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Brexit a factor in Schaeffler plant closures
Added: 8 Nov 2018
Herzogenaurach, Germany – Schaeffler is closing two UK plants – at Plymouth (Barden Corp. Ltd) and …
Scottish action plan to save Michelin’s Dundee plant
Added: 8 Nov 2018
The rescue bid follows the French group’s announcement on 5 Nov that it would close the plant by 2…
Black Bear raises another €5m to scale up
Added: 8 Nov 2018
Nederweert, The Netherlands – Dutch cleantech company Black Bear has raised €5 million from venture…
Toyoda Gosei starts production at new Indian plant
Added: 8 Nov 2018
Kiyosu, Japan – Toyoda Gosei has started production at its manufacturing plant in Dekavada, Gujarat…
Coim expands elastomers in Brazil
Added: 8 Nov 2018
Sao Paulo, Brazil — Coim expanded capacity for cast elastomers at its Sao Paulo plant in October.
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Tire-cord major Hyosung claims market-share gains
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Seoul – Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. (HAMC) has increased its share of tire cord markets in Ind…
China’s Lunte inaugurates scrap-tire recycling project
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Cangzhou, Hebei – Lunte Petrochemical inaugurated a 238 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) scrap-tire recy…
Kumho Petrochemical SR earnings hit by butadiene prices
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Seoul – Kumho Petrochemical has achieved a 16.4% year-on-year rise in third quarter sales to KRW540…
Michelin, Goodyear add to tire price rises in North America
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. is planning to raise prices in the US on c…
Apollo chairman awarded with Hungarian ‘order of merit’
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Budapest – Onkar S Kanwar, chairman, Apollo Tyres Ltd has been awarded with the Officers Cross of t…
Asahi Kasei to start up Singapore SSBR expansion
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Tokyo – Asahi Kasei is set to start up an expansion of its solution-styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR)…
Michelin to shut Dundee plant with loss of 845 jobs
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Dundee, UK – Groupe Michelin is to close its tire plant in Dundee, Scotland by mid-2020 with the lo…
Conti shifts drive system aftermarket brand
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is carrying out a brand shift in the drive system aftermarket, th…
Conti to acquire Cooper Standard AVS business
Added: 5 Nov 2018
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard has reached an agreement to divest its anti-vibration systems busi…
IISRP: Rubber demand growing despite global market woes
Added: 5 Nov 2018
Houston, Texas –The global market for synthetic rubber (SR) is set to grow helped by increasing dem…
Momentive opens new silane production unit in Germany
Added: 5 Nov 2018
Leverkusen, Germany – Momentive Performance Materials Inc. has opened a new NXT silane production f…
DRAFT Continental to acquire Cooper Standard's anti-vibration business
Added: 4 Nov 2018
Novi, Michigan — Cooper Standard has reached an agreement to divest its anti-vibration systems busi…
Kuraray shines light on elastomer advances
Added: 3 Nov 2018
In particular, the Japanese company used the event, held 16-20 Oct in Friedrichshafen, to introduce…
Event: India set for annual rubber-skills awards
Added: 3 Nov 2018
New Delhi, India – The Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) annual awards will be conferred in N…
JSR profits decline 45% in first half of 2018
Added: 2 Nov 2018
Tokyo – Japanese synthetic rubber supplier JSR Corp. has posted a 45% year-on-year decline in earni…
