Source: Daily "The Jakarta Post", Jakarta; 29 July 2010
Source: Daily "Bangkok Post", Bangkok; 30 July 2010
Source: Daily "Lanka Business Online", Colombo; 28 Juy 2010
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 26 July 2010
Evonik Industries is strengthening its position in the market for additives required in polyurethane foam production. Today, the group has acquired the Silbyk ...
Source: Daily "Lanka Business Online", Colombo; 21 July 2010
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 21 July 2010
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 21 July 2010
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 21 July 2010
Source: Daily "Business Times", Kuala Lumpur; 20 July 2010
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has recently made improvements to its Medical Coatings Development Centre in Sheffield, UK, extending its capacity for feasibility ...
Source: Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (KMP), Manila; 19 July 2010
BASF is raising its prices for isophorone diamine (IPDA) in Europe by EUR 200 per tonne, or by the corresponding amount in local currency, effective immediately ...
Source: Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency), Kuala Lumpur; 19 July 2010
Mondi Akrosil LLC has entered into an asset agreement with Nitto Americas regarding their recently discontinued facility (to be named Mondi Kenosha) in Pleasant ...
Source: Daily "Khaleej Times", Dubai; 15 July 2010
Source: Daily "Business World Online", Manila; 15 July 2010
Ashland is increasing the price of its foam control product lines by up to 10 % effective 28 July 2010, or as contracts allow. The product lines affected by the ...
A technical failure occurred in the TDI plant of BorsodChem Zrt. on July 12. The company has immediately shut down the plant.
Source: Daily "The Nation", Bangkok; 13 July 2010
The phthalate-free plasticiser Mesamoll II manufactured by Lanxess has taken its final step toward gaining European approval for use in food contact ...
A new online resource for the polyurethanes industry in Asia Pacific has been launched at www.polyurethanes.asiapacific.basf.com. Developed by BASF ...
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 5 July 2010
The chemical company Rhodia recently announced to acquire Feixiang Chemicals (ZJG), China's leading producer of amines and surfactants. Headquartered in ...
Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) and DSM Engineering Plastics recently announced an alliance for automotive developments in India. DSM and ARAI ...
Bridgestone Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the World Agroforestry Centre in which the parties will provide small-scale ...
Akzo Nobel N.V. recently announced the sale of its National Starch business to Corn Products International. The company will receive USD 1.3 billion in cash and ...
Effective 1 July 2010, Quimica Anders started with the distribution of Wacker's polymer and silicone products in Chile. Quimica Anders replaces the previous ...
According to Targi Kielce S.A., the organiser of the International Fair of Plastics Processing Plastpol in Kielce, Poland, the event is the largest trade fair ...
Croda Polymer Additives has launched a new and improved customer extranet called Croda Direct.
Synventive Molding Solutions announced it will add a new facility in Suzhou, China, to increase its hot runner system production. In addition to its Asian ...
Lanxess will continue to strengthen its market position in Asia and above all in China. One of the main areas of investment for Lanxess in Asia is the ...
Yokohama Rubber announced that it would increase the annual production capacity of the passenger car and light truck (PC/LT) tyre plant of Yokohama Tire ...
Source: Daily "The Nation", Bangkok; 5 July 2010
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 5 July 2010
Lanxess recently announced the key suppliers for its new butyl rubber plant on Jurong Island in Singapore. With these suppliers in place, the project execution ...
Source: Daily "Vietnam News", Hanoi; 3 July 2010
Saltigo GmbH has passed an audit by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with a “No Findings” rating. The audit focused on testing production and ...
Borouge, a joint-venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), a major oil company, and Borealis, a provider of chemical and plastics solutions, ...
Solvay recently announced that SolVin and Arkema have decided to each buy back the minority cross-holdings in the vinyls production joint ventures that are ...
Total recently inaugurated the world’s largest olefin cracker based on ethane in Ras Laffan, Qatar. With a production capacity of 1.3 million t of ethylene ...
Equipolymers has concluded the sale of its pure terephthalic acid (PTA) and polyethylene terephthalate resins (PET) production facilities at its manufacturing ...
Lanxess is expanding the capacity for its products in the Mesamoll range of phthalate-free plasticisers. A mid-single-digit amount in million EUR is being ...
The Lanxess subsidiary Rhein Chemie has recently started work on construction of its first production facility in Russia. In the future, the company will ...
Müller Plastics has increased its production capacity. A modern compounding unit has been completed at Plant II in Lichtenfels. The company said that the costs ...
Chemtura has opened a new Application Development Center (ADC) in the Nanjing Economic & Technological Development Zone in China.
Lanxess has increased prices worldwide for its hydrazine hydrate, Levoxin and dihydrazine product groups by 10 %, effective 1 July 2010.
Source: Daily "Lanka Business Online", Colombo; 2 July 2010
Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) announced it has increased prices on its Bridgestone brand products.
Bridgestone has established the Bridgestone Diversified Products China Co., Ltd. in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China.
Hungarian isocyanate producer BorsodChem Zrt. announced that the company’s Senior and Mezzanine Lenders have approved the consensual financial restructuring ...
LyondellBasell announced that its Houston refinery returned a crude distillation unit to service on 1 July 2010. The unit, one of two heavy crude distillation ...
Kraton announces a general price increase in Europe, Africa and the Middle East of EUR 150/MT for its SBS and OE SBS polymers and compounds.
With legislation passed by the U.S. House, the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Act appears to be heading for adoption. The legislation will now be ...
Josep Ferrarons Espinós took over the Rowa distributorship in Spain and Portugal and is now helping to beef up the Group’s activities on the Iberian ...
PCC Rokita SA has signed an agreement with Velox GmbH for the distribution of Rokopol polyether polyols in France, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.