Rohm and Haas wins trademark suit in Beijing
BEIJING (November 18, 2008) -- In a case that touches on some concerns that many companies have in doing business in China, an intermediate Beijing court has ruled that Beijing Jia Mei Shui Co. Ltd.,
a former partner of Rohm and Haas Co., illegally used the company’s trademark three years after their partnership ended. Beijing Jia Mei Shui was fined and its manager was sentenced to three years in
prison.
Lucite deal makes Mitsubishi No. 1 in acrylic
TOKYO (November 18, 2008) -- Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy acrylics major Lucite International Ltd. of Southampton, England, for US$1.6 billion (10.9 billion yuan). The
companies announced the deal on November 11, and it is scheduled to close by the end of January. Lucite said the deal “will make Mitsubishi Rayon the global leader in this market and confirms
its position as the leading acrylics manufacturer in the fast growing Asian markets.”
Bayer inaugurates systems house in Guangzhou
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CPPIA seeks to relax waste-plastics import restrictions
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Polymer chemicals firm sues exec over leaks to China
AKRON, OHIO (November 11, 2008) -- Polymer chemicals manufacturer Struktol Co. of America is suing a company executive, accusing him of providing trade secrets to a Chinese competitor for the purpose
of stealing some of the company’s business for himself. Struktol was the exclusive U.S. sales agent for Hung Pai Chemistry Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of silanes and other products for the rubber and
polymer industries, Struktol said in the lawsuit.
Excel Polymers names Asia-Pacific general manager
SHUNDE, GUANGDONG (November 11, 2008) -- Excel Polymers LLC, provider of elastomer materials and additives in Solon, Ohio, named Marcus Pignataro president and general manager, Asia-Pacific.
Pignataro will oversee the completion and start-up of the firm’s new manufacturing facility in Shunde. Excel serves the transportation, consumer goods and other markets with plants in the United
States, Mexico, Europe and China.
Sabic helps reduce Japan’s chopstick waste
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Panel blasts U.S. FDA stance on BPA safety
WASHINGTON (November 4, 2008) -- A scientific advisory panel looking at bisphenol A (BPA) safety issued a blistering criticism October 28 of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), saying that FDA’s
position that BPA is not harmful ignores critical studies and that the margins of safety the agency defines as adequate “are, in fact, inadequate.”
Trade decline may affect China’s recycled plastic imports
GUANGZHOU (November 4, 2008) -- Plastic manufacturers at China´s largest import and export trade fair have said falling orders mean that China is unlikely to increase imports of recyclable plastics
waste anytime soon.
Reedy to act as Asian sales agent for Singapore Polymers
KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY (October 28, 2008) -- Reedy International Corp. was named the agent for the sales in Asia of Singapore Polymers Corp’s PVC compounds.
Borouge, Enpro enter China service contract agreement
GUANGZHOU (October 28, 2008) -- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-based Borouge has signed a service contract with Enpro Supply Chain Management Ltd. to build the Borouge Guangzhou Logistics Hub in the
Nansha area of Guangzhou.
No PU China exhibition in 2009
Bayer starts up MDI plant in China
SHANGHAI (October 21, 2008) -- Production has begun at Bayer MaterialScience AG’s new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) complex in Shanghai. At the same time, the company also announced it has
broken ground for a toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant at the same complex. For Bayer, China is already the most important market in the Asia-Pacific region and currently its third largest national
market worldwide.
‘Materials revolution’ may have to wait
 Automakers seeking lighter-weight materials
BASF to build Cellasto plant in China by 2010
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY (October 21, 2008) -- BASF is strengthening its position in the Chinese automotive market by building a new plant to make Cellasto elastomer parts by 2010.
China’s WPC makers optimistic, despite global market
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