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Japanese firm Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. will implement over US$700 million in facility investments for its silicones business, one of its main businesses, with the aim of further expanding and strengthening this business. As a result of the announcement in September 2018…
Cabot breaks ground on compounds facility in Indonesia
Carbon black maker Cabot Corporation has broken ground on a new specialty compounds facility in Cilegon, Indonesia. The new facility is co-located with Cabot’s existing carbon black manufacturing site and will add 20,000 tonnes/year of global capacity for specialty compounds,…
Philippine rubber farmers receive agri aid to boost output
In the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, four agrarian reform beneficiary organisations (ARBOs) involved in rubber tree farming got bags and sacks of fertilizers and pesticides worth Php 2.8 million to help them improve their production. ARBOs include the Timbabauan Agrarian…
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Polish synthetic rubber maker Synthos says that it has reached a major milestone in the development of advanced bio-butadiene technology. After completing a successful feasibility study in 2021, Synthos, technology firm Lummus Technology and its Green Circlebusiness have concluded that…
Hong Seng and Mitsui tie up for NBR plant in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd and Japanese global trading and investment firm Mitsui & Co Ltd’s subsidiary Mitsui & Co (Malaysia) are to form a partnership to set up Hong Seng’s 960 kilotonne/year-nitrile butadiene latex (NBR) plant at Kedah Rubber…
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