Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PetChem) plans to discontinue its vinyl business, comprising two plants in Malaysia and one in Vietnam, by Jan 1, 2013, as part of ...

With the integration of the sales and service activities of Netstal, the KraussMaffei Group is pooling its business activities under one roof in the USA with ...

Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. could benefit from a Chinese state oil firm's decision to scrap a petrochemical plant in eastern China as it stands to ...

The 6th edition of the Thermoplastic Elastomers conference takes place on 4-5 December 2012 in Pune, India.

GS Engineering and Construction said Monday that a Korean consortium with SK Engineering and Construction has won a $1 billion contract to build a large-scale ...

According to a statement by Arburg’s managing Partner Michael Hehl at a Fakuma 2012 press conference, “we are more than satisfied with the business trend for ...

The Rubber Research Institute (RRI) in Agalawatta has introduced a new system for rubber planting in home gardens, while using rubber clones with high productivity.

RubberTech China, the 12th international exhibition on rubber technology, and Reifen China, the 6th Asian Essen Tire Show, will be held concurrently from 14 – ...

Thailand will be the site of Asean's first factory to make water bottles solely using bioplastics, which will be exported across the continent to tap growing ...

The members of the ASEAN Federation of Plastic Industries (AFPI) should improve productivity so they can become a global hub for plastics, the federation's ...

Dow has announced a restructuring program designed to accelerate cost reduction actions and advance the next stage of the company’s transformation in the midst ...

On 23 October 2012, BASF officially opened its first Russian applications technology centre for polyurethane systems in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg.

BASF has opened a new polyurethane system house in Tianjin, China, to further expand its global service and production network. This is BASF’s third system ...

Polyurethane Process Industries (PPI) has opened a new demonstration room in Greensburg, PA, USA, featuring high- and low-pressure metering machines from the ...

Invista Specialty Materials announced it is investing “several” million USD at its two Terate aromatic polyester polyols manufacturing sites located in ...

Bayer MaterialScience inaugurated its latest system house in Qingdao, China, on 15 October 2012. The event was attended by 150 guests from government, business ...

Teknor Apex Company has named Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) to distribute its engineering thermoplastic (ETP) compounds in Germany and six other nations in ...

A. Schulman, Inc. announced plans to acquire ECM Plastics, Inc., for USD 36.5 million. The privately owned plastics compounder located in Worcester, MA, USA, ...

BASF has announced the acquisition of parts of Polish chemical company Ciech’s global TDI business. The acquisition is subject to approval by the appropriate ...

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is looking at three potential sites for a planned Plastic Park with an estimated investment budget of Bt2.346 ...

Effective immediately, Azelis has been appointed as distributor for the Robac range of rubber accelerators from Robinson Brothers, an UK-based fine speciality ...

The JG Summit Group said it expects its naphtha cracker and polyethylene facility, whose cost is estimated at $800 million, to start commercial operations by ...

Bioplastics ­manufacturer Cereplast, Inc. has entered into a distribution agreement with Hamburg-based German company Albis Plastic GmbH to supply Cereplast ...

Effective from early July 2012, OOO Küttner in Moscow, the Russian subsidiary of German company Küttner GmbH, has taken over the distribution of Kettlitz-Chemie ...

Pathway Polymers recently agreed with Dismacor S. A., a major tyre distributor in Bogotá, Colombia, to provide tyre fill solutions to the Colombian Ministry of ...

Halopolymer Holding announced to be the first Russian company to have joined the Washington-based SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association. The PTFE ...

Sibur has announced that it has entered into the final stage of its SBS capacity expansion at its Voronezhsintezkauchuk plant. The new plant is being built ...

60 years ago, on 11 October 1952, the first K show opened its gates in Düsseldorf. The German plastics industry was deep in post-war reconstruction, and the age ...

The government will bear the holding cost for the rubber industry if exporters need to stop selling, in a move to support the price of SMR 20.

Japanese Tosoh Corporation announced that de-bottlenecking operations have resulted in a production capacity increase of 1,000 t/y for its synthetic rubber ...

Robust growth in raw material demand has been experienced this year and should be sustainable into 2013 and beyond according to delegates attending this year’s ...

Vietnam has agreed to participate in the December meeting of the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), suggesting the possibility the world's ...

Sri Lanka is ready to capture 2 % of the global market of the rubber manufacturing sector. Presently, the rubber manufacturing industry accounts for ...

In light of overcapacities in the Asian market and low margins, BASF will shut down the Styropor EPS plants at its sites in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, and Thane, ...

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) congratulates the winners of the awards for best technical papers and ...

The Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing announced its support for the United Nations’ Sustainable Energy for All (SEFA) initiative, and commended ...

Hickory Springs, a leading US flexible polyurethane foam manufacturer and supplier to the home furnishings and transport sectors has announced that it is ...

Cabot Corporation has agreed to purchase Norit N. V., a manufacturer of activated carbons, from affiliates of Doughty Hanson & Co. Managers Limited and Euroland ...

At the sixth International Rubber Glove Conference and Exhibition (IRGCE) on 5 September 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Association of Natural Rubber ...

Fluoroplastics F-4 and F4-D, manufactured by HaloPolymer Perm and HaloPolymer Kirovo-Chepetsk, have been successfully tested in the American Laboratory of ...

The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) expects the Malaysian plastics industry to grow at a slow pace in the second half of 2012 in view of the ...

Kraton has announced that it plans to expand hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer (HSBC) manufacturing capability in Asia on a stand-alone basis. Locations in ...

Tempur-Pedic International Inc. a worldwide leading manufacturer of premium mattresses and pillows announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to ...

Dan Diaconescu has won the bid in the Oltchim privatisation, with an offer worth RON 203 million (~ EUR 45 million). All four offers including those from PCC SE ...

Donau Chemie AG, with its Hungarian subsidiary Donauchem Kft., recently held the official cornerstone laying ceremony for its new FeCl3/PAC (ferric ...

CP Group plans to integrate its rubber business by investing 300 million baht to build a block rubber production plant in Kamphaeng Phet adjoining rubber ...

Srithai Superware Plc, the world's largest melamine producer, will form a joint venture with Japanese partners to set up a plastics factory in Jakarta ...

Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV), of Malaysia, plans to develop a complete supply chain of its three core business palm oil, sugar cane and rubber in ...

The government will reallocate plastic factories of Old Dhaka to a new industrial zone as soon as possible, Industries Minister Dilip Barua said 1 Oct. 2012.

The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced new members: Mexico-based sister companies Dynasol and Industrias Negromex SA de CV (INSA) plus ...