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Fenner contributes €67m to Michelin earnings
Added: 4 Sep 2019
Paris – UK engineering group Fenner plc has registered sales of €468 million in the first half of 2…

Medical segment driving LSR growth
Added: 3 Sep 2019
Cleveland, Ohio — The range of products and applications for liquid silicone rubber is growing, esp…

Sibur selling rubber production assets to Tatneft
Added: 3 Sep 2019
Togliatti, Russia – Sibur has agreed to sell some of its synthetic rubber production assets in Togl…

BKT expanding carbon black production at Indian plant
Added: 3 Sep 2019
Seregno, Italy – Off-highway tire maker Blakrishna Industries Ltd (BKT) has started production at i…

Marangoni Meccanica starts next chapter with new CEO
Added: 3 Sep 2019
Rovereto, Italy – Two months after its spin-off, Marangoni Meccanica has started a new chapter with…

Trelleborg focusing on LSR technology
Added: 2 Sep 2019
London – Trelleborg has invested heavily in liquid silicone rubber (LSR) technologies as the biocom…

European production plant key to Toyo growth strategy
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Hyogo, Japan –Toyo Tire Corp has set out its growth strategy for the next four years, involving pro…

Cooper Standard reports 46% earnings fall, lowers forecast
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard has seen sharp declines in sales and earnings (adjusted EBITDA) fo…

New Marl power plant to cut Evonik carbon footprint
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries AG is investing a three-digit-million-euro sum in a new high-eff…

Hankook earns design honour for two products
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Nashville, Tennessee – Hankook Tire America Corp. is a finalist in the automotive and transportatio…

Kraiburg TPEs comply with new German guideline
Added: 2 Sep 2019
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE’s Thermolast M compounds meet the requirements of the guidelin…

Freudenberg materials meet Chinese food standards
Added: 30 Aug 2019
Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has successfully tested its sealing mate…

Cooper Standard signs new Fortrex agreement in Asia
Added: 30 Aug 2019
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard has signed a new technology agreement to supply its elastomeric ma…

ERJ Special Report on Sustainability
Added: 30 Aug 2019
European Rubber Journal has just published a new Special Report on Sustainability, which is availab…

Nexen appoints ex-Porsche official as R&D executive
Added: 30 Aug 2019
Seoul – Nexen Tire is strengthening its global research and development competitiveness with the ap…

Natural rubber price tracker: Decline continues
Added: 30 Aug 2019
London – The decline in natural rubber prices continued over the past few weeks, as indicated by ER…

Goodyear advances use of rice silica
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has progressed with the use of rice husk ash (RHA) silica …

Continental invests in Hanover production systems
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. is investing more than €2.5 million in new systems for drive c…

IOM3 hosting "biggest" rubber conference in London
Added: 29 Aug 2019
London – UK's Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) will host the three-day Internatio…

Trelleborg bearings for ENI production vessel in Mexico
Added: 29 Aug 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB’s offshore operation has been awarded a fast track contract to p…