Styron opens new office in Switzerland
HORGEN, Switzerland (Jan. 6, 2012)—Styron Europe GmbH has opened a European Operating Center in Horgen.
Cabot to launch 'Transfinity' masterbatches
BOSTON (Jan. 6, 2012)—Cabot Corp. is launching a process which mixes carbon black with rubber latex, aiming to achieve high levels of dispersion within the material.
Omnova Solutions to increase prices
FAIRLAWN, Ohio (Jan. 6, 2012)—Omnova Solutions Inc.’s Specialty Chemicals business said it will increase prices 6 cents per dry pound for all styrene butadiene emulsion polymers produced in the U.S, effective Jan. 16.
Weak demand keeps NR market dormant, according to ANRPC
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan. 4, 2012)—Weak demand is keeping natural rubber markets quiet to the point of dormancy, according to the January 2012 issue of Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics, the monthly statistical report from the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries.
ASEAN members crack down on defaulting NR buyers
HANOI (Dec. 19, 2011)—Six member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plan to crack down on natural rubber buyers who default on forward contracts.
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