Kraton and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC) have announced their intention to form a joint venture to construct and operate a 30 kiloton HSBC plant to ...

The German rubber society (Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft e. V. – DKG) invites to the German Rubber Conference (DKT 2012), to be held from 2 – 5 July 2012 in ...

Source: Daily "The Star", Kuala Lumpur; 13 July 2011

Source: Daily "Vietnam Business News", Hanoi; 14 July 2011

The Mannheim-based German company Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH has acquired the tyre release agents business of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, as of 8 July 2011. The ...

Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, is increasing prices for Celanex PBT, Vandar PBT, Impet PET and Riteflex TPC-ET polyesters in ...

The 2011 Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) of the Society of Plastics Engineers took place in Boston, May 1-5, 2011. The number of registered participants was ...

Kuraray Co., Ltd. announces the scheduled resumption of normal production at the Kashima Plant (Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture).

Kraton announced the following price increase for its SBS and OE SBS polymers and compounds:

Lanxess has increased its prices for its Perbunan and Krynac synthetic rubber ranges and its Baymod and Nanoprene products by EUR 150 per metric ton with effect ...

Source: Daily "The Manila Times", Manila; 4 July 2011

Perstorp is extending its capacity for 2-EHA in Europe as well as in Asia by establishing production at the group’s manufacturing unit in Singapore, where PIA ...

Brabender GmbH & Co. KG, Duisburg, has provided the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University with a laboratory mixer for the processing ...