Stepan’s Board of Directors recently approved a major expansion of the polyol plant in Wesseling, Germany. The project will increase the annual capacity of the ...

Huntsman has announced that it received notice of an independent shareholder initiative (Citadel Investment, D.E. Shaw, MatlinPatterson and Pentwater) to invest ...

Columbian Chemicals Co. has opened its carbon black plant in Camacari Pole, a chemical complex in the Bahia state of Brazil.

Continental Tire Canada Inc. said it will sponsor the Porsche Club of America’s CanAm Challenge for 2009. The race, which takes place during the first week of ...

A new compounding facility for rubber and thermoplastics is slated for Magog. Magnum D’Or Resources Inc. is establishing a rubber recycling facility in Magog ...

Brenntag has announced the acquisition of the chemical distributor C.N. Schmidt B.V., headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

BioBased Technologies, a specialist in the development and manufacturing of natural oil polyols has launched Agrol Diamond, a new polyol designed for use in ...

The Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio (OARDC) is growing Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS), also known as the ...

ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has started up production at a new manufacturing facility at its existing site in Pensacola of a new tire material technology the firm ...

The Polyurethanes business group of Dow will be exhibiting at UTECH Asia/PU China 2008. In line with the booth theme, “Dow – Your Innovative Partner”, the ...

In 2004, Stepan Company and Jinling Petrochemical Company (JPC) established a 55/45 equity joint venture to build a polyester polyol plant in Nanjing, China.

BioBased Technologies, a specialist in the development and manufacturing of natural oil polyols has launched Agrol Diamond, a new polyol designed for use in ...

Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. has broken ground on a USD270 million expansion of its White, Georgia tire plant, expected to double the plant’s ...

Officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bridgestone/Firestone will team up with IndyCar Series driver Ryan Hunter-Reay to announce the ...

Rubber and specialty chemical supplier Lanxess A.G. plans to develop a new regional organization joining the service capabilities of the U.S. and Canada, the ...

Evonik Industries’ Coatings & Additives Business Unit announces a price increase for all Vestagon polyurethane related powder coatings products in Europe, Asia, ...

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced said it plans to exit 92 underperforming locations by the end of the year.

Source: Vietnam News Agency, Hanoi; 26 Aug 2008

Welch Products Inc. has signed an agreement to provide its DuroMat “Extended Life” tiles to four playgrounds at two elementary schools in Platte County.

Bridgestone/Firestone’s tire manufacturing plant in Aiken County, South Carolina, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Hankook Tire America Corp. has debuted the AL07+ long-haul steer tire. It claims that its latest product for the trucking industry uses its Innovative Mixing ...

Many of the roughly 3,000 people who work for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Fayetteville got calls from the company asking them not to come to work while the ...

AkzoNobel has expanded its presence in China with the opening of a new site for the manufacture and sales of protective coatings in Suzhou, China, about 80 km ...

In order to respond to the diverse demands of local Turkish PU processors, Hennecke GmbH has engaged Galanthus to act as distributor of their machinery.

A 125-room upscale hotel will become part of the new USD900 million Goodyear headquarters complex in East Akron.

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has downgraded its outlook on Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s financial risk profile to negative from stable because of reduced ...

Apollo Tyres, India's largest tyre maker, has cancelled its plans to build a plant in northern Hungary because of local political resistance.

Chemtura will increase prices of its Blendex plastics resins globally, by up to USD 3.53/kg (approximately 25 %) depending on the grade.

Bridgestone/Firestone is conducting a voluntary recall of 4,202 specialty motorcycle tires in the U.S. on behalf of parent Bridgestone Corp. announced another ...

Stepan has announced the sale of select product lines within its urethane system business to Bayer MaterialScience.

Dow Europe GmbH is announcing a price increase across Europe, India, Middle East and Africa for its styrenic copolymers products.

AkzoNobel says, it has agreed to sell its Crown Paints decorative paints business in the UK and Ireland to Endless LLP, a private equity house.

AkzoNobel says, it has agreed to sell its Crown Paints decorative paints business in the UK and Ireland to Endless LLP, a private equity house.

Chemtura has increased the price on Tetrabromobisphenol A. Effective 15 August 2008, or where contracts allow, the new minimum price for BA-59P will be USD 2.95/kg.

Chemtura has increased the price on Tetrabromobisphenol A. Effective 15 August 2008, or where contracts allow, the new minimum price for BA-59P will be USD 2.95/kg.

Effective 18 August 2008, or as contract terms allow, Chemtura Corporation increased the price of its Mark mixed metal stabilisers for customers in all regions.

Effective 18 August 2008, or as contract terms allow, Chemtura Corporation increased the price of its Mark mixed metal stabilisers for customers in all regions.

Austrian Gabriel-Chemie Group says, that it aims to absorb most of the price rises for raw materials, energy and transport and will carry out only minor price ...

Rubber and specialty chemical supplier Lanxess A.G. plans to develop a new regional organization joining the service capabilities of the U.S. and Canada, the ...

Carlisle SynTec has introduced Roof$ense, a Web-based lifecycle analysis program that enables building owners to calculate the potential energy savings that can ...

Albemarle Corporation said that it will increase the prices of select Ethacure curatives worldwide effective 1 September 2008, or as contracts allow.

Effective 1 October 2008, or as early as contracts allow, the Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation will increase the price of its Irogran, Krystalgran ...

Alpha Technologies Services L.L.C.’s plan to become a single-source laboratory instrument manufacturer and supplier for the global rubber industry is taking shape.

Source: Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Hanoi, 19 Aug 2008

Effective 18 August 2008, or as contract terms allow, Chemtura Corporation increases its range of bisphosphate, core and performance phosphate ester flame ...

Albemarle Corporation will increase the price of its Ethanox 330 polymer antioxidant by up to 50 % worldwide effective on all orders shipped after 15 ...

Albemarle Corporation, the manufacturer of flame retardants, will increase the global prices for most of its brominated flame retardants effective ...

Effective 18 August 2008, or as contract terms allow, Chemtura Corporation will increase prices on its range of flame retardants used in PU cushioning by ...

The manufacturer of flexible PU and polymer foam products Foamex International Inc., Linwood, PA, USA, has introduced a new mop and sponge material under the ...

The tenth “Adhesives, Sealants, Construction Chemicals”, now under its new name of European Coatings Congress, is set to take place from 30 March – 1 April ...

Italian machine builder OMS Impianti Spa, Verano Brianza, MI, says, it is pleased to announce its most important recent sales on the Chinese market:

GLS Corporation is launching a series of thermoplastic elastomers designed for dynamic-seal gaskets and static-seal stoppers for the health-care industry.

Masterflex AG based in Gelsenkirchen has announced that it intends to focus on its core business. Specifically, this means it will concentrate on the ...

Delta-Energy L.L.C., which recycles tires into carbon black and oil, has expanded its production capacity by 50 percent at its Berthold plant.

The United Steelworkers is applauding the signing of a labor agreement between Bridgestone/Firestone and its plantation workers in Liberia.

To reduce the amount of deposit build-up on the knife edges during the slitting procedure as fas as possible, Dienes, based in Overath, Germany, has developed a ...

From Momentive Performance Materials comes the newly developed RTV210A/22XB series, comprising a 2-component silicone RTV adhesive. As designers push the ...

Huntsman Corporation announced that effective 1 September 2008, or as applicable contracts allow, its Performance Products division will increase the prices as ...

Solutia Inc. has announced the launch of an enhanced, flame-retardant.

Effective 1 August 2008, Bayer MaterialScience is raising its sales prices for polymeric and monomeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and MDI derivatives ...

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has developed the Meldin 7000 series thermoset polyimide materials which are suited for uses such as semiconductor equipment ...

Zeon Chemicals has commercialised a new TPE under the brand name Zeotherm 110-70B.

Effective 1 September 2008, the Acrylic Polymers Business Line of Evonik Industries will raise the prices of its PMMA moulding compounds and sheet products ...

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has sold its interest in Kumho Tire Co. Ltd. The transaction includes payment of USD107 million plus interest from the initial due date ...

The LEL Group has extended its sphere of operation by welcoming Istanbul based Kemiropa into the European Alliance of Independent Technical Distribution Specialists.

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC and Bridgestone Firestone Canada Inc. have announced price increases on the companies’ Bridgestone and Firestone ...

Source: Daily "Khaleej Times", Dubai; 4 Aug 2008

The tenth “Adhesives, Sealants, Construction Chemicals”, now under its new name of European Coatings Congress, is set to take place from 30 March – 1 April 2009.

Lanxess AG will increase its prices worldwide for two of its synthetic rubber grades effective 1 August 2008.

Gumotex Automotive S.R.O., a Czech rubber goods maker, has bought Tanex Plasty A.S., a Czech supplier of polyurethane goods for automotive interiors.

The PolyOne Corporation announced that it will close 8 production plants over the next 9 months eliminating 150 jobs.

Effective with shipments to customers beginning 25 August 2008, Ticona will increase prices in North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa ...