Century Synthetic Fiber Corporation plans to make its initial public offering (IPO) of shares on 9 December 2014 and get listed at the HCM City Stock Exchange ...

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Amnuay Patisae promised to launch a national rubber reform program and seek cooperation from neighboring countries ...

The tire industry has urged the government to take decisive measures against the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on tires imported from China ...

Reverdia has earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for its Biosuccinium bio-succinic acid.

Albemarle Corporation announced that it plans to increase production capabilities of its curatives products at its facility in Pasadena, TX, USA. The capacity ...

Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia will set up a regional rubber exchange to bolster the commodity’s trading activities and support prices.

Wison Engineering Ltd. has received two new contracts from Chinese firms for its proprietary methanol-to-olefins (MTO) separation technology.

PetroChina-Rosneft Orient Petrochemical (Tianjin) Co., a joint venture of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and Rosneft, has received board approval for a ...

Tokuyama Corp. announced that its 71 % owned Shin Dai-ichi Vinyl Corp. is undertaking a “drastic reform” of its vinyl chloride business, including the shutdown ...

Magna International Inc. announced that the contract with Daimler AG to manufacture the Mercedes-Benz G-Class at its Graz, Austria, facility has been extended ...

Dow Chemical plans to reconfigure and reduce its equity base in the MEGlobal and Greater Equate joint ventures, including The Kuwait Olefins Co. (TKOC) and The ...

The Datwyler Group has signed a contract to acquire Keystone Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Columbia Engineered Rubber, Inc. in Dayton, OH, USA, to ...

Local rubber price has remained stable despite the appreciation in US dollar against the kyat.

With eighteen companies already planning to exhibit in the NPE3D pavilion at NPE2015, show management has expanded this special section of the show floor ...

Lactic acid producer Corbion Purac announced it will "accelerate its thrust into the biotechnology arena" by becoming a polylactic acid (PLA) producer and ...

TCI Sanmar Chemicals is planning to invest USD 150-million in a project to increase polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and ethylene capacity at its complex in Port Said, ...

Mitsui Chemicals announced that its Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Elastomers Co. joint venture with Sinopec has launched commercial production of ethylene propylene ...

Vencorex announced that it is expanding the capacity for its aliphatic isocyanates product range, including HDI, IPDI, Tolonate and Easaqua grades, as well as ...

Huntsman Corporation recently inaugurated its new India corporate office in Andheri, Mumbai, India. The 220,000 square feet, seven story building will initially ...

PlasticsEurope together with EuPC, the association of European Plastics Converters, launched a “Manifesto on the competitiveness of the plastics industry in ...

Pakistan has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat of a request for consultations with the European Union regarding the imposition of ...

Setting a selling price for rubber based on benefit sharing between growers and manufacturers should be adopted to stabilise prices in the long run, says an ...

Effective 1 January 2015, Evonik Industries AG will globally increase the prices of its PMMA moulding compounds, which it markets under the Plexiglas and ...

KBR Inc. announced that it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) for the debottlenecking ...

Hankook Tire has launched a lower-priced product branded Laufenn as part of efforts to widen its global customer base, the company said on 6 Nov. 2014. ...

Omya, a provider and distributor of speciality chemicals, and the French chemical company Arkema have entered into an exclusive pan-European distribution agreement.

Thai Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Pitipong Puengboon na Ayutthaya on 5 Nov. 2014 asked for China to consider delaying its enforcement of a new ...

Saip and Pozzi Industries group will be exhibiting from 11 – 13 November 2014 at the eighth edition of Feiplar Composites & Feipur – exhibition and congress on ...

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council has issued a call for papers and posters to be presented at the 2015 ...

From 11 – 13 November 2014, the eighth edition of Feiplar Composites & Feipur – exhibition and congress on composites, polyurethane and engineering plastics – ...

BioAmber has announced a five-year supply agreement for bio-based succinic acid with Xuchuan Chemical. This agreement will see BioAmber ship bio-based succinic ...

The German company NGS Elastomer GmbH distributes fluorosilicone base from Chinese producer Weihai New Era Chemical Co. Ltd. in Germany and ­Italy.

Cancarb has appointed the Istanbul-based Turkish company Özsahin Sun’Í Kösele Sanayi Ve Ticaret A. S. as new distributor for its Thermax medium thermal carbon ...

Carbon Holdings is in negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government concerning a possible USD 400-million investment by the government in Carbon ...

Bluestar Silicones, one of the world´s leading fully integrated silicone manufacturers, has entrusted Brenntag with the pan-European distribution of its ...

ExxonMobil broke ground on 21 Oct. 2014 to begin building two new specialty polymers units at its Singapore Chemical Plant. The project reaffirms ExxonMobil’s ...

PolyOne Corporation has signed an expanded supply agreement with Dow Corning Corporation enabling PolyOne Distribution to sell Dow Corning brand silicones to ...

Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. and its distributor United Trading System (UTS) have signed a cooperation agreement (effective until the end of 2015) to supply the ...

Under the theme of “Smart Rubber”, the first China International Rubber Industry Expo (CIRI Expo) – comprising of the China (Qingdao) Tires Show and the China ...

The German fair companies Messe Essen GmbH and Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH announced that in the future they will enter into a “far-reaching strategic ...

According to the new Market Study: Silicones by Ceresana, worldwide revenues generated with silicones rose by 6.7 % per year since 2005. In 2013, silicones ...

According to the report Global Silicone Market by Type, Application & Geography – Forecasts up to 2017 by market research and consulting company ...

The cables and cabling systems manufacturer Nexans North America announced it has divested of its Milton, Ontario, distribution facility and is investing ...

Smithers Rapra has announced the programmes for the 2014 editions of the Silicone Elastomers World Summit and Thermoplastic Elastomers World Summit, which will ...

The Dutch VMI Group is investing in the construction of a new factory building that will add 4,200 m2 of assembly floor space in Epe, the Netherlands.

The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) has elected Conser S.p.A. as its most recent Affiliate Member.

SO.F.TER. announces the production startup of Engineering Plastics in the new plant based in Lebanon, TN, USA. The plant has an initial annual capacity of ...

Hexcel Corporation will expand its carbon fibre production capacity through the addition of new precursor and carbon fibre lines at the Osiris Chemicals ...

Magna International Inc. announced that the contract with Daimler AG to manufacture the Mercedes-Benz G-Class at its Graz, Austria, facility has been extended ...

The trade fair for the Asian tyre market Reifen China will take place from 3 – 5 December 2014 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) in ...

In October 2013, DuPont announced plans to spin off its titanium technologies as well as the chemicals and fluoroproducts businesses into a single new company.

Over 50 overseas delegates, who took part in the just concluded ‘Global Rubber Conference,’ visited the ‘Colombo Rubber Auction’, which is conducted at the ...

The Datwyler Group has signed a contract to acquire Keystone Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Columbia Engineered Rubber, Inc. in Dayton, OH, USA, to ...

Trelleborg has acquired the assets and businesses from the US-based privately owned Uretek Archer LLC Group, comprising Uretek LLC and Archer Rubber ...

Hexpol has signed an agreement to acquire the Vigar Rubber Compounding business within Grupo Vigar from the founders’ families. According to Hexpol, the ...

Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd., based in Osaka, announced that it has entered into a letter of intent with Takiron Co. Ltd. to transfer all of the shares of its ...

Sri Lanka's Rubber Research Institute (RRI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China’s state-owned CETC International for the development of ...

For the first time in the history of local rubber industry, the government is planning to set up a dedicated industrial park for rubber,'Rubber City', to take ...

Rubber farmers in Nong Khai province are now switching to cultivate other types of crops due to the falling prices of rubber. Nong Khai rubber farmers have ...