01.03.2018
- US performance materials and plastics company Trinseo marked the opening of its new pilot plant and solution-styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) capacity expansion at Schkopau...
07.11.2014
- Lanxess CEO Matthias Zachert has confirmed plans for substantial job cuts leaked days earlier by a German newspaper, announcing plans to slash 6% of its 16,700-member workforce up...
04.06.2014
- If Matthias Zachert mounted the steep steps to the new Lanxess headquarters on the Rhine River in Cologne, when returning to the German chemical producer as CEO on April l, he may...
19.02.2014
- Styrenics producer Styron has bought the 50% production capacity rights held by Japanese producer Japan Synthetic Rubber (JSR) in one of the Swiss-based company's eight production...
10.10.2013
- Corporations Get a Push from Plastics - For global material companies such as Styron, R&D departments have become increasingly important to enhance our customers' sustainability...