HOUSTON, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or SBCs, and TNK Bitumen Performance, a unit of TNK-BP, a ...

Each year, about 27 million tires end up in landfills, dumps and stockpiles, where they pose health and environmental hazards. These tires could get a second life as components of the roads they once ...

The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) announced the results of a study evaluating the role of ground tire rubber powder in asphalt mixture performance. Debunking a common industry belief, ...

The Lockerbie firm is expanding overseas with its home-grown technology ...

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc., a clean technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower-value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen and renewable oils, into resources for ...

HOUSTON—Willem Vonk, application and technical service manager at Kraton Corp.'s polymers research facility in Amsterdam has won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Modified Asphalt ...

CHARLOTTE, NC - BASF has appointed Steven Muncy as Market Development Manager, Asphalt Polymers, in North America. He will be based in Raleigh, NC. In his new role, Muncy is responsible for working ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—EFG America L.L.C. has unveiled a new polymer asphalt modifier that is emblematic of the benefits the company's recycled rubber products provide to customers, according to EFG ...

Bio-bitumen, an alternative derived from biomass, could replace up to a third of petroleum-based bitumen, potentially reducing India’s import dependence amid the West Asia conflict.