Over recent years, SPC has enhanced the capabilities of its UK facilities, including a £1.2-million investment in a fully automated chemical weighing system. The latest investment is part of a broader ...

Zhuhai, China – Jiangsu General Science Technology Co. is set to complete an upgrade of its plant in Wuxi, China to include production of passenger car tires. The project will add a capacity to ...

Leverkusen, Germany – LyondellBasell and Covestro have decided to permanently close the propylene oxide / styrene monomer (POSM) production unit (PO11) at their joint venture Maasvlakte site in The ...

Tokyo – Natural rubber futures registered a general decline on Far East exchanges for a third consecutive week, Japan Exchange Group (JPX) reported 17 March. During the trading week ending 14 March, ...

Kuala Lumpur – The global natural rubber (NR) production is set to increase marginally in 2025, after registering a 3.5% year-on-year increase in 2024, according to the latest data by the Association ...

Tokyo – Eneos Materials Corp. is studying the suspension of production of synthetic resins at its Jushi plant in Japan, due to a wider group restructuring of refinery operations.

Nashville, Tennessee – Hankook Tire is on track with a €1.6-billion project to increase production capacity for passenger car and light truck (PC/LT) and truck & bus radial tires at its US plant in ...

Shanghai, China – Red Avenue New Materials Group is planning to build a rubber chemicals production unit in Thailand, the ...

Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG expects to see growth across all its divisions in 2025, including a significant increase in volumes within its silicones business. For 2025, the Munich-based group ...

Frankfurt, Germany – German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) has called on the new federal government to prioritise ...

Brasilia – Brazil is set to extend antidumping duties on the imports of Chinese car tires, according to a recent ruling by the country’s foreign trade office.

Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plc is focusing on the fast ramp-up of its recently opened factory in Romania and improving profitability, according to President and CEO Paolo Pompei who took over at ...