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Hexpol targets M&As with new appointment
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol AB has promoted Magnus Berglund to senior VP strategy, M&A, in a bid to adva…
Chinese company planning to build major tire plant
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Bengbu, Anhui – China’s Aisidun Tire is planning to build a new project with 20 million units of an…
Goodyear to cut jobs at Alabama tire plant
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Gadsden, Alabama – Goodyear is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of employees at its car an…
Toyoda Gosei opens new Indian production plant
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Kiyosu, Japan - Toyoda Gosei Minda India Pvt. Ltd. (TGMIN) has officially opened a plant in Gujarat…
Ineos boss slams “foolish” EU green policies
Added: 14 Feb 2019
London - Ineos founder and chairman Jim Ratcliffe has written an open letter to European Commission…
TTE Preview: Optimised coding systems
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Hanover, Germany – At TTE, Koenig & Bauer Coding will present “optimised” coding and marking system…
TTE Preview: Rodolfo to show patented calender tech
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Hanover, Germany - Among the TTE highlights for Italian calendering specialist Rodolfo Comerio will…
TTE Conference Preview: A sticky problem
Added: 14 Feb 2019
London - A recurring topic on the TTE conference programme reflects the growing pressure in the tir…
TTE News: HF introducing new TBR press range
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Hanover, Germany – German tire machinery maker HF Tire Technology is introducing a new generation o…
Butadiene decline hits Kumho Petrochemical’s SR business
Added: 13 Feb 2019
Seoul – Kumho Petrochemical’s synthetic rubber (SR) sales dropped 2.5% year-on-year to KRW2.0 trill…
Sibur expanding NdBR capacity by 30%
Added: 13 Feb 2019
Voronezh, Russia - Sibur is expanding neodymium polybutadiene rubber (NdBR) capacity at its product…
Michelin results flat amid “challenging” environment
Added: 13 Feb 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin has reported marginal improvements in sales and earnings…
Trelleborg assumes full ownership of seals JV in Americas
Added: 13 Feb 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Industrial Solutions has assumed full ownership of its Max Seal joi…
Pirelli rejects Italy minister’s ‘bad loan’ allegation
Added: 12 Feb 2019
Milan, Italy – Pirelli C. & SpA has rejected claims that it has contributed to an ongoing crisis wi…
KraussMaffei taps Conti VP for new COO role
Added: 12 Feb 2019
Munich, Germany – KraussMaffei (KM) has created a new chief operating officer (COO) role as part o…
Event: Call for papers opens for IRC2019
Added: 12 Feb 2019
London – The call for papers for the next International Rubber Conference will be open until 1 Marc…
Acquisitions help Hexpol grow business in 2018
Added: 12 Feb 2019
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol AB has seen its sales and operating profit grow in 2018, helped by acquisiti…
Goodyear suffers double-digit drop in operating income
Added: 12 Feb 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has suffered double-digit declines in segment operating in…
Case study: Modernisation project at Romanian tire plant
Added: 11 Feb 2019
London – A major tire maker has recently engaged system integrator INDAS Tech, to modernise the sta…
Datwyler unfazed by market uncertainties in 2019
Added: 11 Feb 2019
Altdorf, Switzerland – Datwyler Group has acknowledged that some of its markets “may become more ch…
