Effective 1 March 2013, Stepan will increase prices for Stepanpol polyester CASE and flexible polyols in North America by USD 0.08 per pound.

US polyurea system producer Versaflex has achieved the highest level of NSF/ANSI 61 Section 5 (2011) approval in the polyurea industry, allowing its systems to ...

National Coatings Corporation (NCC), a manufacturer of durable, weatherproofing roofing systems for commercial and industrial buildings, recently received an ...

Polymar BVBA has agreed with Argotec, Inc. to represent the company in Europe, including the former Eastern European countries and the United Kingdom.

The South African plastics industry will be debating various issues that impact on its growth and future prospects with the first industry-specific conference, ...

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) has expanded a multi-year agreement with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH Zurich) for multiple future ...

Biodegradable Packaging for Environment (BPE) plans a series of aggressive campaigns in Thailand to increase consumer awareness of the health and environmental ...

The nation’s plastics producers can expect stable sales growth this year on continued demand, particularly from food and beverage producers, a business group says.

Bangladesh's plastic exports will rise 10 times to $1 billion a year in the next five years, thanks to growing demand, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said 23 Jan. 2013.

Philip Hindson, former Director of OMS (UK) Limited, now Managing Director of AutoRIM Limited has purchased from the Receivers the entire spare parts stock of ...

Eurofoam, one of the market leader in Europe for the production and processing of polyurethane flexible foam material, has announced to issue licences for the ...

Revenue from plastic exports is expected to rise 11-13.5 per cent to hit US$2 billion in 2013, according to the Viet Nam Plastics Association (VPA).

Saudi Printing and Packaging Company (SPPC), a subsidiary of Saudi Research & Marketing Group (SRMG), has acquired 100 percent of Emirates National Factory for ...

Tasweeq has “lifted and marketed” more than 1 million tonnes of Qatari naphtha last year, said company CEO Saad Abdulla al-Kuwari. Of this quantity, Pearl GTL ...

Perstorp has extended its cooperation with Barentz Group. Since October 2012, Barentz is responsible for distributing a wider range of Perstorp’s products ...

Reverdia and Helm have signed an agreement for the European distribution and joint market development of Reverdia’s Biosuccinium bio-based succinic acid.

The Brazilian company Amino Quimica Ltda. with headquarters in Diadema, São Paulo, recently celebrated 27 years of business success.

BASF will increase its annual global capacity for manufacturing the chemical intermediate 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) by more than 20 % to more than 50,000 t/y by 2014.

Effective 1 January 2013 Klöckner polyPUR Chemie GmbH has expanded its flame retardants portfolio. The Duisburg, Germany, based distributor of isocyanates (TDI, ...

Qatar’s rapidly growing chemicals and petrochemicals portfolio will gain traction with the establishment of “Muntajat”, a state-owned company that will have ...

On 28 December 2012 Onex Corporation has announced that it has completed the acquisition of KraussMaffei Group for EUR 568 million. Onex Partners III invested ...