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16 Mar 2006
Borouge 2 Milestones (Fact Sheet)
December 2003 - Borouge announces its intention to expand existing Borstar capacity from 450 kilotonnes (kts) to 600 kts per annum, as well as a feasibility study to form a 1.4 million tonne world scale petrochemical complex at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the UAE.
7 Mar 2006
Univar advances European growth strategy with further expansion in Central and Eastern Europe
Univar N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: UNIVR), a world leader in chemical distribution, today announced the establishment of two new subsidiaries in the increasingly dynamic Eastern European region. The new businesses, Univar Czech s.r.o., located in Prague, and Univar Hungary Ltd., situated in Budapest, became officially operational on February 1, 2006, and are the latest developments in Univar’s planned growth in Europe.
Brenntag Oil & Gas Europe has recently been SCC** certified by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance for its HSE working procedures. SCC**, which stands for Safety Checklist Contractors, is an international safety checklist to demonstrate that a contractor is in compliance with key requirements according to national HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) legislation. The checklist is applied and recognized in several EU member states.
Borouge will be putting its high performance polyolefin business on show at Chinaplas, Asia’s largest international exhibition for the plastics & rubber Industries, in Shanghai from 26 to 29 April 2006. Located in Hall W3, Booth C03 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong, Borouge will showcase how the high performance polyethylene (PE) produced by its plant in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE can be applied in three distinct sectors: packaging, pipes and wire & cable. 
This innovation conference, organised by ECMSA in co-operation with AIQS, focuses on the actual experiences of companies in the chemicals, plastics and related industries that have succeeded in commercialising new ideas in the market profitably.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 28, 2005 – At the American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA) Show, Owens Corning today introduced SE 2350, a revolutionary single-end Type 30® roving reinforcement for high-pressure pipe applications. Ideal for epoxy-based pipe applications that distribute oil, chemicals and other corrosive materials, SE 2350 offers a 17 percent improvement in burst strength over any competing product, and a host of other industry-leading performance characteristics including: