Betting on a recovery in the vinyl industry, Shintech, the US arm of Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical, plans to spend $3.4 billion ...

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TOKYO -- Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest $3.4 billion to increase U.S. production of the raw materials for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin used in residential plumbing and other applications, ...

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The Vinyl Institute (VI), a U.S. trade association representing the leading manufacturers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, issued the following statement in response to the hearing being held by the ...

A Japanese plastics manufacturer will expand its facilities in Louisiana and hire more employees to staff its plant in Iberville Parish. Shintech, the world’s largest producer of polyvinyl chloride an ...