Kumho Tire, the country’s second-largest tire manufacturer, said it has developed a new tire that emits a significantly lower noise.

Tri Ocean Textile Co., which makes fiber yarns, said that it plans to close its nylon division next year after it sold its nylon factory in Changhua County ...

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has established a Korean marketing hub with a focus on expanding its functional polymeric materials in the country.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has suggested that higher domestic consumption of para rubber should help stabilize its declining price. Farmers also need to ...

CB&I has been awarded a contract by Toyo Engineering, valued at over USD 200-million, for the engineering and supply of ethylene heaters for Petronas' Refinery ...

Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. is building a polypropylene (PP) plant in Lingwu, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China, and has awarded CB&I a contract for the ...

The domestic plastic industry has achieved high growth in exports but continues to face difficulties arising from a lack of input materials, said the Viet Nam ...

The Malaysian Rubber Board (Licensing and Permit) Regulations 2014 are not meant to prevent rubber buyers from operating their business but to ensure the ...

Hankook Tire, the world’s seventh-largest tire maker by sales volume, said it has broken ground on an $800 million plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA.

Toray Advanced Materials Korea said that it would establish a new plant to produce polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin at its Saemangeum Industrial Complex in ...

Reverdia announced that it is now licensing its Biosuccinium technology to companies seeking to integrate bio-succinic acid production into their business offering.

On 7 October 2014, BASF India Limited inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex at Dahej in Gujarat, India. According to the company, with a ...

Ube Industries Ltd. announced that its Thai subsidiary, UBE Fine Chemicals (Asia) Co., Ltd., will open a production facility for polycarbonate diol (PCD) to ...

According to the new market study “Upholstered furniture: world market outlook 2015” from CSIL Centre for Industrial Studies, world consumption of upholstered ...

Following Huntsman’s purchase of the Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide businesses from Rockwood Holdings, Inc., a deal which closed on 1 October 2014, ...

Following Huntsman’s purchase of the Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide businesses from Rockwood Holdings, Inc., a deal which closed on 1 October 2014, ...

BioBased Technologies LLC has signed a three-year agreement with CRI Tolling, LLC to produce the bio-based polyol product line Agrol. Production is slated to ...

Starco has established a solid tyre factory in Sri Lanka to produce the Tusker and Unicorn range of forklift tyres to meet the growing demand for truck ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed officials to set up a mechanism to introduce a certified price for rubber. At a discussion at Temple Trees on 2 Oct. ...

Albis Plastic GmbH announced it will soon be adding technical plastics to the list of Eastman Chemical Company products it distributes in Turkey.

In an agreement between the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, IDSA will organise a conference and ...

Tata AutoComp Systems Limited and Magna International Inc. have signed a 50/50 joint venture agreement to provide seating systems to the Indian commercial ...

The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) says the GST is likely to exert cost pressures on production, and has called on the Government to ...

Caldic, a distributor and producer of chemicals and food ingredients in Europe, Asia, and North America, has acquired RoRe Technologies early July 2014. ...

The Rubber Research Institute of Thailand has asked the government to give rubber farmers the same cash handout it’s giving to rice farmers, claiming that ...

Purac (Thailand), a maker of lactic acid and related products, plans to pursue new investments after receiving assurance from officials on regulatory ...

The Ministry of Plantation Industries has taken steps to enhance research innovation and development capabilities in the Rubber Research Institute.

Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemicals (Satorp) on 1 Oct. began the supply of 80,000 t/y of propylene to Advanced Petrochemical Co., enabling Advanced ...

Iran’s National Petrochemical Co. (NPC) plans to increase its investments in the country’s petrochemical projects in order to accelerate their progress, ...

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with hte, based in Heidelberg, Germany, to establish a satellite laboratory ...

Vietnam's Binh Dinh government has approved the feasibility study for a refinery and petrochemical complex being planned by PTT Plc and Saudi Aramco in Binh ...

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. told "PetroChemical News" (PCN) that it has decided to discontinue its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) business.

The fire that broke out at Hankook Tire Co.'s Daejeon plant is not expected to disrupt production since the damage is mostly to its warehouse, the company said.

German TPE compounder Allod, based in Burgbernheim, and APS Elastomers, Romulus, MI, USA, have entered into a service agreement to provide commercial and ...

On 30 September 2014, Huntsman Corporation announced that it has received final clearance and approval from the European Commission to acquire the Performance ...

Shell announced it has become the first organisation to offer a globally available portfolio of natural gas-based fluids and solvents for the chemicals ...

Bayer MaterialScience and bluesign technologies are joining forces for a sustainable textile industry and want to advance their initiative globally. The two ...

Chem-Trend, a supplier of mould release agents and casting lubricants, is increasing its global presence by expanding manufacturing and R&D facilities in China, ...

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) has signed an agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASc) to promote the advancement of science and technology in ...

It is crucial for the government to increase its rubber and palm oil replanting programme grants, says Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) Group President ...

The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has scheduled the "newly revamped" World Rubber Summit 2015 for 24-25 Mar. 2015 at MAX Atria@Singapore EXPO in ...

Elasto Sweden AB has announced plans to invest in a new TPE production line at their facility in Åmål, Sweden. The plans include twin screw technology, advanced ...

Socar Turkey Enerji has merged its assets with Socar Izmir Petrokimya in the Petkim petrochemical complex in Turkey, according to local news sources.

The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan (Socar) expects to commission a new polypropylene (PP) plant to be built at subsidiary Azerkimya’s Sumgayit complex in ...

Leading tire maker PT Bridgestone Tire Indonesia, a subsidiary of Japan’s Bridgestone Corp., has targeted to sell 1 million new tires that the company claims ...

Many anti-ageing skincare products containing rubber latex extracts based on the research studies conducted by Prince of Songkhla University and Naresuan ...

Carbon Holdings said it will increase its investment in the Tahrir petrochemical complex being built in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, to USD 7-billion, reported Daily News ...

Advanced Petrochemical Co., following its recent announcement to invest in a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit being built by SK Gas, said its subsidiary, ...

Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, partners in the Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh) joint venture, have issued a request to international, ...

The average Taiwanese uses 2.7 plastic bags per day and the nation uses 1.8 billion plastic bags in total per year, a figure which means the nation is one of ...

Resintech Bhd, a Malaysian manufacturer of various PVC and polyethylene products, is venturing into rubber plantation via a joint venture in Cambodia as part of ...

Air Products announced that, effective 1 October 2014, it will increase prices by 5 – 10 % on Dabco and Polycat polyurethane catalysts in Europe, Middle East ...

With some 500 guests, Wintec Engel Machinery (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. ceremoniously opened its new production plant in Changzhou in mid-September. The company, ...

Huntsman Corporation announced that it has commenced preliminary engineering to expand production of MDI by investment in a new, world scale plant at its ...

Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha on 19 Sept. 2014 claimed success in curbing a planned protest by rubber farmers in the South, after pledging to raise ...

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Co. (Orpic) has invited international and domestic contractors to prequalify for one or more contracts for its ...

Vung Ro Petroleum on 9 Sept. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its USD 3.2-billion refinery and petrochemical complex in Vietnam’s Phu Yen province, according ...

China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) has decided to drop anti-dumping duties on styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) imported from Japan, South Korea and Russia, ...

BASF has appointed Panduka Weerasingha as the Managing Director of BASF Lanka (Pvt) Ltd with effect from 28 August 2014. He succeeds S. Ramnath. Weerasingha has ...

Plantation business groups have voiced their criticism toward the plantation bill, which is now in final deliberations at the House of Representatives, saying ...

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