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New addition to the Solventis team-
From the 1st of February, Daniela Almeida will be joining the Solventis sales team to focus on growing our presence in the Mediterranean and Benelux markets. We all look forward to working with and supporting Dani in her role as … Continue reading
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Rising feedstock prices-
After nearly 6 months of falling numbers, the European Propylene and Ethylene contracts have been fixed up €90/tn and €99/tn respectively. These increases have been due to rising crude prices as well as a cut back on production by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethylene, increases in feedstock prices, Propylene, rising crude prices, Solventis
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Sales Assistant position available
Solventis is currently looking to employ a sales assistant to join the team in our Antwerp office. The main job role will be to assist the sales team with both day to day sales administration as well as dealing directly with … Continue reading
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New appointments at Solventis
We are pleased to announce two top level appointments at Solventis- Roger Van Herck joins us as Logistics Manager in the Antwerp office. Roger has worked many years for Huntsman and brings a wealth of logistics experience with him. His email … Continue reading
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European Sales Assistant position available
Sales Assistant- Antwerp Solventis is currently looking to employ a sales assistant to join the team in our Antwerp office. The main job role will be to assist the European Sales Manager with both day to day sales administration as … Continue reading
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Major European Acetic Acid producer declares force majeure
BP announced last Friday that they had declared force majeure on Acetic Acid from their 530kt/yr plant in Hull, UK. The FM is due to last for 50 days, affecting both acetic acid and acetic anhydride, putting their customers on … Continue reading
Market Update
Crude oil prices have been seen to soften in recent weeks for a number of reasons, one of which being due to economic growth data coming out of the developing nations such as India and China not being as strong … Continue reading
Japanese solvent availability tightens
In the aftermath of the earthquake, and subsequent tsunami that devastated much of Japan earlier this month, solvent availability throughout the region has become tight. In reply to this change in the market Japanese buyers have been reaching out to … Continue reading
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Tagged Acetone, Butyl Glycol, containers, earthquake, end users and distributors in Japan, Ethyl Acetate, European distributor, Iso Butyl Acetate, Isotanks, Japan, MEK, MEK prices, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Mono Propylene Glycol, Solventis, stockist and distributor of solvents, tsunami
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The Evolution of Coating Solvents for Industrial Use
Use of specific solvents to coat materials for aesthetic and/or functional improvement has changed over the last hundred years. There are many different types of solvents used, and around 1920, the use of a specific group of solvents increased after … Continue reading
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Tagged Coating Solvents, glycol ether, glycol ether ester, thylene glycol monomethyl ether
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New Products in Tank
As a bulk stockist and distributor of solvents, Solventis is always looking for new products to store in our tanks at Oiltanking, Vopak ACS and Noordatie in Antwerp. We now stock over 18 products in bulk, with the latest additions … Continue reading