Welcome to E-News Update from Plastics & Rubber Asia

April 2011

LEAD FEATURE

Catering to the needs of the industry

COMPANY NEWS

Market optimism influences Solvay's takeover of Rhodia

Styron and Evonik to go public?

BASF's gets go ahead for MDI

BMS to expand MDI in Germany

Set up for R&D in China

Taiwanese company buys American SBC supplier

MATERIALS NEWS

Malaysian jv to produce super-absorbent polymers

No more BPA bottles in Malaysia next year

Sibur to increase ethylene/TPE capacity

NatureWorks to set up facility in Asia

Eastman and Oxea add on plasticiser capacity

EU control on phthalates and Eastman to stop producing

Resin for pipes and tanks

MACHINERY NEWS

Battenfeld wins litigation against Chinese manufacturer

Micromoulding machine at R&D centre

Coperion scores in UAE

German company expands its reach

Tube lines for wider range

Italian machine sales do better than expected

EXHIBITION NEWS

PU show in the right place and at the right time!

RUBBER JOURNAL ASIA

Lanxess buys more Solutia chemicals and ups HNBR capacity

Zeon too, sees HNBR increase

Chinese carbon black plant for Cabot

Evonik starts up isobutene plant; bonds buyout for carbon black unit

Medical unit buyout by Trelleborg

Doing away with harmful chemicals

Self-healing elastomer from latex

Rubber device for Bluetooth users

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

Zotefoams to acquire Mucell Extrusion

Haitian hits new sales record

Chen Hsong to make large machines

Electric alternative to hydraulic machine

Zeon too, sees HNBR increase

nother company that is seeing increasing demand for HNBR is Zeon Chemicals, which is planning to expand capacity for its Zetpol HNBR by 25% at its American plant to come on stream by 2012.

The company had previously expanded its output by 10% in 2010. Zeon says more capacity is needed to cope with the addition of applications in the transportation, oilfield exploration and production and roller market segments.