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Mighty unhappy with tire industry’s new NR platform
Added: 29 Oct 2018
Washington – The tire industry’s Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) is “doomed …
Kraiburg aims to take TPEs into new applications
Added: 29 Oct 2018
Friedrichshafen, Germany – Kraiburg TPE is bringing "the best of both worlds" together in a techno…
Hyundai E&C cancels €458m petrochemicals deal with Iran due to sanctions
Added: 29 Oct 2018
South Korean Hyundai Engineering & Construction has cancelled a KRW594bn (€485m) deal to build a pe…
Borealis plastomers a “first” for healthcare industry
Added: 28 Oct 2018
Vienna – Borealis and Borouge are introducing the “first controlled plastomers solution” for the gl…
Sumitomo to become corporate member of ETRMA
Added: 26 Oct 2018
Brussels – Sumitomo Rubber Group is to become a new ‘tyre corporate member’ of the European Tyre & …
Yiyang to supply 12 internal mixers to Chinese tire maker
Added: 26 Oct 2018
Yiyang, China – ChemChina-owned Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery has signed an order for 12 inter…
Dow introduces three new EPDM grades
Added: 26 Oct 2018
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. has introduced three new Nordel EPDMs – two ‘extra filler load…
Solvay to increase fluoroelastomer production
Added: 26 Oct 2018
Milan, Italy – Solvay SA is set to increase its fluoroelastomer (FKM) production globally to suppor…
Michelin supplier award for machinery maker VMI
Added: 26 Oct 2018
Epe, The Netherlands – Groupe Michelin has recognised the contribution of Dutch tire & rubber machi…
Clwyd Compounders drives up safety at new facility
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Wrexham, UK – Clwyd Compounders is employing variable frequency drives (VFDs) from Invertek Drives …
ETRMA, IRSG sustainability meeting in Brussels
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Brussels –"Bio-based, Sustainable, Critical: Natural Rubber and its Future" is the theme of a meeti…
China’s Red Avenue expands rubber additive capacity
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Zhangjiagang, China - Red Avenue New Materials is expanding its rubber additive capacity in Zhangji…
Conti takes full ownership of Sri Lankan tire maker
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Kalutara, Sri Lanka – Continental AG has recently acquired full ownership of Sri Lankan solid tire …
Industry launches global platform for sustainable NR
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Singapore – Natural rubber ‘stakeholders’ on 25 Oct announced the launch of an “independent platfor…
US firm buys speciality polymers maker Polytek
Added: 24 Oct 2018
New York – US private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired speciality polymers maker P…
Yokohama selected for OE fitment on BMW X3 in China
Added: 24 Oct 2018
Tokyo — The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd is supplying its “Advan Sport V105” tires as original equipment…
DRAFT Sika develops “on-site repair” kit for conveyor belts
Added: 24 Oct 2018
Baar, Switzerland – Sika AG has developed an acrylic-based system for cold fast repair of rubber co…
Linglong, EBRD in talks over Serbia tire plant
Added: 24 Oct 2018
London – Linglong Tire and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are in negot…
Michelin upgrading Canada plant for winter tire launch
Added: 24 Oct 2018
Granton, Nova Scotia — Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. is budgeting $16 million (€14 million) …
Downward shift for natural rubber prices
Added: 23 Oct 2018
London – Hopes of a sustained recovery in natural rubber (NR) prices seem to have been snuffed out …
