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‘Soft’ automotive demand impacts Hexpol organic sales
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Malmo, Sweden – Swedish polymer group Hexpol AB has felt the impact of a slowdown in the automotive…
Safic-Alcan distributing Dow flocking adhesives in EMEA
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Paris-La Défense – Safic-Alcan has extended its distribution agreement with Dow to cover flocking a…
Shin-Etsu silicones business registers double-digit growth
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Tokyo – Japanese materials supplier Shin-Etsu has posted double-digit growth within its silicones b…
Parker Hannifin to acquire Lord in €3.3bn deal
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Mayfield Heights, Ohio – Parker Hannifin Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire L…
Yokohama revises expectations at US tire plant
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Tokyo — Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has scaled back production expectations for its US truck tire fact…
Michelin reports growth, contract-wins at Fenner
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Paris – Groupe Michelin has released performance data for the recently acquired Fenner plc, for the…
Conti earnings decline amid automotive slowdown
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Hanover, Germany — Continental Corp. has registered a 17.1% year-on-year decline in earnings on fla…
Trelleborg boss “not satisfied” as margins decline
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has seen a reduction in business from automotive-related custome…
Application: TPE compound could be a dog’s best friend
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE has customised its Thermolast K thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) …
DRAFT Stock levels to keep lid on NR prices
Added: 28 Apr 2019
Natural rubber (NR) prices are likely to remain under pressure throughout 2019, despite trends that…
People: Swiss rubber recycler adds account managers
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Baar, Switzerland – Vesper AG has appointed two new European account managers effective 1 March, th…
Adidas develops fully recyclable TPU running shoe
Added: 26 Apr 2019
New York – Adidas has developed a new performance running shoe that it claims is 100% recyclable. T…
Michelin confirms 2019 business targets
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Paris – Michelin has confirmed its 2019 targets of volume growth in line with the global market.
The…
Fire at Nizhnekamsk’s isoprene plant
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Nizhnekamsk, Russia – Tatarstan-based petrochemicals company PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim has reported…
Natural rubber price tracker: Reverse signals
Added: 26 Apr 2019
London – There have been some signs of reverse in a recent uptrend in natural rubber (NR) prices, E…
Giti reinvigorating brand in North America
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Richburg, South Carolina – Giti Tire Manufacturing (USA) Ltd. has ambitious plans to make its mark …
European PhD rubber community meets in Paris
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Vitry-sur-Seine, France – The European community of PhD rubber students met in Paris earlier this m…
Kraton names new chief financial officer
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp. has announced the appointment of Atanas Atanasov as senior vice presi…
Michelin posts 9% sales growth in first quarter
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Paris – Groupe Michelin has reported sales of €5.8 billion for the first quarter of 2019, represent…
China’s Zhongding profit drops on raised revenue
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Xuancheng, China – China’s largest non-tire rubber product maker Zhongding saw its 2018 net profit …
