Sumitomo Corporation (13.3 %), together with PTT Global Chemical Public Company Ltd. (PTTGC; 33.4 %) and Kuraray Co. Ltd. (53.3 %), have been jointly conducting a detailed feasibility study on the manufacture and sale of butadiene derivatives in Thailand and recently concluded a joint venture agreement with these partners.
read moreRepsol committed to the circular economy of plastics
Repsol announced that its chemical business has signed up a voluntary commitment to increase the circularity and efficiency of resources. According to the company, this commitment is achieved through its adhesion to “Plastics 2030 – Voluntary Commitment”. PlasticsEurope published this voluntary commitment following the European Commission’s announcement on their Plastics Strategy initiative, adopted in January 2018.
read moreCabot Corporation announced that it will increase the prices for all rubber carbon black products sold by its Reinforcement Materials segment in North America.
read moreBASF has started up a new production line for Ultrason polyarylsulfone at its site in Yeosu, South Korea, to meet growing market demand worldwide.
read moreMitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) has set up a regional management company for its performance polymers business in Singapore to expand the scale of the business in the fast-growing ASEAN markets.
read moreThe Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have signed an agreement to strengthen rubber production in the Philippines.
read moreIneos to build styrene monomer plant on the US Gulf Coast
Ineos Styrolution announced that it will commission an engineering study to build a world-scale styrene monomer plant on the US Gulf Coast.
read moreNPE2018 is already breaking records
The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) announced that 1.2 million square feet (~ 111,000 m²) on the NPE2018: The Plastics Show exhibit floor has been sold to exhibitors, making it the largest NPE show in history.
read moreAsahi Kasei increases prices for styrenic products
Asahi Kasei Corporation is increasing the prices of the following products for all overseas shipments, effective from 16 April 2018.
read moreMalaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) is hopeful of achieving more than 10 per cent export growth to MYR 18 billion this year, as global demand surpasses supply.
read moreEngro Corporation – a leading group of companies in Pakistan – has announced to invest a fresh PKR 3.03 billion into its subsidiary Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited (EPCL) as it looks to expand its chemical production plants by 2020.
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