Rubber
THAILAND: Malaysia urges creation of 'rubber city' in deep South

Malaysia is encouraging Thailand to establish a "rubber city" to develop the key sector in both countries and ensure sustainable prices for farmers. Under the ...

Rubber
THAILAND: Jacobs gets contract from NatureWorks for Ingeo biopolymer plant

Jacobs Engineering said it has received an engineering, procurement and construction contract for NatureWork's new Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA) plant being built ...

Rubber
CHINA: Qinghai Provincial Mining Co. selects Unipol Technology for PP production

Qinghai Provincial Mining Co. has selected Dow Chemical’s Unipol polypropylene (PP) process for a new plant to be built at Haixi in China’s Qinghai Province.

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
BANGLADESH: Demand for high-value plastic goods increasing in overseas markets

The high-value plastic goods of Bangladesh are increasingly attracting the overseas markets thanks to their international quality and competitive prices. ...

Rubber
PHILIPPINES: Rubber industry bares roadmap to DTI

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Board of Investments (BOI), on Thursday (26 Sept. 2013) received the roadmap for the domestic rubber ...

Rubber
INDONESIA: F&B makers want PET import probe to be ceased

Some food and beverage (F&B) producers have demanded the Indonesian Antidumping Commission (KADI) stop its investigation into an alleged dumping practice in the ...

Rubber
INDONESIA: Rubber farmers in Mappi struggle to cope with falling prices

Hundreds of farmers in Gimikya hamlet, Edera district, in Papua’s Mappi regency, have stopped tapping their rubber trees for the past three months due to ...

Rubber
VIETNAM: Rubber exports hit USD 1.68 billion in first 9 months of 2013

The country exported 100,000 tonnes of rubber in September 2013, reaping a turnover of USD 223 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural ...

Polyurethanes
Emery Oleochemicals acquires InfiGreen polyols technology

Emery Oleochemicals, headquartered in Malaysia, has announced its recent acquisition of InfiChem Polymers' InfiGreen recycled polyols technology to extend ...

Polyurethanes Thermoplastic Elastomers
Huntsman opens new Asia Pacific Technology Center in Shanghai

Huntsman Corporation held an inauguration ceremony on 17 September 2013 to mark the official opening of its new Asia Pacific Technology Center (ATC) in ...

Rubber
Lanxess increases prices for NBR

Lanxess has increased its prices for nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) globally effective 1 October 2013. The price adjustment per tonne is EUR 100/USD 150 for NBR.

Thermoplastic Elastomers
Krishna Venkataswamy to deliver keynote speech at Smithers Rapra TPE Conference 2013

Dr. Krishna Venkataswamy, Senior Global Technology Director of PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the 2013 TPE ...

Polyurethanes
Haltermann exhibits at CPI Polyurethanes Technical Conference

The German company Haltermann GmbH, a leading producer in Europe of hydrocarbon-based specialities and hydrocarbon solvents, has exhibited as part of the newly ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
KraussMaffei pools and strengthens injection moulding activities in Italy

With effect from 16 September 2013, the KraussMaffei Group will bring its injection moulding activities of the Netstal and KraussMaffei brands together under ...

Polyurethanes
Graco receives silver Stevie Award for integrated Reactor proportioning system

Graco Inc. and its integrated Reactor proportioner took silver in the “Best New Product or Service for Industrial Products & Services” category in “The 2013 ...

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
IISRP establishes Liaison Office in China

The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) and the China Synthetic Rubber Industry Association (CSRIA) have jointly signed a letter ...