Polyurethanes
Electrolux to acquire GE Appliances

AB Electrolux announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the appliances business of General Electric (GE Appliances), one of the premier ...

Rubber
Gaub new Managing Director Technology and Engineering at Arburg

Effective from 1 April 2014, Heinz Gaub has taken over the position as Managing Director Technology and Engineering at Arburg. He succeeds Herbert Kraibühler, ...

Rubber
Gangus is now Albis

Gangus Plastic Vertriebsge­sellschaft m.b.H. with headquarters in Salzburg, an affiliate of Albis Plastic GmbH, has been renamed to Albis Plastic ...

Rubber
Krahn Chemie new distributor for Lanxess in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The Lanxess High Performance Elastomers (HPE) unit has transferred its distribution business in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Krahn Chemie Polska. ...

Rubber
Synthomer appoints Cornelius as national UK distributor

The emulsion polymer manufacturer Synthomer plc announced a new national distribution agreement for the UK market with Cornelius Group plc. Effective from 1 ...

Rubber
Ube completes butadiene rubber expansion at Chiba

Ube Industries said in May 2014 that it has completed construction on a 16,000 t/y expansion of its synthetic rubber manufacturing facilities at its Chiba ...

Rubber
Energy label for plastics and rubber machinery

The European umbrella association for plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, Euromap, is planning to introduce an energy label for plastics and rubber ...

Rubber
SRI LANKA: USD 3 billion rubber industry envisioned next decade

As the first ever Global Rubber Confab to be held in Sri Lanka is announced on 28 August, the country has positioned its historic rubber industry to be a USD 3 ...

Rubber
Chem-Trend to build new R+D centre in China

The mould release agents and casting lubricants producer Chem-Trend, together with Klüber Lubrication, both part of the Munich-based German Freudenberg Chemical ...

Rubber
Cabot increases prices for speciality carbons globally

Effective 1 October 2014, or as contracts allow, Cabot Corporation will increase prices, up to 8 % globally, for speciality carbon products.

Rubber
awetis on expansion course in the USA

The German company awetis engineering+manufacturing GmbH has recently established the subsidiary awetis manufacturing group corporation (amg) in the US state of ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Evonik's Interface & Performance business increases prices by up to 10 %

The Business Line Interface & Performance of Evonik Industries AG is increasing the prices of its products effective 1 October 2014, by up to 10 % or as ...

Rubber
Amyris and Kuraray expand collaboration in farnesene-based polymers

Amyris, Inc. and Kuraray Co., Ltd. announced the expansion and extension of their ongoing collaboration in polymer products using Biofene, Amyris’s brand of ...

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
THAILAND: 'Green chemicals' make major inroads into local market

Dairy Home, a leading dairy producer, has agreed to use bioplastics for all of its yoghurt packaging, in a deal struck with NatureWorks Asia Pacific, an ...

Rubber
Zeon begins full-scale commercial production of SSBR in Singapore

Zeon Corporation, a leading supplier of synthetic rubber with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, has begun full-scale commercial production of solution-polymerised ...

Rubber
Synthos plans to build Nd-BR plant in Brazil

The Polish company Synthos S. A. is planning to build a neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-BR) plant at the Triunfo Petrochemical Complex in Rio Grande do Sul, ...

Rubber
Küttner becomes an independent business segment within Biesterfeld Plastic

The German company Küttner GmbH in Römerberg/Speyer, which was acquired in January 2013 by Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH, will act as an independent business segment ...

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
SAUDI ARABIA: Al Waha Petrochemicals’ production back on stream after interruption

Al Waha Petrochemicals Co., a subsidiary of Sahara Petrochemicals Co., has restarted production at its Jubail, Saudi Arabia, complex after a 17 Aug. 2014 ...

Rubber
MALAYSIA: Rubber glove industry players urged to restrategise and become market leader

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged rubber glove industry players to take full advantage of the growing global market opportunities by ...

Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
THAILAND: NatureWorks expects 2014 decision on Thai Ingeo biopolymer facility

NatureWorks will make a decision this year on whether to proceed with plans to build a new 13-billion baht Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA) plant in Rayong Province, ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
KOREA (SOUTH): South Korean petrochemical producers vow to increase spending & exports

Leading South Korean petrochemical companies, during a meeting with Energy Minister Yoon Sang-jick, have agreed to increase their investments this year in order ...

Rubber
SRI LANKA: Govt. to offer guaranteed price for rubber

The Sri Lanka government is planning to introduce a guaranteed price for rubber to protect the smallholders from negative price fluctuations in the market.

Rubber Polyurethanes
NIGERIA: Quantum Petrochemical breaks ground for USD 1.5-billion Nigerian petchem complex

Quantum Petrochemical has broken ground in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, on a USD 1.5-billion complex that will produce a range of petrochemicals including ...

Rubber
OMAN: Saltic LLC’s chlor-alkali & EDC project jeopardized by electricity allocations

Saltic LLC FZC’s chlor-alkali and ethylene dichloride (EDC) project in Oman could be abandoned following Oman Power and Water Procurement Co.’s (OPWP) decision ...

Rubber
SAUDI ARABIA: International Polymers starting up EVA and LDPE facility in Jubail

International Polymers Co. has started up its 200,000-t/y ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

Rubber
SRI LANKA: Lanka to host Global Rubber Conference for first time

Sri Lanka, the world's 6th largest exporter and 8th largest natural rubber producing country, will be hosting the 4th Global Rubber Conference (GRC 2014), one ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
TPE SIG and Akron section are joining together to present TPE TopCon 2014 in Akron - Update

From 16-18 September 2014 Akron is the place-to-be for TPE professionals.

Rubber
THAILAND: NCPO to increase rubber prices, carefully releasing rubber stocks

Col Winthai Suvaree, deputy spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), allayed farmers' concerns that the release of government rubber would ...