Latest News
China’s top NR producer hit by drought and pests
Added: 24 May 2019
Beijing – Yunnan Natural Rubber Industry Group (Yunnan Rubber), China’s top natural rubber producer…
Safic-Alcan opens Greek subsidiary
Added: 24 May 2019
Paris-La-Defence – French chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has formed a new subsidiary called Safi…
Indorama combines filaments businesses to form new unit
Added: 24 May 2019
Frankfurt, Germany - Indorama Ventures Ltd (IVL) is combining its global industrial filaments busin…
Firestone Building Products opens first facility in Germany
Added: 24 May 2019
Heinsberg, Germany – Insulation materials manufacturer, Firestone Building Products Co. has inaugur…
Gulf Air selects Michelin as exclusive tires supplier
Added: 24 May 2019
Paris – Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air has selected Michelin as its exclusive tire supplier, t…
Natural rubber price tracker: the recovery
Added: 23 May 2019
London – Natural Rubber (NR) markets displayed signs of recovery last week, as indicated by ERJ’s l…
Union warns of “chaotic Brexit” impact on manufacturing jobs
Added: 23 May 2019
London - The prospect of a disorderly Brexit is putting skilled manufacturing jobs and "millions of…
Orion announces executive management changes
Added: 23 May 2019
Houston, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has announced major changes within its executive manag…
Yokohama gains OE fitment on new Toyota RAV4
Added: 23 May 2019
Tokyo — The Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) has begun supplying its “Avid GT” passenger car tire as origi…
Toyoda Gosei to set up engineering, sales office in US
Added: 23 May 2019
Kiyosu, Japan – Automotive supplier Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd is planning to establish a satellite engin…
Trelleborg gasket to help protect museum ship
Added: 23 May 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has supplied a Gina gasket to the floating dry dock which protec…
Future Tire: Streamlined production ‘key to sustainability’
Added: 21 May 2019
London – Streamlined production, supported by modular plant structures, robotics and modern process…
Yiyang introduces ‘smart’ twin-screw extruder
Added: 21 May 2019
Yiyang, China – ChemChina-owned Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery has recently developed a ‘smart’…
Impact of US import duties on Chinese truck tires influx
Added: 21 May 2019
Akron, Ohio – Those curious about the effects of elevated import duties on a market need look no fu…
Toyo's Q1 sales, earnings down, forecast unchanged
Added: 21 May 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. reported lower sales and earnings for the quarter ended 31 March as …
Desma adapting to slowdown after best fiscal year
Added: 21 May 2019
Fridingen, Germany – Rubber injection moulding machinery maker Desma is preparing for expansion whi…
Michelin names UK sales manager for services & solutions
Added: 21 May 2019
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin has appointed Jonathan Layton as national sales manager, UK and Repub…
Avon hit by dairy decline, US shutdown
Added: 21 May 2019
Melksham, UK – Challenging diary market conditions and a US government partial shutdown earlier thi…
DuPont awarded as Conti top supplier
Added: 21 May 2019
Hanover, Germany – Raw materials supplier DuPont has been named as a top supplier to ContiTech in t…
US tariffs having major impact on Chinese tire imports
Added: 21 May 2019
Akron, Ohio – US tariffs on Chinese tire imports are having a major impact on the country’s passeng…
