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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…
Central European market slows growth at Nokian
Added: 11 Feb 2019
Fourth quarter net sales fell 3.4% year-on-year to €473.6 million, while operating profit dipped 4.…
Spanish automotive supplier receives €26m EU funding
Added: 11 Feb 2019
Biscay, Spain – Spanish rubber and plastic automotive parts supplier Cikautxo Group has received a …
USTMA publishes tire industry sustainability report
Added: 8 Feb 2019
Washington — The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) has published its first sustainability r…
BARA raises standard in battle for more UK robots
Added: 8 Feb 2019
Sales of robots to the sector, which includes many rubber parts makers, fell 15% year-on-year in 20…
UK rubber sector upbeat despite production decline
Added: 8 Feb 2019
Colchester, UK – The UK rubber manufacturing sector has seen a sharp decline in output, recently is…
Cabot sees challenges ahead for carbon blacks
Added: 8 Feb 2019
Boston, Masachusetts – Cabot Corp. has reported first quarter results “in line with prior year” at …
Chemicals industry plea ahead of Brexit meeting
Added: 7 Feb 2019
London – The UK’s Chemicals Industries Association and EU-wide equivalent Cefic have issued a joint…
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…
