Zeon Corporation Plans 20% Expansion of Dicyclopentadiene Production
Zeon Corporation has approved a new investment to expand its dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) production cap...
U.S. PureCycle Partners with Innovia to Produce 40% PCR BOPP Film
PureCycle Technologies has partnered with Innovia Films, a global manufacturer of packaging, graphic...
Toray Plans to Build New 3,000-ton PPS Resin Plant in India
Toray plans to build a new polyphenylene sulfide resin production facility in Suryapet, Andhra Prade...
China's Daxie Petrochemical Achieves Industrial Production of Two High-End Polypropylene Grades
Daxie Petrochemical recently successfully achieved the first industrial production of polypropylene ...
Sumitomo Bakelite Develops 900V Creepage-Resistant Insulation Material
Japanese chemical manufacturer Sumitomo Bakelite has recently launched a new creepage-resistant insu...
Midland Plastics Appoints Brian Torres as President
Midland Plastics Inc. has appointed Brian Torres as President, as the 80-year-old Midwest-based high...
Celanese Closes Ulsan Plant in South Korea, Transfers Capacity to China and India
Recently, Celanese announced an optimization of its production network for the engineered materials ...
Lexus ES in Japan uses 35% recycled materials from Covestro, reducing emissions by 25%
Covestro's Bayblend® T85X R35 CQ polycarbonate/ABS material has been used in interior components of ...
Bluestar Silicones Hosts 2026 STARSIL Brand Operations Conference in Xiong'an, China
Bluestar Silicones held the 2026 STARSIL Brand Operations Conference at the Sinochem Building in Xio...
Chinese Shandong University Team Discovers Siloxane-Activated Through-Space Conjugation with Photoluminescence Quantum Yield Reaching 92.7%
A research team led by Dengxu Wang at Shandong University has discovered that siloxane can actively ...
Porsche Taycan with Pirelli Tires Sets 6:55 Nürburgring Record
The Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS tire has set a new lap record for production electric vehicles at the N...
LYB and Bosch Collaboration Recognized by Plastics Recycling Awards Europe
LYB has been recognized by the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe for its collaboration with Bosch in ...
AIC International Opens New Location in Mexico to Support Composites Manufacturing
AIC International has announced the expansion of its operations to Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, to be cl...
ARLANXEO and Covestro Collaborate: GWP of Chloroprene Rubber to Drop by Approximately 20% from 2026
ARLANXEO, in collaboration with Covestro, has reduced the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) of i...
Toray India to Add PPS Production Line in 2027 with Annual Capacity of 3,000 Tons
Toray Industries, Inc., through its subsidiary Toray Industries (India), is adding a high-performanc...
Encina and BASF Sign Cooperation Agreement for Circular Chemicals Facility
Encina Development Group LLC, an ISCC Plus-certified circular chemicals producer, has signed a strat...
Avery Dennison Appoints New President of Materials Group
Avery Dennison Corp. has appointed Danny Allouche as President of its Materials Group. Allouche will...
Argonne National Laboratory and Department of Energy Launch Chemical Technology Scale-Up Initiative
Argonne National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a new manufacturing ini...
BASF to Close EPS Plant in Ulsan, South Korea
BASF announced on June 8, 2026, that it will close its expandable polystyrene (EPS) production plant...
Aisan Industry Uses Carbon-Captured Polyoxymethylene to Manufacture Fuel Pumps in the U.S.
Polyoxymethylene (POM) resin made from captured carbon dioxide by Celanese has been adopted by Aisan...
South Africa's Kampak Focuses on Medium-Width Composite Films to Build a Differentiated Position
South African flexible packaging company Kampak has established a differentiated position in a marke...
SK Chemicals Signs Agreement with Omya on June 8, Aiming to Double European TPEE Sales by 2028
SK Chemicals announced on June 8, 2026, that it has signed a sales and distribution agreement with O...
ExxonMobil Develops Polyethylene Film with Up to 35% Recycled Content
ExxonMobil's Signature Polymers has developed two mono-material polyethylene film solutions containi...
U.S. Polystyrene Recycling Alliance Releases EPS and PS Business Cases Supporting Reclassification
The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) has released two business cases supporting the reclassific...
Biesterfeld Partners with Osaka Soda to Expand Elastomer Distribution in UK and Ireland
Biesterfeld has announced a strategic partnership with Osaka Soda (大阪曹達) to expand the supply of adv...
Moscow Cable Company Tests Domestic Fluoropolymer Materials
A cable manufacturing company in Moscow, the capital of Russia, is advancing the localization of raw...
China's New Domestic Composite Materials Reduce Ship Weight
For new ships to sail into the deep blue, they must overcome a material challenge: reducing weight w...
Germany's thyssenkrupp Uhde undertakes preliminary design for two green ammonia projects in Brazil
On June 9, German chemical engineering company thyssenkrupp Uhde announced the signing of two pre-fe...
First Graphene Acquires Mito to Strengthen US Market Presence
First Graphene Ltd (ASX:FGR, OTCQB:FGPHF, FRA:M11) recently announced the acquisition of Mito, a mov...
India's BCML Partners with LCB to Establish Bioplastics Platform
India's sugar and bioenergy company Balrampur Chini Mills Limited (BCML) has recently partnered with...