion project at the company’s production facilities in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
6 Jun 2007
COMPOSITE SANDWICH PANELS PROVE IDEAL FOR BUILDING FORMWORK SYSTEMS
LENZBURG, SWITZERLAND – June, 2007 – Replacing plywood with high-performance composites may appear at first sight to be a prime case of over-engineering. But there is good reason to believe that a new formwork product from German company Hünnebeck, one of the world's top suppliers of formwork and scaffolding, will signal a paradigm shift in the industry.
Shanghai, Jun 4 2007 —— The seventh Global Gypsum Conference, the world largest and most international gypsum event, recently has successfully taken place at the Westin Hotel in Shanghai. Knauf, the world leading plasterboard manufacturer, was pleased to win the Global Gypsum ”company of the year” award which was open to all plaster and wallboard companies worldwide to praise its outstanding contribution to gypsum industry.
Shanghai, China, May 29, 2007 – Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) today said it is allocating $150 million – roughly half of its nearly $300 million 2007 R&D budget – for sustainability efforts, including new product development, energy efficiency and process improvements. 
Borouge and Borealis, the leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions in the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe, have delivered the foundation for a technological breakthrough to the automotive industry with the development of Daplen™ EF341AE used in the world’s first fully integrated fender module. The material, a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compound, has been specifically tailored to meet BMW’s exacting specifications for the new BMW X5 regarding improved production cost, safety, high quality aesthetics and environmental performance. The resulting TPO fender is the most complex and highly integrated, class A body application to be seen in production to date.
PITTSBURGH, April 19, 2007 – PPG Industries’ chairman and chief executive officer Charles E. Bunch continues to be optimistic about the company’s future. He outlined PPG’s progress toward achieving its vision and implementing its strategy at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders today.