Wanli Tire Co. Ltd., a subsidy of China’s Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holdings Group (GIIHG), recently launched its car tyre plant in southeast Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province. Situated in the Sin Bavet Special Economic Zone in Bavet town on the border…
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EACC launched to support sustainable development in Uganda
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Orlen to buy butadiene plant from Synthos for US$193 mn
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OCSiAl opens lab in Serbia for LSR development
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