Journals By Industry - Plastic & Rubber Products Manufacturing

In 1996, Omani businessmen set up Gulf Polypropylene Production Co. to make plastic sheets. Of the company's RO3m ($7.7m) capital, RO1.8m ($4.7m) was held by businessmen and the rest was raised in an...

Tokyo, Jan 23, 2012 - (JCN) - Teijin Fibers Limited, the core company of the Teijin Group's polyester fibers business, has decided to commercialize a new version of its Nanofront high-strength polyester nanofiber...

Tokyo, Jan 20, 2012 - (JCN) - Toray Industries Inc. has purchased the 30% shares of Arkema in Societe des Fibres de Carbone S.A. (SOFICAR), a subsidiary engaged in manufacturing and sales of...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Momentive Specialty Chemicals, a global leader in specialty chemicals and materials, will showcase its VeoVa[TM] vinyl ester monomer and Cardura[TM] glycidyl ester monomer at the 2012 Paint India Coatings show...

NEW YORK -- Griffon Corporation ("Griffon" or "the Company") (NYSE: GFF), a diversified holding company, announced that it has appointed Alan H. Koblin as President of its Clopay Plastics business. Clopay Plastics is...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 13 January 2012 (Please click on the link to read the full text) [1]OUTLOOK...

In December 2010, the Arab Petroleum Investments Corp (APICORP), a multilateral development bank of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), sold 12% stake in ACBC to the Aditya Birla Group of...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Second graph of release should read: The upward trend of the key feedstock and raw materials prices makes a price increase inevitable for our product range. The corrected...

HEADNOTE EQUIPMENT Tire manufacturers say that an ongoing shortage of component materials - which is expected to continue through 2012 and beyond - com- bined with soaring global demand and logistics costs, has...

The first phase of EPC's complex at Ameriya came on stream in early 1986. A $700m second phase involving public sector banks and insurance firms as partners of EPC came on stream in...

$1.1 Billion Proposal Provides Immediate and Significant Premium to Georgia Gulf Shareholders HOUSTON -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that it has submitted a proposal to Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC)...

SAVIGNY, France -- Europe's only continent-wide sign installation and maintenance company is celebrating the second renewal of a contract with tyre company Bridgestone. Associated Sign Services Europe - ASSE - has worked with...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7e97ce/indian_tyre_indust) has announced the addition of the "Indian Tyre Industry, Q4 2011" report to their offering. Domestic tyre industry has witnessed a remarkable recovery in FY10 and FY11,...

QUINCY, Mass. -- Myriant Corporation announced today that Werner Praetorius, Ph.D., former global executive at BASF SE , the world's leading chemicals company, joined Myriant's Strategic Advisory Board. Dr. Praetorius, whose career spanned...

- Several auctions planned through February as equipment is sold from four plants - WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- A record amount of plastic injection molding and extrusion equipment will be available on the...

QUINCY, Ill. -- Titan International, Inc. (NYSE: TWI) announces that William Campbell, who has been Titan Tire President for the past 12 years, will become Chairman of Titan Tire and Executive Vice President...

NEW YORK -- Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF) today announced that it will make a presentation at the 14th Annual Needham Growth Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York. The presentation is...

Tokyo, Jan 9, 2012 - (JCN) - Nagase and Co. Ltd and wholly owned subsidiary Nagaze ChemteX Corp. have acquired all outstanding shares of U.S.-based Engineered Materials Systems Inc. (EMS), a manufacturer of...

HEADNOTE MEDIA & MARKETING Takes on Role of Official Clothes, Shoes Sponsor Irvine-based Asics America Corp. now sponsors marathons on both coasts, thanks to a recent agreement for the upcoming Honda LA Marathon....