Ward Dupont, Europur Chairman, welcomed 220 delegates from 79 different organisations to the 48th meeting of the two associations Europur and Euro-Moulders on ...

Biomerics has chosen PolyOne Distribution as the exclusive distributor for its Quadrathane, Quadraflex, and Quadraplast medical-grade thermoplastic ...

Hankook Tire broke ground on the construction of a new research center in Daejeon Tuesday (10 June 2014). It will invest 266 billion won on the research and ...

Rubber glove maker Top Glove Corporation Bhd anticipates its capacity to rise to 45 billion units a year with the addition of two plants, bringing the total ...

Rubber processing will be given a big boost with the establishment of P32 million natural crumb rubber processing facility in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. The ...

INEOS Technologies announced that it has licensed its Innovene™ S process to Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. for the Turkmengas new greenfield world-scale ...

Cannon was granted last month with a major contract for the supply of metering and mixing equipment for the production of reefers, the large thermally-insulated ...

Vencorex announced on 2 June 2014 that the company has signed a new distribution agreement with Kadotoku Corporation. Kadotoku will be focused on selling ...

Huntsman recently announced it is the first spray polyurethane foam (SPF) chemical supplier to receive accreditation through the new second phase of the Spray ...

Huntsman recently announced details of a pre-production development project with German fashion footwear manufacturer ara. The initiative is – according to ...

From 3 – 5 June 2014, Isopa, the European trade association for producers of diisocyanates and polyols, participated as an exhibitor at Green Week, the European ...

Registration is now open for the 2014 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry ...

The official match ball of the Soccer World Cup 2014 in Brazil – the “Brazuca” – is already available for a couple of months. It packs all the know-how and ...

Johnson Controls and Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Huayu Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. (HASCO) – the component group of ...

Gajah Tunggal, an Indonesian tiremaker, seeks to expand its reach in the Americas as its new market, citing growing demand in the region. “We’ve already ...

The latest development from Sonderhoff Chemicals, the flameproof polyurethane foam seal Fermapor K31-A-45C4-2-UL-FR, complies with US fire protection standard ...

APS Elastomers has developed a hard thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) that is easier to extrude. According to the company, the new series of TPUs offers the ...

Rubber growers nationwide are planning to ask the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to help shore up rubber prices which have dropped sharply in the ...

A number of rubber plantations are operating at a loss due to falling price of natural rubber which drops to USD 1,700 per ton this month from USD 2,600 at the ...

Perstorp announced the acquisition of the pentaerythritol, penta, and calcium formate businesses from Chemko a.s. Strážske, a Slovakian chemicals producer. ...

Tire makers are shifting focus towards ultrahigh performance (UHP) tires as the demand for such tires is growing along with the increase in popularity of ...

Singapore based RIM Polymers Industries, part of the CEH Group were established in 2000 to manufacture and supply PU processing equipment to the fast growing ...

In a recent speech at Utech North America Mark Bassett, Global VP, Dow Polyurethanes, gave a rallying cry to the industry to become more collaborative in order ...

Lubrizol Corp. has received all necessary regulatory approvals to proceed with its previously announced chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) joint venture with ...

The plunge in global rubber prices to almost a five-year low currently may seem like a boon to many rubber glove manufacturers given the cheaper raw material ...

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) says legal action has been taken against six tire companies allegedly involved in cartel-like practices.

China's Ministry of Commerce has issued an announcement that anti-dumping measures on imports of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) from Japan, South Korea and the U.S. ...

Wison Engineering said the 300,000-t/y linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in the PetroChina Sichuan Integrated Petrochemical and Refinery Complex in ...

Cheil Industries, part of the Samsung Group, has completed a new engineering plastics plant at Dongguan in China’s Guangdong Province.

Sibur, Gazprom Neft and Titan Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture based on Titan’s Omsk Polypropylene Plant (Poliom), recently completed ...

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) and SK Global Chemical have signed an agreement on investing USD 595-million in an equally-owned joint venture to produce ...

Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) has entered into an agreement with Materia to further reinforce the collaborative research and development (R&D) efforts, ...

Kumho Tires, South Korea’s leading tire maker, is betting big on tires for full-electric vehicles as the company’s future growth engine. “Years of experience in ...

Publicly listed plantation firm PT Jaya Agra Wattie (JAWA) is targeting a new contract for exports to South Korea, despite a downward trend in rubber prices ...

Three palm and rubber plantations covering 20 rai (3.2 hectares) in Krabi's Muang district that are encroaching on a national marine park are being demolished ...

The Government has approved an allocation of RM130 million to assist 260,000 smallholders affected by the fall in rubber price.

The People's Committee of the southern Tay Ninh Province has approved the Department of Planning and Investment's proposal to withdraw the investment licences ...

Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh) expects its phase two expansion in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, to cost USD 8.5-billion, up from earlier cost ...

A Malaysian company has expressed interest in acquiring the more than 100-hectare Nchelenge rubber plantation.

Sadara Chemical, a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, has awarded a contract to Kentz Corp. for in-plant support services at Sadara's new ...

Publicly listed diversified giant Barito Pacific will continue with the expansion of its petrochemical wing, Chandra Asri Petrochemical, despite the business ...

Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) signed a construction contract for a previously planned refinery and petrochemical complex in Tianjin, China.

UOP LLC, a Honeywellcompany, announced that Guangdong Peng Zun Energy Development Co., Ltd., a Chinese petrochemical producer, has selected Honeywell’s UOP C3 ...

Lubrizol Advanced Materials Manufacturing Spain, S.L. (FKA Merquinsa) has expanded its presence in the Nordic TPU market by appointing Bjørn Thorsen A/S as ...

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) Safer Consumer Products Program recently held a public workshop to gather input on the initial ...

A meeting between member state representatives and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre on the development of a new Ecolabel for furniture took place ...

Ineos Technologies has licensed its Innovene polypropylene (PP) process for the production of homopolymers, random and impact copolymers and its Innovene G ...

SK Global Chemical said 27 May 2014 that it will establish a joint venture with Saudi Basic Industries Corp., (SABIC) in a bid to expand its presence in the ...