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Cooper Standard breaks ground on mixing facility in Mexico
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Aguascalientes, Mexico – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. will build a 100,000-sq.-ft. mixing facili…
Evonik expanding tire silica capacity
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries is to increase production capacity for precipitated silica at it…
Tokai Carbon to acquire Sid Richardson
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Fort Worth, Texas – Japanese carbon black firm Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. has entered into an agreement …
EU chemical makers in renewable-energy link-up
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has signed an MoU to collaborate on the R…
Automotive: Electrification shaking up the supply chain
Added: 29 Jun 2018
It wasn't actually a live animal but the infamous "moose test" conducted by Swedish journalists in …
Italian domestic machinery market continues growth
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Linz, Austria - The recovery in the Italian rubber & plastic domestic market is fully underway, acc…
Conti in alliance to advance VW autonomous technology
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Munich, Germany – Volkswagen Group of America and four major suppliers have formed an alliance to w…
Freudenberg improves prospects for refugees
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Weinheim, Germany - Integrating refugees into the labour market is a vital task for policy makers,…
Evonik cutting 1,000 jobs to reduce costs
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Essen, Germany – German speciality chemicals firm Evonik AG is to cut up to 1,000 jobs globally by …
BMW adds Bridgestone, Hankook tires to X3 OE fitments
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Spartanburg, South Carolina – BMW AG has spec'd three Bridgestone-brand and three Hankook-brand tir…
Michelin cites Lehigh as critical retread business supplier
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Greenville, South Carolina — Michelin North America Inc.'s drive to increase the "sustainable mater…
Yokohama wins counterfeit-wheels battle in China
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has managed to eliminate sales of counterfeit versions of its alumi…
Chemicals agency adds rubber additive to SVHCs list
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Helsinki – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) to a 'candi…
Covestro’s sustainability chief Richard Northcote dies
Added: 27 Jun 2018
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro AG has announced the news that its chief sustainability officer Rich…
Sumitomo Riko building R&D unit for anti-vibration rubber
Added: 27 Jun 2018
Steinau, Germany – Sumitomo Riko has started the construction of a new technology centre in Steinau…
Trelleborg supplies 'SmartPort' solutions to Indian LNG terminal
Added: 27 Jun 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg’s marine systems operation has supplied a number of of products to …
Continental Carbon to expand in India, US
Added: 27 Jun 2018
Taiwan – China Synthetic Rubber Corp (CSRC), a Taiwan-based leading supplier of carbon black, has a…
DKT: REP focus on Industry 4.0 and more
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Show visitors will have the opportunity to see the French company’s “2x160T vertical presses, the G…
DKT: Kraiburg expanding its horizons
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Waldkraiburg, Germany – AT DKT, Gummiwerk Kraiburg GmbH & Co. KG will highlight its continued focus…
US drilling firm extends Trelleborg contract
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Houston, Texas – US offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling has extended an exclusiv…
