Keyword: Elastomers & Rubber

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Maroon Buys Distributor U.S. Chemicals

06.05.2016 - Maroon Group has acquired U.S. Chemicals, a specialty chemicals distributor based in Darien, Connecticut, USA, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1960, family-owned U.S. Chemicals...

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US Silica Rules Set to Take Effect

20.04.2016 - A new federal rule aimed at protecting an estimated 2.3 million workers in the US from silica exposure could affect the plastics and compounding industries. The legislation is set...

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Petronas Cancels Malaysian Elastomers Project

19.04.2016 - Malaysian producer Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG) has announced it will not proceed with a proposed elastomers plant that was to be part of the Refinery and Petrochemicals...

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Teknor Apex Buys Plastic-Technologie-Service

06.04.2016 - US-based Teknor Apex has acquired Plastic-Technologie-Service (PTS), a German custom compounder of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and engineering thermoplastics (ETPs), for an...

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Covestro Develops CO2-based Elastomers Process

14.03.2016 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro is expanding its work on using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock and is developing a new manufacturing process for elastomers. The...

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PolyOne Acquires Kraton TPE Assets

04.02.2016 - US specialty polymers company PolyOne has bought certain thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) technologies and assets from Kraton Performance Polymers for $72 million. The two companies...

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Mitsubishi Offshoot with New German Distributor

31.08.2015 - Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers (MCPP) has added Grässlin Kunststoffe to its list of distribution partners for Germany. The subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical said...

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Solvay Starts Fluoroelastomers Plant in China

29.07.2015 - As part of the ongoing strategic expansion of its site at Changshu in China’s Jiangsu Province Solvay Specialty Polymers has started up a new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant. The...