DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC): 2017 World Market Outlook and Forecast up to 2021" report to their offering. The present ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a review that could eventually lead to the end of PVC plastic production—impacting everything from records to rubber ducks. Vinyl ...

Westlake completed its acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride and vinyl chloride monomer production site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The company made its acquisition through a German subsidiary, Westlake ...

Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) (“Westlake”) announced today that its German subsidiary, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, has completed the previously-announced acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride ...

PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is one of the most produced plastics in the United States and the third highest by volume in the world. PVC makes up a vast amount of plastics we use on a daily basis. Much ...

In 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols. It is still used primarily to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, one of the most widely produced plastics ...

The "Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Patent Landscape Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report provides a detailed analysis of the patent landscape for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC ...

On the evening of May 17, 1970, the 19th car of a freight train derailed in the Pennsylvania village of Cromby, a small town nestled along a horseshoe curve in the Schuylkill River about 30 miles from ...

Oxychlorination catalysis is the principal industrial route for converting ethylene and hydrogen chloride into ethylene dichloride (EDC), the immediate precursor to vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) for ...