BASF Corporation (Florham Park, New Jersey / USA; www. basf.com) and Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA (TPRI, Houston, Texas / USA; www.totalpetrochemicalsusa.com) have streamlined their 60:40 joint venture at Port Arthur, Texas and at the same time given the company a new name, BASF Total Petrochemicals. The jv operates a naphtha cracker at the site with capacity for 934,000 t/y of ethylene and 940,000 t/y of propylene, PIE's Polyglobe capacity database (www.polyglobe.net) shows. Acquisition of Polyprime's TPE compounding business Belgian compounder and distributor Ravago (Arendonk; www.ravago.com) has acquired the thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounding business of Polyprime (Grand Prairie, Texas / USA; www.polyprimeinc.com). The purchase will strengthen Ravago's Enplast Plastik Kimya (Istanbul / Turkey; www.enplast.com.tr/en) subsidiary and provide the possibility to supply customers with TPEs on a global basis, Ravago said. Financial details were not disclosed. Enplast Plastik Kimya's headquarters as well as its research and development activities will remain in Istanbul, while the new Enplast Americas (Arlington, Texas / USA) business will develop and produce special products for the North American market. Enplast Americas' production is located primarily in Arlington.
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