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Natural rubber price tracker: Ups and downs
Added: 15 May 2019
London – Natural rubber (NR) markets provided mixed signals in the latest ERJ’s snapshot of Far Eas…
Yokohama profits halved, tire unit reports major declines
Added: 15 May 2019
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) has reported a 50.1% year-on-year decline in first quarter bu…
People: REP names North America president
Added: 14 May 2019
Kodak, Tennessee – French rubber moulding press manufacturer REP has named James Wirtz as the presi…
Technology: TRM advances automated retreading
Added: 14 May 2019
Trento, Italy – Tyre Retreading Machinery (TRM), part of Marangoni Meccanica SpA, has introduced a …
Pirelli consolidating operations in Brazil
Added: 14 May 2019
Milan, Italy - Pirelli C. & SpA is consolidating its operations in Brazil with a possible plant clo…
ExxonMobil doubles capacity for specialty elastomers in UK
Added: 14 May 2019
Irving, Texas – ExxonMobil has completed an expansion of its manufacturing plant in Newport, Wales,…
Continental lays corner stone for new HQ in Hanover
Added: 14 May 2019
Hanover, Germany — Continental Corp. has officially marked the construction of its new global headq…
People: Trinseo names new executive VP, CFO
Added: 13 May 2019
Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Trinseo has named David Stasse as executive vice president and chief financi…
Cabot eyes expanding elastomer composites
Added: 13 May 2019
Kuala Lumpur – Cabot Corp. has reviewed long-term growth plans for its composite elastomers in Port…
ExxonMobil to add 400ktpa elastomers capacity in Baytown
Added: 13 May 2019
Irving, Texas – ExxonMobil is increasing its production capacity for olefinic elastomers as part of…
Technology: Sumitomo preparing for fully-automated driving
Added: 13 May 2019
Maebashi, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) has started a joint research project with …
Materials costs, non-tire unit hit Bridgestone results
Added: 13 May 2019
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has seen a 23% year-on-year decline in first quarter operating income on …
B&C boss Edelmann elected chairman of Semperit
Added: 10 May 2019
Vienna – Semperit AG Holding has announced the election of Peter Edelmann as the new chairman of it…
Zeon reports higher sales in elastomers unit
Added: 10 May 2019
Tokyo – Zeon Corp.’s elastomers business has seen a year-on-year decline in operating income despit…
Apollo registers strong growth in annual sales, profits
Added: 10 May 2019
Kerala, India – Indian tire maker Apollo Tyres Ltd has posted double-digit increases in sales and o…
Hankook rebrands as tire & technology company
Added: 10 May 2019
Seoul – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has renamed itself "Hankook Tire & Technology" to reflect its technol…
Q&A: Denka tracks elastomer business trends
Added: 10 May 2019
In this interview, ERJ asks Katsuhiro Saito, responsible for global sales and marketing for Denka C…
LehVoss commissions new lab, pilot plant building
Added: 9 May 2019
Hamburg-Wandsbek, Germany – The LehVoss Group has relocated its laboratory and pilot plant faciliti…
Tire shares tracker: Declines in Europe, US
Added: 9 May 2019
London – Share prices of major tire makers witnessed a slight downward trend over the last week, on…
Gates targets productivity as market challenges persist
Added: 9 May 2019
Denver, Colorado – Gates Industrial Corp. plc has posted a 10.0% year-on-year drop in first-quarter…
