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 ...