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Mitsui: “Healthy” elastomer demand, ahead of US project
Added: 7 Feb 2019
Tokyo – Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has reported strong automotive sector demand for its elastomer materi…
US team develops self-healing 3D printed rubber
Added: 7 Feb 2019
Los Angeles, California – Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School…
WindSpace, Enviro announce Danish tire-pyrolysis project
Added: 7 Feb 2019
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark / Gothenburg, Sweden – Elysium Nordic is to set up “one of the world’s larg…
Bridgestone to build racing tire factory in Akron
Added: 7 Feb 2019
Akron, Ohio – Bridgestone Americas Inc. plans to build a dedicated racing tire plant in Akron near …
TTE: FineLine linking RFID to smart-tire manufacture
Added: 7 Feb 2019
The talk, Mold, bladder, tooling and press management in smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0, will…
TTE Preview: HF’s mixing room of the future
Added: 7 Feb 2019
Freudenberg, Germany – Today’s tire market requires entire system-solutions integrating machines, …
Wabco inks €202m auto air-suspensions deal
Added: 6 Feb 2019
Brussels – Wabco Holdings Inc. has announced a $230-million (€202-million) deal to develop air-susp…
Materials prices dent earnings-growth at Apollo
Added: 6 Feb 2019
Gurgaon, India – Raw-materials costs put the brakes on earnings-growth at Apollo Tyres Ltd in the t…
Rubber decline hits Ube group-profits
Added: 6 Feb 2019
Tokyo – Ube Industries Ltd’s synthetic rubber business contributed to a steep decline in group prof…
Taiwan's LCY Chemical goes private
Added: 6 Feb 2019
Taipei – Private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc. has taken LCY Chemical Corp. private in a stock exchang…
Magna Tyres opening sales office in Canada
Added: 5 Feb 2019
Waalwijk, Netherlands – Off-road tire maker Magna Tyres Group is opening a sales office in Vaughan,…
US now finds against China truck & bus tires
Added: 5 Feb 2019
Washington – The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has reversed its original opinion on truc…
Tosoh chloroprene rubber in demand
Added: 5 Feb 2019
Tokyo, Japan— Tosoh Corp. has reported mixed fortunes for its chloroprene rubber business over the …
Control-structure 'agreed' for sustainable NR platform
Added: 5 Feb 2019
Singapore – Stakeholders have “aligned on a governance structure” for the Global Platform for Susta…
VMI launches service centre in Thailand
Added: 5 Feb 2019
Epe, The Netherlands – Tire and rubber machinery maker VMI has announced the official opening of a …
Zeon elastomers’ business posts lower sales, earnings
Added: 4 Feb 2019
Tokyo – Zeon Corp.’s elastomers business has reported a 13% year-on-year decline in profit for the …
Cooper Tire Europe makes new sales appointments
Added: 4 Feb 2019
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Europe Ltd has appointed Michiel Kramer sales director for …
Wacker lifts force majeure on HCR silicones
Added: 4 Feb 2019
Burghausen, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG has resolved the production problems that led it to declare …
HF TireTech issues patent-infringement warning
Added: 4 Feb 2019
Hamburg, Germany – HF TireTech Group has highlighted its determination to tackle a “severe situatio…
Opportunity and uncertainty ahead for Ceat
Added: 2 Feb 2019
Article originally published in Nov/Dec issue of European Rubber Journal magazine:
Indian tire maker…
