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Linglong officially launches Serbian tire project
Added: 1 Apr 2019
Zrenjanin, Serbia – Linglong Tire has officially launched its greenfield tire factory project in Se…
Norway bank drops Halcyon Agri from investment list
Added: 29 Mar 2019
Oslo – Norges Bank, will not be investing in natural rubber supply group Halcyon Agri due to it bei…
Top Glove forms sustainability committee
Added: 29 Mar 2019
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian rubber gloves maker Top Glove Corp. has formed a committee to “embed” sust…
ZF agrees to pay €6bn for parts supplier Wabco
Added: 29 Mar 2019
Auderghem, Belgium—Trucking parts supplier Wabco Holdings Inc. confirmed 28 March a it was being ac…
Rubber sector raises Brexit chemicals concerns
Added: 29 Mar 2019
Colchester, UK – The British Rubber & Polyurethane Products Association (BRPPA) has voiced its conc…
Conti opens Thai tire production plant
Added: 29 Mar 2019
Rayong, Thailand – Continental Corp. has officially started tire manufacture at its greenfield plan…
Goodyear in EV ride-sharing pilot programme
Added: 28 Mar 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear is collaborating on a pilot programme with Envoy Technologies, an electric-v…
ETRMA welcomes progress on new tire label regulation
Added: 28 Mar 2019
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has broadly welcomed the…
Saudi Aramco paying €61bn for majority stake in Sabic
Added: 28 Mar 2019
Riyadh – Saudi Aramco has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 70% majority stake in Saudi …
Cimcorp opening Indian base in anticipation of growth
Added: 28 Mar 2019
Ulvila, Finland – Finnish automation and robotic tire-handling specialist Cimcorp Oy is set to open…
Momentive working on network security “incident”
Added: 27 Mar 2019
Waterford, New York – MPM Holdings Inc. (Momentive) has reported a “recent network security inciden…
Wacker opens US silicone 3D printing centre
Added: 27 Mar 2019
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Building on the success of its Aceo Open Print Lab in Burghausen, Germany, Wa…
Prometeon launches truck & bus tire brand
Added: 27 Mar 2019
Milan, Italy – Prometeon Tyre Group, the former Pirelli industrial tire business, has launched a ne…
KM Berstorff gets the measure of electrostatic tire strips
Added: 27 Mar 2019
Hanover, Germany – KraussMaffei Berstorff has developed a non-contact measuring system for checking…
Lubrizol expands TPU capacity in China
Added: 26 Mar 2019
Wickliffe, Ohio – Lubrizol Corp. has expanded capacity at its plant in Songjiang, China, with the a…
SI Group antioxidants gain food contact approval
Added: 26 Mar 2019
Schenectady, New York – SI Group has gained food contact approval from the US Food & Drug Administr…
Semperit shifts focus to medical business rejig
Added: 26 Mar 2019
Vienna – Semperit AG is to focus ongoing restructuring measures on its Sempermed medical segment, t…
New Michelin boss names executive committee
Added: 26 Mar 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin’s in-coming CEO Florent Menegaux has named his new execu…
Italian machinery sales see growth in 2018
Added: 25 Mar 2019
Assago, Italy – Italian rubber and plastics machinery trade association Amaplast has reported a 3.6…
Birla to raise carbon black prices in North America
Added: 25 Mar 2019
Mumbai, India – Birla Carbon will increase base prices for all carbon black markets in North Americ…
