On 26. September 2012, Onex Corporation announced that it has agreed to acquire KraussMaffei AG for EUR 568 million. The transaction is anticipated to close by ...

Top Glove Corporation Bhd, the world's largest rubber gloves manufacturer, plans to invest RM3 billion over the next 15 years to, among others, build 40 new ...

The price of rubber jumped to $2,500 per tonne last week after months of the commodity steadily dropping, industry analysts reported.

On 30 August 2012, the Dätwyler Group agreed for its Sealing Technologies Division to acquire some interrelated Asian companies: Anhui Zhongding Sealtech Inc., ...

The Plastics Industry Trade Association and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) have announced that they have reached an agreement that is said to add new ...

With an anniversary conference on technical and market issues under the motto: “Yesterday – today – tomorrow,” the German specialist association for foamed ...

BASF has opened a new research lab for thermoplastic polyurethanes in Wyandotte, MI, USA. A multidisciplinary team of product developers, chemists and material ...

Nordson Corporation announced the acquisition of Sealant Equipment & Engineering, Inc. based in Plymouth, MI, USA, a leader in the engineering and manufacturing ...

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. has announced the establishment of a new company for functional polymeric materials, Mitsui Chemicals Functional Composites (Shanghai) ...

Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association for manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds, announced that Italian imports and ...

The Stock Indices Working Group of Deutsche Boerse AG has recently decided to include Lanxess AG in the German benchmark index DAX 30. The speciality chemicals ...

The Thermoplastic Elastomers 10^th Topical Conference Topcon 2012, organised by the Society of Plastics Engineers Thermoplastic Elastomer Special ...

The Hamburg-based Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH has recently taken over the distribution of the Wanthane TPU series of Chinese Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. Ltd. ...

The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) has elected RCMA Commodities Asia as its most recent Affiliate Member.

Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda), of Malaysia, intends to expand its investment by developing rubber plantations in Myanmar and Laos. ...

Saip Equipment will present itself on stand 222 at the PU China 2012 exhibition, that will take place in the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center from 18 – ...

The government is looking at doubling the country’s 2010 rubber industry production and supply 50 percent of domestic natural rubber requirements by 2016, the ...

On 10 August 2012, Yantai Wanhua has successfully started a new 4,000 t/y TPU production line, which was designed with the company's own intellectual property. ...

GAF, North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, has announced that it will soon open two more PIR boardstock plants in addition to those in Georgia and ...

GS Caltex Co., Korea's second-largest oil refiner, said Friday (21 Sept. 2012) it broke ground for a polymer compounds plant in the southern part of the country.

Thailand's Vinythai Plc plans to invest Bt7.2 billion to build an epichlorohydrin plant in China as part of its drive to double its total annual production ...

The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) has received a budget of RM397.7 million the highest so far from the Government for rubber ...

The Philippine government is targeting to increase rubber production in the country by turning 200,000 hectares of land into rubber plantation by 2016.

PTT, the country's leading oil and petrochemical conglomerate, plans to make Thailand the world's bioplastic production hub by joining with two partners: ...

Rubber traders in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom are using fraudulent methods to cheat the government's 15 billion baht rubber price intervention ...

Insulation and building materials specialist Kingspan has completed the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Construction, Germany and Rigidal Industries, Dubai for a ...

The government plans to spend an additional 30 billion baht to purchase rubber from farmers at above-market rates to shore up prices.

Effective 1 July 2012 the Ravago Group has acquired the TPE compounding business of Polyprime Inc., a TPE compounder operating primarily from its manufacturing ...

The latest joint-effort between two of the world's largest rubber producers Malaysia and Thailand to develop a “Rubber City” near Kedah-Thai border must be ...

Bangladesh has the potential to export plastic products worth $4 billion a year from 2020 through compliant factories and application of modern technology, said ...

Lanxess is investing EUR 235 million in a new EPDM plant with a capacity of 160,000 t/y in Changzhou (Jiangsu Province), China. According to Lanxess, this is ...

Natural rubber (NR) production in Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) this year is set to rise by 4.9% to 10.83 million tonnes from 10.33 ...

Glove manufacturers are looking for higher public allocation for brand building in the upcoming Budget 2013 tabling to ramp up efforts to create a strong local ...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that the plan of Yokohama Tires Philippines Inc. (YTPI) to more than double its production by 2017 presents the ...

Malaysia is in need of the right engineers and technicians to support its manufacturing sector, which will ultimately reduce the influx of foreign labour, says ...

Five new research and development facilities for the rubber production sector are in the pipeline, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Lanxess is building the world’s largest plant for EPDM synthetic rubber in China. The German company is investing EUR 235 million in the plant in Changzhou ...

Malaysian rubber glove makers will invest between RM300 million and RM500 million in the next five to 10 years to enhance their automation system and reduce ...

The 'Thuru Saviya' Fund affiliated to the Plantation Industries Ministry has taken steps to establish group processing centres for rubber in identified areas ...

With Chinese plastic manufacturers shifting their bases to low-cost Asian locations, Bangladesh remains an ideal choice, but poor infrastructure threatens to ...

Top world rubber producers at the current International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) meeting in Bandung, Indonesia, will need to reach full agreement on the ...