The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers‘ Association ETRMA has launched its new website www.etrma.org.

DSM Engineering Plastics announces that its global headquarters have moved to Singapore. The company said that this measure - which was pre-announced in 2010 - ...

Two DuPont facilities in the US have earned Nadcap accreditation: the Newark, DE, plant, that makes Kalrez perfluoroelastomer parts, and a facility in Valley ...

Taking place in Berlin on 13-14 November 2012, TPE 2012 will once again showcase new developments in markets, materials and additives with a particular focus on ...

Roquette, a processor of renewable raw materials (maize, wheat, potatoes, peas, and micro-algae), and Rhodia Acetow, a manufacturer of cellulose acetate fibre, ...

Trelleborg recently announced some organisational changes. Trelleborg Automotive will be focused on antivibration solutions, its other operations – polymer ...

The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) has elected Interpetrol S.A. as its most recent Affiliate Member.

Dynisco, a supplier of measurement and control technology for plastics processing, has acquired Shanghai Hao-Ying Measurement & Control Technology Co., Ltd. ...

A. Schulman, Inc. has announced that it will purchase Elian SAS, a producer of colour masterbatches and a portfolio company of British Vita plc. The price is ...

Carlisle announced that it will acquire Hertalan Holding B.V. for a purchase price of approximately EUR 38 million. Hertalan is a manufacturer of EPDM-based ...

On 16 April 2012 French compounder CTS has officially inaugurated its new production plant in Changsu, China. CTS Automotive Compounds (Changsu) Ltd. will ...

Chinese Keyuan Petrochemi­cals Inc. has signed a supplier agreement with Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC), the JV between CNOOC and Royal Dutch Shell ...

Coim has opened a new 3,000 m² R & D centre in Offanengo, Italy. The facility is being used to conduct research in the field of PU specialities, such ...

To respond to increasing global demand Bridgestone plans to build a new plant in Amata City Industrial Estate, Rayong, Thailand for the production of ...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) and the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, will work together on developing and ...

Japanese Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. has announced that it has agreed to establish a joint venture company in China to manufacture and distribute urethane seat ...

Rhein Chemie has acquired Tire Curing Bladders LLC (TCB), a privately-owned bladder manu­facturer based in Little Rock, AR, USA. Financial details were not ...

Construction of a 4 billion US dollar petrochemical complex is set to start soon in the southern province of Ba Ria -Vung Tau, following recent guidance from ...

GS Caltex, Korea’s No. 2 oil refiner, plans to build a new facility for paraxylene (PX) to make its factory the world’s biggest one for the material under ...

A price war in the synthetic rubber glove market would probably not materialise as growing demand from developed nations will be more than enough to offset the ...

The country’s $9-billion chemical industry has urged for the development and promotion of special chemical zones in the country that would host targeted ...

Cambodia's Prominence Investment Enterprise and Thailand’s Panpee Group have signed an agreement to supply China’s Yunnan Rubber Co Ltd with 500,000 tonnes, or ...

The technology group The Linde Group and Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon ...

Toyo Engineering and Egypt’s Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (ENPPI) have been awarded a joint contract for construction of an ethylene ...

BASF has launched new laboratories for polyurethanes at its Cimanggis site in Indonesia. This expansion will further strengthen the company’s technical service ...

China Vanke Co., Ltd, Bayer MaterialScience and several other companies have announced the signing of a framework agreement that will see Bayer’s EcoCommercial ...

Effective 31 March 2012, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) acquired the remaining shares in the 50:50 systems house joint venture Baulé SAS from Eximium SAS and other ...

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council has announced a call for entries for its 2012 Polyurethane Innovation Award. ...

Organised by Bayer MaterialScience, this third two day event, held in Guilin, China, has continued to gain popularity among researchers and students in the ...

Dow Brazil, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, will close its TDI plant in Camaçari, state of Bahia, Brazil. The company says the decision is the result of extensive ...

Polymax Elastomer Technology Co. Ltd, a major Chinese TPE compounding company based in Nantong, announced at NPE2012 in Orlando, that it is currently busy ...