Articles Tagged with ''resins and base polymers''

A new liquid silicone rubber can be used for the production of automotive gaskets.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. recently announced that on August 8 it received notice from LCY Chemical Corp. that LCY had exercised its right to terminate the Combination Agreement between Kraton and LCY.

Ashland Specialty Ingredients recently announced plans to expand capacity at its Natrosol™ hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) production facility.

The plants, which will have an annual capacity of over 20,000 metric tons, will be built in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

Evonik Industries recently announced it has expanded its polyamide 12 production capacity at its Marl, Germany, chemical site.

Huntsman and Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. (SCAC) recently announced plans to double the diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) splitting capacity of their joint venture company.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. has notified LCY Chemical Corp. that its Board of Directors intends to withdraw its recommendation that Kraton stockholders approve the previously announced combination agreement under which Kraton would combine with LCY’s styrenic block copolymer (SBC) operations.

Oxea recently announced that its specialty esters plant in Nanjing, China, is now mechanically complete.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. recently announced the opening of its new Kraton Innovation Center in Belpre, Ohio.