Hungary was the first Eastern Bloc country that established a diplomatic relationship with South Korea in 1989 when the Cold War showed a clear sign of subduing ...

After recent expansions in its Hungarian production site Dutch customer moulder Zorge also expands capacities in its facility in Katwijk. The company announced ...

Thai Plastic and Chemicals Plc (TPC), the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)-listed poly vinyl chloride (PVC) maker, has agreed to buy 22.67% of Vietnam's Tien ...

JSR BST Elastomer Co., a joint venture between JSR Corp. and Bangkok Synthetics Co., has broken ground for a new solution polymerization styrene butadiene ...

From April 1, 2012, Perlon-Monofil GmbH is to raise its prices worldwide for synthetic monofilaments by at least EUR 0.20 per kilogram depending on the field of ...

China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. has selected Ineos Technologies’ Innovene process for a polypropylene (PP) plant being built in Yulin, Shaanxi ...

Total Petrochemicals and the Shaw Group have formed an exclusive alliance for the joint marketing and licensing of Total’s polystyrene technology worldwide.

This new study updates and expands upon the information included in IAL’s previous study published in 2009. Data in this report has been extensively revised ...

Brenntag recently inaugurated its new head office in Mumbai, India.

French Roquette Group announced that it has successfully launched its first industrial production unit for Gaïalene plant-based plastics at its main site in ...

The Rubber Estate Organisation (REO) plans to buy rubber sheets from farmers at prices above market rates starting tomorrow (22 Mar. 2012), says managing ...

LyondellBasell announced a 40 % butadiene capacity expansion at its plant in Wesseling, Germany.

Long perceived as a smallholder's crop, rubber has transcended into a hot commodity among the major world plantation players. In the past five-to-seven years, ...

In Spring 2012 Industrie Plastiche Lombarde SpA (IPL) will open its first branch in China.

On 19 December 2011 Lubrizol completed the acquisition of Spanish TPU compounder Merquinsa.

Kraton increases prices in the Asia Pacific region of 200 USD/MT for all of the company’s SIS polymers and compounds.

Showa Denko K.K. announced that it will increase its chloroprene rubber price in markets outside Japan as from shipments on 1 April 2012.

Qatar Petrochemical Co. (Qapco) has awarded CTCI Corp. of Taiwan two engineering, procurement and construction contracts for a two-phase upgrade and expansion ...

Petronas has awarded Technip a front-end engineering design contract for the planned Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (Rapid) project in Johor, ...

Kuwait Petroleum Corp.’s (KPC) wholly-owned Kuwait Petroleum International and Petrochemicals Industries Co. subsidiaries have signed a memorandum of ...

NCB Capital, Saudi Arabia's major wealth manager, expects continued growth in the petrochemical sector's earnings in 2012, though at a slower pace. In a new ...

Galata Chemicals announces a price increase for its range of Drapex epoxidized soybean oil products sold in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH, Hanau, is increasing prices for Carbon Black Pigments and Pigments Preparations Corasol, Derussol, and Tack by up to 9 % for ...

Qatar’s naphtha production will increase to as much as 10 million metric tonnes in 2016 from 7 million to 8 million tonnes this year after the start of a ...

US Bedding and upholstered furniture manufacturers say they are preparing for foam price rises that are expected to range in percentage from single digits to ...

The Bremen-based German company Acmos Chemie KG, a producer of release agents for PU applications, has named Goodie International as new distribution partner ...

RTP Company announced that it has acquired the conductive compound product line from Clariant. The transaction includes technology and equipment.

Lanxess is to increase its prices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Durethan base resin, film and extrusion grades by Euro 0.13 per kilogram effective ...

DSM Engineering Plastics announced that it will increase prices on a global basis for its Akulon PA6 and PA66 compounds.

Henkel will present its solutions for the composites industry at stand R 45 at JEC Europe, the biggest composites exhibition in Europe, from 27 – 29 March 2012 ...

Henkel will present its solutions for the composites industry at stand R 45 at JEC Europe, the biggest composites exhibition in Europe, from 27 – 29 March 2012 ...

Mitsui Chemicals said it plans to restructure its polyurethane business in light of a new agreement to license its toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and ...

Yantai Wanhua has announced a further investment plan totalling CNY 5.7 billion (~EUR 686 million) for 2012. Overall investment plans currently being ...

The Italian compounding specialist SO.F.TER. announced the purchase of new equipment which increases the overall production capacity of engineering plastics by ...

Saudi Arabia’s ethylene production capacity will reach 16.52-million t/y by 2015, says Business Monitor International (BMI) in its recent Saudi Arabia ...

The Polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corporation announced today that it will increase the price of all its MDI products and MDI-based systems by 250 USD/t ...

With immediate effect, or as contract terms permit, Evonik will increase globally prices for all its polyurethane additives. The increase will be 5-10% ...

The German company Altropol Kunstoff GmbH and IMCD Group recently announced a new distribution partnership.

Investment in Cambodian rubber plantations increased 255 percent in 2011 on rising global demand for the commodity. There were 20 new projects worth USD 675 ...

Impianti OMS has begun a 20 % expansion of its industrial equipment factory in Verano Brianza (MB), Italy.

Lanxess will break ground for its new neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) plant in Singapore on 11 September 2012. The company plans to invest roughly EUR ...

Impianti OMS S.p.A. and CBM Machines S.r.l. have established the new company First S.r.l., a joint venture focusing on equipment and machines for the production ...

Petrochemical Corp. of Singapore (PCS) Managing Director Akira Yonemura last week announced the company’s decision to proceed with construction of a new ...

On 3 March 2012 Kraton announced the following price increases:

iSmithers, formerly the Information division within independent testing, research and consulting organisation Smithers Rapra, announced that it has been forced ...