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14 May 2007
Rhodia Polyamide opens its first Technical Centre in China
Dedicated facility provides close customer support for
Lyon, France - May 14th, 2007 - Rhodia has reinforced its commitment to the Asian markets with the recent opening of a technical centre in Shanghai, consolidating Rhodia’s global technical centre network. The new facility brings the complete spectrum of engineering support to customers across the broad range of industries served by Rhodia Polyamide's engineering plastics materials in China and the wider Asian region.
14 May 2007
The 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference held in Shanghai
Rising crude values and expanded domestic capacity could restrain China’s volume of polymer imports this year. This was the message from a senior China customs official speaking at the 3rd ICIS Asian Polymer Conference in Shanghai this month. Zhang Bingzheng, Deputy Director of the Statistical Department of General Administration of China Customs, told over 100 high-level delegates that the rising price of imported crude in 2006 had made polymer imports more expensive. In 2006, the average import price of crude in China was $457.4/tonne, which was a rise of 21.6% on an annual basis. This was exacerbated by the fact that last year the domestic capacity of polymers expanded and replaced some imports, he added.
Ulsan, Korea, May 14, 2007 – The new Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. grass roots antioxidant manufacturing site in Maeam, Korea which was completed ahead of schedule at the beginning of April 2007 is now in commercial operation. 
Holliday Pigments, the world’s largest manufacturer of ultramarine pigments, has announced a price increase of up to 20% across all their product ranges, in North America from May 2007.
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.