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Parker Hannifin adding rubber seals capacity in China
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Wuxi, Jiangsu – Parker Hannifin Engineered Material (Wuxi) plans to expand rubber seals capacity by…
Amerityre sales drop amid slow demand
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Boulder City, Colorado — Amerityre, which makes polyurethane tires for industrial applications, exp…
Report: MRF eyes tire supply to Indian air force
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Bengaluru, India – Indian tire maker MRF is completing validation trials on aircraft tires to be su…
Sibur elastomers sales up despite flat volumes
Added: 25 Feb 2019
Moscow – Sibur has posted a 6% year-on-year rise in sales of elastomers to RUB55 billion (€740 mill…
Cooper Standard income dips for 2018
Added: 25 Feb 2019
Novi, Michigan - Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. reported sales gains, but saw a decline in net inc…
Linglong advances graphene tire “breakthroughs”
Added: 25 Feb 2019
Beijing – Chinese authorities have audited and approved research by Linglong Tire into the ‘large-s…
Natural rubber producers to cut exports
Added: 25 Feb 2019
Bangkok – International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) countries Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia…
DRAFT Volkswagen to reward green suppliers
Added: 25 Feb 2019
Dresden, Germany -- Volkswagen Group will soon begin awarding more business to suppliers that focus…
Brazilian natural rubber association joins IRSG
Added: 22 Feb 2019
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Sao Paulo’s Association of Natural Rubber Producers and Processing Plants (Apab…
Hankook earnings fall on lower sales in key markets
Added: 22 Feb 2019
Seoul, South Korea – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. suffered an 11.3% drop in operating income for fiscal 20…
Cancarb investing €35 million to expand capacity
Added: 22 Feb 2019
Medicine Hat, Alberta – Cancarb Ltd is investing $40.1 million (€35 million) to expand thermal carb…
Recycled carbon black maker shuts Munich HQ
Added: 22 Feb 2019
Munich, Germany – Pyrolyx AG has closed its headquarters in Munich as part of plans to relocate its…
Event: China to host Rubbercon 2019
Added: 21 Feb 2019
Hangzhou, China – The Chinese city of Hangzhou will host Rubbercon 2019 in April this year, accordi…
Technology: Trelleborg develops "next-generation" seals for EVs
Added: 21 Feb 2019
Stuttgart, Germany – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) has launched two new seals specifically dev…
Carbon black maker Longxing reports 2018 profit jump
Added: 21 Feb 2019
Xingtai, Hebei – Chinese carbon black maker Longxing Chemical has seen its net profit increase 166%…
Cooper Tire reports double-digit decline in operating income
Added: 21 Feb 2019
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. suffered a 46.6% drop in fiscal 2018 operating income on 1…
Kraton studying sale of medical elastomers business
Added: 21 Feb 2019
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp. has initiated a strategic review into its Cariflex business which mig…
DRAFT Third-party tests indicate dandelion rubber may be hypoallergenic
Added: 20 Feb 2019
Vancouver, British Columbia – Nova-BioRubber Green Technologies Inc. has successfully completed thi…
BASF applies TPU to shoe shanks
Added: 20 Feb 2019
Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF has developed new TPU material grades for the optimised manufacture of…
Goodyear SoundComfort wins consumer accolade
Added: 20 Feb 2019
Diegem, Belgium – Goodyear’s tire noise reduction technology, SoundComfort, has been voted product …
