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US judge denies request to seal documents in Hankook case
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Richmond, Virginia – A federal judge in Richmond has denied the request of Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. an…
Bekaert to shut Italian rubber reinforcement site
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Figline, Italy – Bekaert SA is planning to close down a rubber-reinforcement products operation in …
NR supply deficit fails to rekindle market
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Kuala Lumpur – World demand for natural rubber exceeded supply in the first five months of the year…
Bridgestone targets ‘sustainability’ in business models
Added: 25 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has announced that it will identify and implement new business models, su…
Covestro investing €200m in Spanish expansion, new chlorine technology
Added: 25 Jun 2018
Leverkusen, Germany – German materials supplier Covestro AG is planning to build its own chlorine p…
Michelin, Ford outline new initiatives for automotive materials
Added: 25 Jun 2018
Montreal, Quebec – Finding new, sustainable materials for automobiles and auto parts is a crucial p…
Performance elastomers market to grow 7.5% through 2024
Added: 25 Jun 2018
Ocean View, Delaware – The performance elastomers market is set to grow at a CAGR rate of 7.5% thro…
BRV: German tire sales to steady in 2018
Added: 25 Jun 2018
Bonn, Germany – German tire retail association the BRV anticipates largely stable sales figures in …
India rubber industry ‘over-reliant’ on NR imports
Added: 25 Jun 2018
Kottayam, India – India’s rubber manufacturing industry is becoming over-reliant on imports of low-…
DKT: HF Mixing systems in the room
Added: 25 Jun 2018
This is the DKT theme for HF Mixing Group, which encompasses equipment manufacturers Harburg- Freud…
Game-changing technologies: Tires of the future
Added: 24 Jun 2018
The tire of the future will be round, probably black and more than likely pneumatic.
Beyond that, th…
DKT: Arlanxeo to show sporting prowess
Added: 24 Jun 2018
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo’s high performance elastomers (HPE)and tire & specialty rubb…
DKT: Dow spotlights automotive advances
Added: 23 Jun 2018
Schwalbach, Germany– Dow Automotive will present “breakthrough” technologies in automotive applicat…
Bridgestone claims hybrid-polymer breakthrough
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp has developed “the world’s first polymer to bond rubber and resins at the …
Bridgestone, Michelin, Pirelli earn Ford supplier honours
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Dearborn, Michigan — Latin American subsidiaries of Bridgestone, Michelin and Pirelli & C. SpA rece…
Kraton increases styrenic copolymer prices
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp. has issued a general price increase of $200 (€172) per tonne for all …
Goodyear-Bridgestone tire venture clears regulatory hurdles
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Atlanta, Georgia – TireHub LLC, the Goodyear-Bridgestone Americas Inc. joint tire distribution vent…
MOL investing in new naphtha-to-olefins technology
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Budapest - Hungary’s energy company MOL Group has entered into a strategic partnership with the Net…
Private equity firm EQT acquiring Azelis
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Stockholm - Swedish private equity group EQT is in exclusive discussions to acquire speciality chem…
VMI takes batch-offs to a higher level
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Epe, The Netherlands – VMI has recently added a vertical pallet transporter with high handling capa…
