Following the Ciba acquisition and integration into BASF's global pigment business, the company will eliminate overlaps in the combined portfolio and reduce ...
According to a report by the China International Investment Promotion Platform (CIIPP), investment injected into the Huludao Hi-tech Zone of Liaoning Province, ...
Simmons Bedding Company announced that all of the polyurethane foams in the company's mattress lines have earned the CertiPUR-US certification seal, verifying ...
Sarlink announced that is has - as the first TPV supplier in the world - received approval to several of General Motor’s new global specifications. In 2009, ...
In mid-April Dr. Georg Weyer, 52, was appointed as new Chairman of the Board of SaarGummi Group. He succeeds Rolf Zimmermann, who headed the company in the last ...
Engel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said they have made a cooperation agreement concerning the marketing of large-scale Engel multi-component injection ...
Kuraray announced that it has decided to establish a local subsidiary in Brazil to accelerate core business development in South America.
Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH, a pan-European distributor of a range of ExxonMobil polymer brands, will now distribute Santoprene thermoplastic vulcanisates (TPVs) ...
Kraton Polymers LLC announced a general price increase in Europe, Africa and the Middle East of EUR 200.00 per tonne for its SIS, SIBS, SBS, and OE SBS polymers ...
PolyOne GLS has signed a sales agency agreement with Nactor Consultoria & Representação Comercial Ltda of São Paulo, Brazil. Under the terms of this ...
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 19 May 2010
Kraiburg TPE Corporation, a manufacturer of tailor-made thermoplastic elastomers based on hydrogenated styrene block copolymers, announced a new strategic ...
Effective 15 June 2010, Stepan will increase prices for US-sourced Stepanpol rigid, aromatic polyester polyols by USD 0.06 per pound. Furthermore, Stepan Europe ...
As a result of continued escalations in the costs of key raw materials, effective 1 May 2010, DSM has increased prices on a global basis for its Arnitel and ...
As a result of continued tightness in end product markets as well as raw material markets, effective 1 June 2010, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase prices ...
Lanxess more than tripled EBITDA pre exceptionals to EUR 233 million in the first quarter of 2010 due to improved economic conditions worldwide, in particular ...
Merquinsa today announced its participation at PDM 2010, held from 18 – 20 May 2010 at Telford International Centre, UK, where the company will present its ...
Source: Daily “The Star”, Kuala Lumpur; 18 May 2010
Trelleborg Automotive is strengthening its position in the area of anti-vibration products for light vehicles by establishing a fully-owned production in Nizhny ...
Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising the selling prices for the product groups diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and polyether (PET) ...
The Indian Polyurethan Association (IPuA) has issued a call for papers to be presented during the third edition of PUTECH 2011, the international polyurethane ...
After the granting of a license for cellpur to customers in Europe as well as in Japan and China, first talks with potential buyers in the USA have followed, ...
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 11 May 2010
The top awards in the third annual “Clean Technology Business Forum and Competition” went to Avantium and Vast Enterprises LLC. Organised by the Society of ...
Stepan has achieved ISO 14001 accreditation for its Wesseling (near Cologne), Germany, manufacturing plant.
Huntsman had to accept a notable decrease in sales and earnings in the fiscal year 2009.
Perstorp has established an application laboratory in Ghatkopar, a suburb of Mumbai, in India.
Source: Daily "VietnamPlus", Hanoi; 7 May 2010
Lanxess and the Taiwanese TSRC Corporation will enter into a 50:50 joint venture in China called Lanxess-TSRC (Nantong) Chemical Industrial Company Ltd. The two ...
The financial crisis strongly affected the Perstorp Group, primarily during the first quarter, with lower volumes and falling prices.
epi S.p.A., the Italian producer of pigment pastes, looks back on a successful year 2009.
Ineos Nova International SA called force majeure for its deliveries of all its general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) grades and for its expandable polystyrene ...
Effective 1 May 2010, or as contract terms allow, Styron Europe GmbH has increased its prices as follows:
Source: Daily "The Nation", Bangkok; 6 May 2010
Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising its selling prices for aliphatic isocyanates in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region by between 6 and 8 % with ...
Johnson Controls, a global supplier of automotive interior systems and electronics, plans to acquire Benoac Fertigteile GmbH in Peine, Germany.
Bayer MaterialScience AG (BMS) has acquired the worldwide marketing and usage rights for the Durflex track superstructure system from Hyperion Verwaltung GmbH, ...
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) plans to invest EUR 150 million in a new production plant for TDI at Chempark Dormagen, Germany.
Kraton Polymers LLC, a global producer of styrenic block copolymers, announced a general price increase in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East of EUR 150 per ...
Source: Daily "New Age", Dhaka; 3 May 2010