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Power surge halts rubber production at Tosoh site
Tokyo— Tosoh Corp. has included chloroprene rubber and chlorosulfonated polyethylene among a list of production…
Teknor TPEs for Davis-Standard I4.0 line at NPE
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – At NPE2018, Davis-Standard will use a medical grade thermoplastic elastomer (TPE),…
TRA introduces part-worn tire initiative
Wishaw, UK – The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) has launched a part-worn scheme to ensure…
Pirelli targets 9% growth through to 2020
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA is targeting average annual growth in sales of…
Safic-Alcan opens Russian subsidiary
Paris – French chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has formed a Russian subsidiary to supply to the…
Desma posts strong performance in 2017
Fridingen, Germany – Rubber injection moulding machinery company Klöckner Desma Elastomertechnik GmbH has posted a…
Engel to present self-optimising moulding process
Schwertberg, Austria – Engel will highlight ‘smart factory’ technologies at Elmia Polymer 2018 trade fair…
Doublestar signs deal to gain control of Kumho
Qingdao, China – Doublestar Group and its subsidiary Xingwei Korea have signed contract to acquire…
Aramco, Total sign $5bn MoU to build “giant” petrochemical project
Paris – Saudi Aramco and French energy company Total SA have signed a memorandum of…
DowDuPont to invest $100m in expanding speciality polymers
Midland, Michigan – DowDuPont Inc. will spend around $100m (€80m) in the next two years…
US authority probing Goodyear tires linked to 1990s accidents
Washington — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating reports that a potentially…
VW cancels all contracts with rebel supplier
Munich, Germany – Volkswagen Group has cancelled all its contracts with the Bosnian supplier group…
German car market falls 3% as diesel decline accelerates
Frankfurt, Germany – Registrations in Germany fell 3.4% in March with the decline in diesel-car…
JSR eyes Indian growth with new subsidiary
Tokyo – JSR Corp. has established a local subsidiary in India to strengthen sales and…
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