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SABIC launched LNP ELCRIN DC0051RC1, a 75% post-consumer-recycled, carbon-fibre-reinforced… – International Market Brief, 24 Jun 2026

Jun 24, 2026

Rochester Midland (US) acquired ClarityChem and two affiliates (Chemasters, Chematrix) to expand its water-treatment platform.

Sika opened its largest US mortar plant, in Bridgeton, New Jersey, to serve the north-eastern construction market.

NEXEN Tire opened an automated warehouse at Žatec, Czech Republic, lifting storage capacity ~57% to 830,000 tyres.

Sri Lanka's rubber sector held an EU-funded workshop in Colombo to build readiness for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) — Relevant to all rubber exporters, India included.

Researchers unveiled a fully bio-based “PAGe” coating (phytic acid + gelatin) that makes Lyocell textiles flame-retardant and antibacterial.

Toray's FY26 operating profit fell to ~¥97bn even as revenue edged up — A signal of the global commodity down-cycle. (Mitsui Chemicals' petrochemical-segment loss is in the Weekly Top 20.)

SABIC launched LNP ELCRIN DC0051RC1, a 75% post-consumer-recycled, carbon-fibre-reinforced polycarbonate compound for electronics housings.

South Korea's Ulsan NCC overhaul awaits the start-up of S-Oil's ~?9.3tn Shaheen Project (1.8M t/yr ethylene), with commercial operation targeted by year-end.

Syensqo won a Gold-level Freudenberg Sealing Technologies SEAL supplier award; Walki and Dow unveiled a recyclable matte mono-material MDO-PE pouch.

The UK's Flexible Plastic Fund launched “FlexCircular” (targeting recycling of up to 400,000 t of flexible plastic by 2030); an EUROPEN/CIRCPACK study found eco-modulated EPR fees drive higher recycling rates.

Arkema said bio-based coatings are scaling from “niche to scale,” explicitly flagging India and emerging markets as a growth axis.

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