Source: Daily "VietnamPlus", Hanoi (Vietnam); 29 Oct 2010
From 1 November 2010, Perlon-Monofil GmbH will raise its prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments by 7 – 10 % depending on the filament diameter and ...
The 1985MY Chevrolet Cavalier sedan from then General Motors Corp. (GM) – the first vehicle to use front and rear thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) bumper ...
RTP announced that it has opened a new manufacturing plant in Ladenburg, Germany. Operating as RTP Deutschland GmbH, the operation will produce a wide range of ...
DuPont Performance Polymers announces the following price increases in Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA), effective 1 December 2010, or as contracts allow:
ExxonMobil Chemical Company announced today that it has selected PolyOne to be its primary marketing specialist for TPV medical products made using Santoprene. ...
Bayer MaterialScience AG (BMS) is raising the selling prices for the product groups Desmopan, Texin, Desmoderm und Desmomelt in the Europe, Middle East, Africa, ...
Effective 22 November 2010, the Polyurethane Additives business line of Evonik Goldschmidt Corporation will increase Kosmos 29 stannous octoate prices by ...
World Minerals will increase diatomaceous earth and perlite prices, for its European activities effective 1 January 2011, or as current price agreements expire:
KraussMaffei has recently opened its new production plant in Martin, Slovakia.
Croda recently announced a multi-million dollar investment in its Polymer Additives business at its Hull, UK, site.
Source: "ColomboPage" (Sri Lanka's Internet Newspaper), Colombo; 19 Oct 2010
Despite the overcome crisis year 2009, this year only 12 companies less for K than in the boom year 2007. This shows that most of the companies in this industry ...
Faurecia has announced plans to acquire the Spanish supplier of plastic exterior parts for the automotive industry Plastal S. A.
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 21 Oct 2010
BASF plans to carve out its businesses in styrene monomers, polystyrene, ABS, SBC, and other styrene-based copolymers and establish separate companies.
Speciality chemicals company Perstorp is, by its own measure, the world’s largest supplier of caprolactones and its derivatives. The company’s current ...
In response to recent a press report by the Associated Press, BorsodChem Zrt. has issued a press release, pointing out its environmental standards:
Cray Valley has obtained approval for a 40 % capacity increase for its plant at Channelview, TX, USA. The additional capacity is expected to be online by ...
Hexpol will acquire rubber compounding group Excel Polymers for a price of USD 212,5 million on a cash and debt-free basis. According to Hexpol, the ...
Tessenderlo Group has signed, through its French subsidiary CTS, an agreement with the Chinese authorities to start up a new production plant for ...
“Spray polyurethane foam is a versatile material that plays a key role in reducing energy consumption worldwide,” said Karyn Schmidt of the American ...
Solutia Inc. announced that the company's Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) portfolio will be subject to a price increase effective 15 December 2010.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved an equity investment of EUR 52 million in SolVin Holding Nederland. This investment ...
Coim USA Inc. has announced a price increase for its polyester polyols of USD 0.06 per pound with effect 15 October 2010 or as contracts allow.
Bridgestone Corporation will increase its production capacity of EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) film, which is used as an adhesive film for solar modules. The ...
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) announced the winners of the Polyurethanes 2010 Technical Conference Best Paper Presentation and Best Poster ...
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. common stock began trading Thursday, 14 October 2010, on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol LYB for Class A ...
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) named BASF the winner of the 2010 CPI “Innovation Award,” during the ...
Two technical sessions at CPI Polyurethanes 2010 Technical Conference reported on advances in bio-derived polyols and recycled content polyurethanes. “The ...
“The use of bio-renewable raw materials in the polyurethanes industry has seen an extraordinary increase in recent years,” said Daniel Rosenvasser, PhD., ...
“Polyurethane is one of the major chemistries in solvent-borne coatings due to its outstanding mechanical properties, chemical and water resistance, and ...
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 13 Oct 2010
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 14 Oct 2010
Applied Market Information Ltd. has published a new market study, titled “AMI’s guide to the profile extrusion industry in Europe”, detailing the plant ...
Solvay will build a speciality polymers compounding plant at its site in Changshu in the province of Jiangsu, China. Start-up of the plant is expected in the ...
The KraussMaffei booth at the Big 5 Building and Construction show in Dubai, UAE, from 22 – 25 November 2010 will showcase a broad selection of the ...
The Hanson Group, LLC has recently acquired Aragon Elastomers, LLC, a supplier of cast urethane parts for rock climbing holds, wheels, and mining parts. The ...
“Seeing through the green lens lowers cost, is a tremendous driver of innovation and is a core way out of our economic mess,” said Andrew Winston, Keynote ...
On 7 October 2010, BASF has opened its new PU System House in Poland with an official opening ceremony. About 250 guests from business and politics, customers ...
Source: "Philippine Daily Inquirer", Manila; 11 Oct 2010
Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and a recognised expert on green business, will be the Keynote Speaker for the opening session at the ACC ...
In recent months, eight more organisations have joined the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) Panel of Associates.
The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) has elected Dow Chemical and Golden Tex Company, Inc. as its new members.
Goodway Integrated Industries Berhad and Indag Rubber Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding to consider joint opportunities to strengthen both ...
BASF will invest in a dispersions plant in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, China. With an annual capacity of 100,000 t, the new plant will ...
Woodbridge Foam Corporation, a global supplier of PU and EPP components, has been awarded the Ontario Green Chemistry and Engineering Award 2010 for its focus ...
Dow Corning and PolyOne announced that PolyOne will distribute Dow Corning’s silicone products to healthcare device manufacturers and fabricators in the USA, ...
Yokohama Rubber will increase the annual production capacity of the passenger car and light truck (PC/LT) tyre plant of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) ...
Carpenter Co., the largest US foam producer, has completed all the required tests to be awared the CertiPUR-US label for it polyurethane foams supplied to the ...
The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) is launching a programme called Eco3Home that will allow consumers to research information on AHFA members and ...
Some 300 guests from industry, politics, sport and the Bayer world bade farewell to Werner Wenning at a festive gathering in Leverkusen, Germany. Wenning – ...
Solutia Inc. is optimising and expanding its Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer manufacturing capacity in South America.
In an effort to become more transparent to its coworkers and suppliers, IKEA’s new chief executive, Mikael Ohlsson, stated that the company would now publish ...
Cabot has officially opened its carbon black masterbatch manufacturing facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai. The plant has an initial production capacity ...
By taking over the French rubber distributor Spécialités et Matières Premières du Caoutchouc – SMPC S.A., Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH is investing in ...
Source: Daily "Manila Bulletin", Manila; 30 Sept 2010
The global natural rubber (NR) prices including those of Malaysia's tyre grade SMR 20 and latex-in-bulk, which are nearing new historical highs, may continue to ...
DuPont and the Chenguang Chemical Research Institute, a subsidiary of China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina), have agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture for ...
Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc., a manufacturer of petrochemical products in China, has started building a new styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) production facility ...
ContiTech AG has recently acquired all the shares in its ContiTech-Jiebao Power Transmission Systems Ltd. joint venture.
The US extrusion company Unitek Sealing Solutions was recently purchased by the Hanover-based German automotive supplier Jäger Group. In future the company ...
Effective 1 October 2010 or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices in Europe, Africa and Western Asia for polymer dispersions as well as additives by 100 ...
Ineos Nova announced that prices for General Purpose Polystyrene (GPPS) products will increase by a minimum of 30 EUR per tonne effective 1 October 2010.
Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 30 Sept 2010