GREENVILLE, South Carolina: Michelin North America Inc. said it will name a laboratory being built at Clemson University after Edouard Michelin, the company’s CEO who died in a boating accident a year ago.

BASF has received an initial offer for selected parts of its styrenics activities.

The High Performance Polymers Business Unit of Degussa has announced price increases.

...for LDPE and HDPE.

Pressurex is a tactile pressure-indicating sensor film from the US company Sensor Products Inc., based in New Jersey, that helps manufacturers in R&D, design, and quality control/quality assurance to monitor and guarantee consistent package integrity.

Basell, one of the global leaders in polyolefins, based in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, and Lyondell Chemical Company, Houston, Texas, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Basell will acquire Lyondell’s outstanding common shares for USD 48 per common share in an all cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately USD 19 billion, including the assumption of debt.

AKRON: Vogue Tyre & Rubber Co. has introduced a new 20-inch size of its Custom Built Radial VIII passenger tire targeting consumers looking to personalize their vehicles.

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif.: The Tire Retread Information Bureau is adding “repair” to its name to reflect the importance of tire repair in the industry, the organization said.

On 12 July Huntsman Corporation announced that it has terminated the merger agreement with Basell dated June 26, 2007 and has agreed to a definitive merger agreement with Hexion, an Apollo Management, L.P. portfolio company.