On the evening of April 28, Dongfang Shenghong simultaneously released its 2025 annual report and its Q1 2026 report. The two sets of data show a stark contrast: for the full year of 2025, the company reported a net profit attributable to shareholde

International News Briefing: Raw Material News - Evonik will supply membrane technology to a Malaysian bioenergy company Electrical Appliances News – Henkel Launches a Polyurethane Hot Melt Adhesive to Simplify Assembly of Glass and Large Panels in H

Recently, a major announcement shook the global energy market. On April 28 local time, the UAE officially announced that it would withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the "OPEC+" mechanism starting from May 1

Yesterday, the UAE announced its withdrawal from OPEC, effective May 1. Although this decision appears sudden amid the current turmoil, viewed over a longer timeframe, it is the inevitable outcome of the UAE’s multi-year “production-increase strategy

International News Digest: Raw Materials News – Elkem Increases Prices for All Silicone Products in Europe and the Americas Automotive News - Faurecia Sells Interior Business for 1.82 Billion Euros Packaging News - Amcor's New $35 Million Plant in Ma

Mech-I-Tronic, headquartered in Italy, recently announced the acquisition of Apex Machine Co. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, and RK Ferramentaria in Curitiba, Brazil. This acquisition marks the Group’s official entry into the Americas market and r

International News Digest Raw material newsMitsui, Idemitsu, and Sumitomo Polyolefins Merger Approved! Sumitomo's Polyolefins Business to be IntegratedPRM Auto NewsThe EU-funded pilot project for a circular economy in the automotive sector has offici

YKK won the prestigious 2026 Red Dot Design Award in the product design category for its 3D composite zipper pull developed in collaboration with Variloom. Variloom is a company specializing in on-demand 3D printing and forming systems. The Red Dot

In response to feedback from the medical device manufacturing industry, Kistler has announced a functional upgrade to its injection molding quality inspection software, aimed at enhancing software usability and standardizing configuration options. Th

I. Crude Oil Market Dynamics On April 27, crude oil prices surged sharply. WTI crude oil broke above $96 per barrel, while Brent crude oil surpassed $101 per barrel, both rising over 2% intraday. NYMEX crude oil futures surged sharply in after-hours

News Summary: Raw material news-Dow, net loss30Hundreds of millions, cash flow surges10 Automotive News-StellantisFour European factories have been selected for negotiations on cooperation and trade with China in the electronics sector.-Anchor the

In recent years, I have visited the Rubber & Plastics Exhibition.The term "bio-based" is appearing more frequently, but honestly, the perception has always been quite divided. On the one hand, nearly every booth is talking about sustainability, c

LyondellBasell, a global major polymer producer and leader in polyolefins technology, has completed the expansion of its Purell product portfolio and further deepened collaboration with customers in the medical sector. For decades, Purell medical-gr

Recently, German sportswear brand PUMA announced a cooperation agreement with Suzhou Sensai, a new materials R&D company based in China, to jointly develop PUMA's next-generation NITRO™ high-performance running shoe technology. Puma will jointly

As Vietnam's infrastructure continues to accelerate, the real estate market steadily develops, and the home decoration industry upgrades, the Vietnamese plastic decorative materials market is growing rapidly, bringing broad market space for high

Medtronic has completed its acquisition of CathWorks for $585 million, securing the FFRangio system—a diagnostic technology that uses standard angiographic images combined with AI to calculate fractional flow reserve. The strategic significance of th

IT April 24 report, on April 23, Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce, met with Klaus Schmalfeld, Chairman of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association and Chairman of Daimler AG. The two sides exchanged views on...Cooperation between China and

According to Gasgoo Auto, the European automotive market saw strong growth in March, with sales surging 11% year-over-year to 1,584,784 units. This growth was driven by record-breaking performance from Chinese brands, Tesla's strong rebound, and the

Connect with international industry peers, jointly explore new chapters of interconnected cooperation. From April 21 to 22, during the 38th CHINAPLAS International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, Wang Zhanjie, President of the China

Recently, the PolyKARD project—jointly undertaken by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) and the Natural and Medical Sciences Institute (NMI)—has developed a biomimetic tissue-replacement material based on dense polymer films.