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Teijin to open R&D centre in China
TEIJIN Ltd announced plans for a textile R&D centre in China. The facility will be built on the premises of its factory in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. Construction of the facility will total US$24 billion, with operations expected to start in…
Pereira to Lead Davis-Standard’s Expansion in Asia
DAVIS-STANDARD, LLC has assigned Fred Pereira as President of Asia. The addition of Pereira is an integral part of the company’s plan to increase its presence in China and throughout the region. Davis-Standard will open a facility in Suzhou, China,…
Developments reflect gradual shift to synthetics
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Revenue not a top agenda for bio firm
Global Bioenergies, which reported a half-year revenue of EUR100,000, for the year ended December 2011, expressed that revenue was not important at this stage, until it commercialises its products.
Xiameter speeds up productivity
DOW Corning has released Xiameter RBL-9200 liquid silicone rubber (LSR), a series of low viscosity products that can flow at lower pressures into intricate tool cavities. According to the company, the LSR can help rubber product fabricators shorten overall processing…
EcoSynthetix to increase capacity
US renewable chemicals firm EcoSynthetix, which produces a family of latex biobased products, has commissioned a 36,000 tonne/year-production line within its existing US facility. The firm also installed a 36,000-tonne/year line at its Dutch plant last year, bringing its total…
Cooper-Standard invests in key technologies
COOPER Standard Automotive has acquired the patents and intellectual property rights and assets of EDC Automotive relating to thermal management technologies, product development and testing capabilities. According to the company, this investment on thermal management area will help it strengthen…
Tyre firms expand in China
GERMAN tyre firm Continental has broken ground on a US$215 million expansion of its car tyre plant in Hefei that will double the plant’s capacity by 2015. It will raise production to 16 million units/year of premium tyres – ContiComfortContact…
Trelleborg divests diving suit business
IN line with its strategy to divest non-aligned operations, Swedish firm Trelleborg has sold its Sweden and Lithuania-based protective product business to US firm Ansell for SEK210 million. The firm says its core competencies in the business are material development…