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Conti revises outlook down amid high costs, low demand
Added: 23 Aug 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has revised down its financial outlook for the year due mainly to…
Michelin-licensed rubber JV completed in Indonesia
Added: 23 Aug 2018
Jakarta – Construction work has been completed at a Michelin-licensed synthetic rubber production p…
Semperit signals further potential closures
Added: 23 Aug 2018
Vienna – Austrian rubber group Semperit AG has signalled the potential close-down of production pla…
Pirelli posts 7% profit increase despite lower sales
Added: 22 Aug 2018
Milan – Pirelli C & SpA has posted strong growth in earnings (adjusted EBIT before start-up costs) …
Technology: Zeon seeks to improve long-term performance of HNBR
Added: 22 Aug 2018
Nuremberg, Germany – Zeon Corp. is seeking to enhance the long-term properties of hydrogenated nitr…
Linglong to build $1bn tire plant in Serbia
Added: 22 Aug 2018
Shanghai, China – Shandong Linglong Tire Co is planning to build a $994.4 million (€863 million or …
Evonik expanding fumed silica business, forms JV in China
Added: 22 Aug 2018
Munich, Germany - Evonik Industries AG and the China Wynca Group (Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industria…
Trelleborg to open new sealings HQ in September
Added: 22 Aug 2018
Stuttgart, Germany – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) will officially inaugurate its new headquar…
Gajah Tunggal, IRC building motorcycle tire plant in Indonesia
Added: 21 Aug 2018
Tangerang, Indonesia – PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk. and Japan's Inoue Rubber Co. Ltd (IRC) have broken gro…
Court appoints administrator at financially troubled Yongtai
Added: 21 Aug 2018
Dongying, China – Yongtai Group, one of China’s largest tire makers, entered administration on 16 J…
Event: EU butadiene conference to study tire industry
Added: 21 Aug 2018
Munich, Germany – The EU Butadiene and derivatives conference, organised by ICIS, will investigate …
Update: Apollo resumes production at flood-hit plants
Added: 21 Aug 2018
Kochi, Kerala – Apollo Tyres Ltd has resumed production of tires at two of its plants in Perambra a…
China announces 25% tariffs on EPR from US
Added: 20 Aug 2018
Beijing – China is imposing 25% tariffs on ethylene-propylene rubber imported from the US, with eff…
Chemicals agency, Dutch seek PAH restrictions on rubber granules
Added: 20 Aug 2018
Helsinki – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced details of a Dutch-led proposal to li…
Monsoon hits Indian NR production
Added: 20 Aug 2018
Kochi, India – The monsoons impacting Kerala could cause natural rubber production there to fall by…
Haydale expands elastomer capability at UK site
Added: 19 Aug 2018
Loughborough, UK – Materials technology group Haydale Graphene Industries plc has completed the ins…
Event: Troester set for ITEC 2018
Added: 19 Aug 2018
Akron, Ohio – Extrusion systems major Troester GmbH & CO. KG will be present at International Tire …
Mesnac expects liquid-mixing verdict within a year
Added: 17 Aug 2018
Cologne, Germany – Mesnac will start production of tire compounds based on this new liquid mixing t…
Toyo Q2 earnings rebound, but half-year results down
Added: 17 Aug 2018
Hyogo, Japan — Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.'s operating income rebounded in the quarter ended June 3…
VDMA notes 'significant' decline in machinery exports to Turkey
Added: 17 Aug 2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany – German rubber and plastics machinery deliveries to Turkey fell by 4.5%…
