Dusseldorf – For a company with plastic additive sales currently in the order of 15% if its $1 billion in annual revenue, Malaysian-based Emery Oleochemicals (8b/A62) has lofty options to transform itself into a major global supplier of lubricants, specialty plasticizers and antistatic agents based on renewable resources. A 50:50 joint venture of Thai petrochemicals giant PTT Global Chemical and the world’s largest palm oil plantation concern Sime Darby, Emery Oleochemicals plans to boost oleochemical derivative sales from the current 30% to 50% by as early as 2015. Tagging Options Domain:  All Sites read more

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K 2013: Bio-based additives drive growth at Emery Oleochemicals