8The company has updated an existing facility on its site to allow a 40% increase in overall compounding capacity to fulfil the expanding demand from clients for engineering resins

8Termites, with their diverse gut microbial fauna, have the potential to degrade plastics and their different polymers, making them environmentally friendly agents for plastic degradation

8The Kuala Lumpur rubber market is expected to trade lower on muted demand for the commodity with demand and prices likely to be stagnant, MRB’s reference physical price for Standard Malaysian Rubber 20 (SMR 20) decreased by one sen to 601.5 sen from 602.5 sen a kilogram

8State-owned banks have pledged to provide 2 billion baht in loans to support rubber farmers to rubber processing companies, as rubber export is expected to grow by 5 per cent for this year

8Kazuyoshi Matsuura, director and CEO of Zeon Elastomers and Chemical Business, has been elected president of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers

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8Neste and Rio Tinto collaborate to shift heavy machinery at the U.S. Borax mine to renewable diesel, reducing carbon emissions and inspiring mining industry transformation

8The drive is an innovative multi-purpose adjustable speed drive with built-in Clean Power technology, which reduces harmonics by up to 97% without the need for an AC line reactor or DC choke

8From 2023 to 2035, the conductive silicone rubber market is expected to increase at an 8% CAGR, reaching a market value of over $30 billion by the end of 2035

8OrganoClick launches eco-labelled waterproofing for textiles with exceptional performance, combining green chemistry and biobased materials

8The International Elastomer Conference, to be held in October 2023, is already accepting registrations and lodging requests, know more

8Sumitomo Mitsui Banking accelerating more capital toward innovation and infrastructure for plastics recovery and recycling

8The award will be used to enhance and scale technologies for producing huge quantities of formic acid to develop safer and more cost-effective methods of producing, distributing, and using clean hydrogen

8The company has prioritized the expansion of its photoresist material portfolio

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8In the years to come, India will likely become a major player in the sports textiles industry, India's Technical Textiles Market has a significant growth rate of 10%, an increased penetration level of 9-10%, and Placement as the 5th largest Technical Textiles Market in the World

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8Technip Energies, LyondellBasell and CPChem have come together for the design, construction and operation of a demonstration unit for Technip Energies’ electric steam cracking furnace technology to produce olefins

8US ethane exports hit a record high in March 2023, with projected annual growth driven by global demand, while domestic consumption increases despite limited cracking capacity

8Indorama Ventures and Carbios, a biotech company developing and industrialising biological solutions to reinvent the life cycle of plastics and textiles, have formed a joint venture to build one of France's first PET bio-recycling plants

Based on information from industry insiders, the Delhi market is expected to experience a rise in hydrofluoric acid prices due to growing demand.

Acetamiprid 97% costs increased in the Mumbai market on June 6, 2023.

Imidacloprid prices increased in the Mumbai market today.

According to Petrochem sources, Hexaconazole 97% costs have dropped in the Mumbai chemical market.

The Mumbai Acrylic acid Korea market has witnessed a surge in prices due to a combination of tight supply and high demand.