The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s Fair Trade Investigation Division (headed by Na Hee-seok) referred six corporate entities—PKC, OCI, LG Hakyo, Aekyung Chemical, Lotte Fine Chemical, ...

I once spoke with a semiconductor procurement manager who told me that the topic of changing wafer suppliers almost never ...

PVC antitrust litigation continues to develop as settlements top $415 million and plaintiffs identify six major distributors as alleged co-conspirators in the price-fixing case.

Nearly two years after Helene sent debris into the French Broad River, cleanup crews are still pulling millions of pounds of ...

The company was advised it could face a civil penalty of up to $18,000 for a violation of the Environmental Conservation Law. Additional fines could also be assessed. The DEC warned that failure to ...

Nearly two years after Tropical Storm Helene, IPEX Inc., a PVC pipe manufacturing company, has announced a $500,000 commitment to local conservation nonprofit MountainTrue to continue cleaning up ...

US chemical company Westlake said on Tuesday it will shut its PVC plant in Cologne, Germany, in the first quarter of 2027, cutting 120 jobs as it shifts production to lower-cost sites.

As global demand for durable wire products continues to develop across construction, agriculture, infrastructure, fencing, industrial manufacturing, and other sectors, manufacturers are placing ...

On Sept. 16, the company pledged a $500,000 commitment to MountainTrue in the Asheville-based environmental nonprofit's ...

IPEX, which had been criticized for not cleaning up pipe debris in the French Broad River following Helene, announced an investment for $500K for more cleanup.

Prosecutors indicted 43 people and six petrochemical firms over a record 16.4 trillion won price-fixing cartel spanning PVC, ...

A persistent sewage leak into a local watercourse has been halted following the installation of a steel pipe, but questions remain over who carried out the repair.