The Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association (JRMA) has released its synthetic rubber shipment figures for calendar 2016, revealing a small year-on-year…...
Materials
Sumitomo Riko Opens Entries for 1 Million Yen Student Prize
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (TYO:5191) has recently begun accepting submissions for the company’s third Sumitomo Riko Student Essay Awards. The…...
Sumitomo Chemical Nears Completion of Saudi EPDM Plant
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO:4005) and Saudi Aramco have been moving forward somewhat more slowly than anticipated with the ethylene…...
Arlanxeo Hikes Price for Chloroprene Rubber
Arlanxeo announced on March 1 a same-day price increase for its Baypren chloroprene rubber (CR) across South America, Europe, the…...
Tosoh to Transfer TPU Sales Rights Over to Miractran
Chemical manufacturer Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042) plans to transfer the sales rights to its thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomer operations over to…...
Bando Chemical to Shift Indian Subsidiary for Greater Business Potential
Bando Chemical Industries Ltd. (TYO:5195) is relocating the head factory of its Indian subsidiary, Bando (India) Pvt. Ltd. Plans at…...
