Source: Pacific Islnds News Association, Suva (Fiji Islands)
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 28 Sept 2010
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 29 Sept 2010
Plastic Omnium has recently acquired Solvay’s 50 % stake in Inergy Automotive Systems, bringing its share in the company to 100 %.
Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. Ltd., Asia Pacific’s largest MDI producer is represented at the forthcoming UTECH North America meeting in Houston on Stand ...
Lanxess will increase its prices for Baypren CR (chloroprene rubber) effective fourth quarter 2010. Dependent on regions, the price adjustment per tonne ...
Perstorp is using its presence at Chinacoat 2010 to reinforce its role as a materials supplier to the resins, coatings and adhesives industries, with a strategy ...
Source: Daily "Business World Online", Manila; 26 Sept 2010
BASF announced today that it will further strengthen its global service and production network with a new System House in Tianjin, the largest modern ...
Omnova Solutions Inc. announced its intention to acquire Eliokem from private equty firm Axa. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. ...
In June 2010, Plasmatreat has opened a new office and technical centre in the USA.
Huntsman has agreed to purchase the chemicals business of Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd, located in Ankleshwar, India.
Faurecia has recently signed an agreement to acquire the Spanish Plastal S. A., a supplier of plastic exterior parts for the automotive industry.
Milan based Coim S.p.A. has appointed Teknor Apex to be the exclusive distributor of its Laripur TPUs to wire and cable manufacturers in the US, Canada, and Mexico.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), in cooperation with the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance, has launched ...
Mondi Akrosil LLC has entered into an asset agreement with Nitto Americas regarding their recently discontinued facility in Pleasant Prairie, WI, USA.
Prosperity Investment Holdings Ltd. of Hong Kong recently announced a HKD 26 million investment in Yantai Juli Isocyanic Ester of Yantai through the acquisition ...
Frimo Inc., a division of German Frimo Group, a specialist for manufacturing systems for high-quality plastic components for the automotive and other industries ...
Purplan GmbH designs and builds manufacturing and storage plants for liquid materials, especially polyurethane.
Source: Daily "The Phom Penh Post", Phom Penh; 10 Sept 2010
Source: “Bernama” (Malaysian National News Agency), Kuala Lumpur; 11 Sept. 2010
Effective from 20 September 2010, or as existing contract terms allow, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliates in Europe will increase the price for all Calibre ...
Purac announces the investment in a new manufacturing facility for its biomedical polymers. The plant is meant to support the growing resorbable polymers ...
Evonik Industries has decided to divest its carbon blacks business. Klaus Engel, Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG: “Our declared aim is ...
Krauss Maffei Corp., Florence, KY, and Proper Group International, Warren, MI, have established a strategic partnership that will enhance their capabilities to ...
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is recruiting speakers for the Asiatec 2011 conference, a technical conference designed as an Asian counterpart to Antec ...
Since February 2002 geobra Brandstätter (”Playmobil“) uses small injection moulding machines from babyplast (Christmann Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Kierspe, ...
Following investigations undertaken by the FDI, several lawsuits have been filed in recent weeks involving a significant number of foamers operating in the US. ...
In recent months, eight more organisations have joined the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) Panel of Associates. The new members include: Bursa Malaysia ...
Effective 15 October 2010, or as contract terms permit, Evonik will increase globally prices for all its polyurethane additives.
Arburg recently inaugurated a new Technology Center in Budapest, Hungary.
RTP Company has opened a sales office and warehouse in Brazil. It is located in Alphaville, Barueri, Brazil near Sao Paulo and will provide sales support and a ...
Source: Daily "Bangkok Post", Bangkok; 13 Sept 2010
US demand for cups and lids is expected to increase 4.4 percent per year to USD 8.2 billion in 2014. Gains will be driven by expanding foodservice revenues and ...
Kaneka has established a new company in New Delhi. Main activities of Kaneka India Pvt. Ltd. are sales and technical service and search for potential ...
For the first time, with Jens-Jürgen Härtel from Volkswagen AG and Karl Niebauer from BMW AG, two automobile manufacturers will be represented on the board of ...
The Hamburg-based company Comprisetec has sold its business "handrails" to Semperit AG. The Austrian rubber and plastics industry group is the world's largest ...
Lanxess announced today its goal to increase its leading earnings indicator by roughly 80 percent in the coming five years. The specialty chemicals company is ...
The Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PMA) and the Canadian Urethane Manufacturers Association (CUMA) are soliciting technical papers for presentation ...
Since 1999, Kraiburg TPE has used its US headquarter office in Duluth, GA, as the base for serving the markets in Latin America.
Teknor Apex Company has announced today that it has agreed to purchase the Sarlink business from Royal DSM N.V. Sarlink operates compounding facilities in ...
AkzoNobel will significantly boost its presence in the Chinese automotive market after agreeing to acquire Changzhou Prime Automotive Paint Co., Ltd. Prime is ...
Source: "Daily News", Colombo; 8 Sept 2010
DSM Engineering Plastics and Resinex have entered into a distribution agreement for the market development and sales of DSM resins in Romania, Bulgaria, ...
Momentive and Hexion today jointly announced an agreement under which their newly-formed holding companies will merge, creating a global leader in speciality ...
Evonik Industries’ Coatings & Additives Business Unit announces a price increase for its entire range of above mentioned trade names by 10 %, effective ...
Dow Wire & Cable will increase prices on select product grades in the North America and South America regions, effective 1 October 2010, on the following:
Altuglas International will implement a price increase of 200 EUR/tonne on its Altuglas and Oroglas sheets and blocks product range.
With immediate effect, or as contract terms allow, BASF will be increasing its prices for MDI and polyols and polyurethane systems in Europe on average by 200 ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they ...
With the acquisition of Prodex System Sp. z o.o. in Warsaw, PCC SE reinforces its activities in Central and Eastern Europe – in countries such as Poland, the ...
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 4 Sept 2010
Source: Daily "The Nation", Bangkok; 3 Sept 2010
Source: "Bernama" (Malaysian National News Agency), Kuala Lumpur; 3 Sept 2010
Shell Chemicals announced the successful first turnaround at the CSPCL – “Nanhai” petrochemicals joint venture complex in Guangdong, China. Nanhai is a ...