The largest ever Chinaplas exhibition closed at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Pudong, Shanghai, PR China with a total of 57,751 trade visitors, of which 7,028 (12.2 % of total visitors) came from over 50 overseas countries and regions.

Trostel Ltd. announced it has completed work on an ASTM-compliant, fungus-resistant EPDM rubber compound. The material was specifically developed to be used in situations where rubber is expected to operate in a high humidity, high ambient temperature environment – such as the rubber door seal on front-loading washing machines.

Dow Corning has authorised Archway Sales, recently acquired by Nexeo Solutions, LLC, to represent its silicone, silane, and additive lines throughout the contiguous United States (i. e. excluding Alaska and Hawaii).