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Rodolfo high-tech calender line for tire major in India
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Solbiate Olona, Italy – Rodolfo Comerio will supply its latest 1,900mm-wide calendaring line to a “…

Acaplast develops hose to reduce fuel permeation
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Benevent l’Abbaye, France – Acaplast has developed an expandable rubber jumper hose as a solution t…

Trinseo reports reductions in environmental footprint
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Berwyn, Pennsylvania — Trinseo SA has achieved “significant reductions” in its environmental footpr…

Toyo to build €390m tire plant in Serbia
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. is investing €390 million to establish a "sophisticated smart tire p…

ANRPC, IRSG issue outlooks on natural rubber
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Singapore – World supplies of natural rubber (NR) fell 5.1% in the first four months of 2019, to 3.…

Biesterfeld expands ExxonMobil EPDM sales
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Hamburg, Germany – Biesterfeld is strengthening its collaboration with ExxonMobil Chemical with the…

Another year of slowdown for China’s rubber industry
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Beijing, China - The number of companies in China’s sizeable rubber sector, including tire makers, …

Goodyear reports drops in H1 sales, operating income
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has reported 32.4% year-on-year decline in operating income for the first ha…

Petro Rabigh set to start phase 2 in August
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Rabigh, Saudi Arabia – Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh) has launched creditors …

Scientists develop customised heart valves
Added: 28 Jul 2019
Zurich, Switzerland - Researchers at Swiss science & technology university ETH Zurich are collabora…

Conti targets small cars for new hybrid drive
Added: 27 Jul 2019
Chief among them is a 48-volt drive system that Continental says allows full-electric operation wit…

Toyo launches AI-assisted tire development platform
Added: 26 Jul 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. has upgraded its conventional automotive tire design base technologi…

Freudenberg supplying seals to "major" tractor maker
Added: 26 Jul 2019
Weinheim, Germany - Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has been awarded a contract to supply it…

Phillips Carbon Black opens R&D centre
Added: 26 Jul 2019
Kolkata, India – Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) has inaugurated a “state-of-the-art” research and…

Michelin H1 results up in 'difficult environment'
Added: 26 Jul 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has reported higher sales and operating income in the first hal…

UK chemicals body advises against hard Brexit
Added: 26 Jul 2019
London – UK’s Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has urged the new prime minister Boris Johnson …

Wacker to introduce high-performance TPE additive
Added: 25 Jul 2019
Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG will be showcasing a new silicone additive for thermoplastic pol…

Tokai upping carbon black prices in North America
Added: 25 Jul 2019
Fort Worth, Texas – Tokai Carbon CB Ltd. will increase prices for its carbon black products by $0.0…

GPSNR tackling sustainability costs for smallholders
Added: 25 Jul 2019
London – Natural rubber growers could face cost issues under the drive to introduce more sustainabl…

Sumitomo technology generates power from tires
Added: 25 Jul 2019
Tokyo – Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI), in collaboration with Professor Hiroshi Tani of Kansai Un…