Swedish engineered polymer solutions company Trelleborg Group is divesting a Czech operation in technical rubber products. The buyer is a Czech investment group, Kaprain. The transaction is expected to be finalised at the end of the third quarter or the…
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Supply strained by virus spread The persisting spike of coronavirus cases in Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam, and Malaysia- which together account for nearly 70% of the global production of natural rubber (NR), has raised new concerns over the supply of…
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New US research assesses rubber modified asphalt sustainability benefits
The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), partnering with the University of Missouri and The Ray, an Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered non-profit proving ground for sustainable transportation technologies, published a state of knowledge report that assessed existing research on the economic, performance and environmental benefits…
Trinseo to secure North American PMMA manufacturer Aristech
Trinseo a US-based global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber has entered into an agreement with SK AA Holdings, an affiliate of Falcon Private Holdings, LLC, to acquire Aristech Surfaces, a North America manufacturer and…
New Mountain Capital’s ILC Dover to acquire Flexan
ILC Dover, a US innovative design and manufacturer of engineered products, and portfolio company of New York-based investment firm New Mountain Capital is set to acquire Flexan, an Illinois-headquartered medical device contract design and manufacturing company that specialises in silicone,…
LUKOIL commissions polymer-bitumen binders unit at its Nizhny Novgorod refinery
Moscow-headquartered energy corporation PJSC LUKOIL has launched its polymer-bitumen binders production unit at LUKOIL’s Nizhny Novgorod refinery. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yury Borisov, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin and President of PJSC LUKOIL Vagit…
China’s JGST to build EUR166 mn tyre factory in Cambodia
Wuxi-headquartered Jiangsu General Science Technology (JGST), a company engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sales of tyre, is building a EUR166 million tyre factory in Cambodia. The plant, which will be sited at Sihanoukville special economic zone, will have…
Orion, RISE to jointly produce commercial-scale renewable carbon black
Orion Engineered Carbons, a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black and the state-owned RISE Research Institutes of Sweden tied up in a project to develop and produce renewable carbon black. This collaboration represents an important step towards more…
Akrochem forays into paint, coatings sector with new acquisition
US rubber chemicals and compounding materials provider, Akrochem has secured Texas-sited Bech Chem LLC, a company with more than 25 years of experience in the global chemical supply chain. The transaction is effective immediately, and Akrochem said it continues to…