The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed LyondellBasell's plan of reorganisation. The plan received broad-based ...
Speciality chemicals company Perstorp, a producer of di-pentaerythritol, has now nearly doubled the production of Di-Penta at its Bruchhausen site and is on ...
Despite the financial crisis, the European market is one of the fastest growing markets for fibre-reinforced thermoplastics (FRT).
Evonik Industries, a provider of methacrylate chemicals, has expanded its production at the new site in Shanghai, China, to 25 kt as part of overhauling its ...
The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) intends to expand the criteria of affiliated membership to include agents and distributors. ...
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 27 Apr 2010
TPE compounder, VTC TPE Group, has announced they will be changing their name to Elasto. The businesses, which comprise Vita Thermoplastic Polymers in the UK ...
On 26 April Kraton issued a statement announcing plans to invest approximately USD 27 million in its Belpre, OH, USA, plant for the production of polyisoprene ...
Source: "Bangkok Post", Bangkok; 26 Apr 2010
Source: Daily "The Korea Times", Seoul; 24 Apr 2010
With the rubber and polymer industries expanding into new biomaterials and providing products to the health care industry, the Rubber Division of the American ...
Kuraray has announced a price increase for its hydrogenated styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, Septon compound, by JPY 25.00/kg (= ca. EUR 0.20/kg) for domestic ...
At TPE 2010 conference at the ITC Maratha in Mumbai Zylog announced that it acts as new distributor for Merquinsa's TPUs on the Indian market.
KraussMaffei Technologies India Ltd. was recently set up in Pune, India.
“Between plastomer and high performance TPE”- that is the motto of this year’s meeting of the VDI Educational Forum TPE 2010 taking place on 4 - 5 May ...
Source: Daily "Bangkok Post", Bangkok; 20 Apr 2010
Cognis has signed an agreement to sell its UV acrylates business to IGM Resins B. V., based in Waalwijk, the Netherlands. The UV acrylates business is part of ...
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 20 Apr 2010
Eliokem is investing in a new manufacturing facility for speciality vinyl pyridine latices in China.
Cabot Corporation and China National Bluestar (Group) Co. Ltd. announced that Cabot (China) Ltd. and Bluestar New Chemical Materials Co. Ltd. have signed an ...
The Solvay Group is creating a cluster of three Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) centres in Asia.
DSM Composite Resins, through its subsidiary Euroresins Kompozit Ürünler Tic. Ltd. Sti, (a.k.a Euroresins Turkey) (ERT) has outlined its future growth plans ...
Recticel Interiors North America LLC (RINA) and Recticel Urepp North America Inc. (RUNA), two automotive subsidiaries of Recticel active in the USA, announced ...
Yokohama Rubber recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new tyre plant of Yokohama R.P.Z., a tyre manufacturing/selling company in the Lipetsk Special ...
Bridgestone has advanced the start of its expansion of production capacity (the 2nd phase expansion) at its Kitakyushu plant from April 2010, three months ahead ...
A subsidiary of Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation, Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (BSAP), announced the establishment of a new tyre sales company based in ...
The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) has elected DSM Elastomers, Geleen, Netherlands, as their newest member.
At Chinaplas 2010 in Pudong, Shanghai, from 19 – 22 April 2010, Merquinsa and its Chinese distributors Ngai Hing Engineering Plastic (Hong Kong) Ltd. and ...
Due to a major increase of raw materials costs supported by high demand in Asia, Eliokem has readjusted its pricing policy for Wingstay L.
Coim USA Inc. will increase its prices for aliphatic polyester polyols by USD 0.10 per pound with effect 1 May 2010 or as contracts allow. At the same date, ...
Epurex Films GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience, will be marketing film products formerly sold as Walopur, Platilon and Walotex under the ...
Due to a major and unexpected increase of butadiene cost, Eliokem has readjusted its pricing policy for Pliocord VP latex.
Zeon Corporation is investing USD 1 million to improve production procedures at its NBR production facility in Tokuyama, Japan.
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur, through Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency); 15 Apr 2010
Huntsman and Zamil Group have completed their new ethyleneamines joint venture (JV) plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The 27 kt/y plant, which is operated by ...
Momentive Performance Materials USA Inc. has established a tyre research and development laboratory in Charlotte, NC, USA, through the purchase of certain ...
From 7-8 April Plexium in association with Chatsworth Hall plc organised a TPE conference in Mumbai. The programme included 17 high quality technical papers ...
Lanxess will expand its global capacity of neodymium polybutadiene (Nd-PBR).
Dow Formulated Systems and E. A. Juffali & Brothers recently signed a business alliance in their PU systems business.
Lanxess AG was hit hard by the global downturn in 2009. Group sales fell by 23.1 % year-on-year to EUR 5,057 million due to weak global demand.
BASF is further expanding its global service and production network with the establishment of two new Polyurethane Solutions system houses. One new system house ...
Bridgestone has opened a retread tyre centre in Thailand to promote the adoption of retread tyres in Asia.
Effective immediately, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH increases its prices for polystyrene, ABS and SAN products by an additional EUR 30.00 per tonne.
In response to latest feedstock increases, Ineos Nova has recently increased its prices for polystyrene products in Europe.
Evonik Röhm GmbH is increasing its prices for PMMA moulding compounds it markets under the trademarks Plexiglas, Plexalloy, and Pleximid effective 1 May 2010.
On 31 January 2010, Bridgestone Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to sell 100 % of the shares of its Italian and Chinese steel cord ...
DSM Engineering Plastics has signed contracts with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) to acquire MCC’s Novamid PA business in exchange for its Xantar PC ...
Chemtura has entered a long-term strategic sourcing agreement with Albemarle.
The second session of the JEC Asia took place from 14 – 16 October2009 in Singapore on the thematic “Automation of manufacturing processes”. According ...
Huntsman will increase the price of all Jeffol polyol products by USD 0.12 per lb in the NAFTA region, effective 1 May 2010, or as specific contracts allow.
Celanese and its Ticona engineering polymers business announced a price increase of 10 % in North America and South America for POM products (Hostaform and ...
Effective immediately or as existing contracts allow, BASF is raising its morpholine sales prices globally by EUR 150.00 per tonne or the equivalent amount in ...
Styrolux, a styrene-butadiene (SB) block copolymer, was produced on an industrial scale for the first time about 30 years ago in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Green Rubber Inc., a subsidiary of the Petra Group, has extended its deal with US-based footwear company Timberland to make athletic shoes, boat shoes, and boot ...
Evonik Industries has acquired the business of methacrylate speciality esters from Arkema as of the end of 2009.
Lear Corporation was recently awarded General Motors „2009 Supplier of the Year“ award for its contributions to GM's global product and performance achievements.
Solutia Inc. is acquiring the German company Etimex Solar GmbH, a subsidiary of Etimex Holding GmbH, for a price of EUR 240 million in cash and additional debt.
BioBased Technologies has chosen Archway Sales, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, USA, to be the authorised distributor for Agrol in the United States.
Perstorp supports the Middle East with its portfolio of products for resin and coatings formulators. With a local office in Dubai since 2008 and increased ...
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) LLC has acquired Artificial Muscle, Inc. (AMI) of Sunnyvale, CA, USA. Financial details were not disclosed.
This year’s “Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence“ were awarded in five categories to the following companies:
On 1 April Kraton Polymer announced a couple of price increases for its SBS and HSBC products.