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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…

UK firm launches ‘Michelin TPMS’ for two-wheelers
Added: 1 Feb 2019
Burntwood, UK – Technology firm Fit2Go TPMS has launched a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) f…

Bangkok Synthetics to expand butadiene production
Added: 1 Feb 2019
Rayong, Thailand – Bangkok Synthetics Co. Ltd is expanding its C4 value chain production facility i…

US shutdown impacts Avon Rubber orders
Added: 1 Feb 2019
Melksham, UK – The recent 35-day US government shutdown has impacted some orders for Avon Rubber pr…

Lehigh wins circular economy award from WEF
Added: 1 Feb 2019
Davos, Switzerland – Michelin-owned manufacturer of micronised rubber powders (MRPs), Lehigh Techno…

Conti on board Extreme e-vehicle racing series
Added: 1 Feb 2019
London – Continental is backing a new world racing series for off-road electric vehicles (EVs), the…

TTE Preview - Tire materials
Added: 1 Feb 2019
ERJ previews materials technologies lined up for the Tire Technology Expo 2019 trade fair and confe…

TTE Preview - Tire machinery
Added: 1 Feb 2019
ERJ previews machinery technologies lined up for the Tire Technology Expo 2019 trade fair and confe…

TTE Preview: Conference presentations
Added: 1 Feb 2019
London – Among the highlights of the TTE conference will be a presentations covering a range of ‘bi…