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Covestro investing €200m in Spanish expansion, new chlorine technology

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…

 Francois Masson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

ETRMA joins hazardous substances initiative

ETRMA joins hazardous substances initiative

Added: 21 Jun 2018

Brussels – The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETMRA) has joined a campaign to e…

Q&A: Game Changing Technologies for tire of future

Q&A: Game Changing Technologies for tire of future

Added: 21 Jun 2018

To gain insight into how the tire industry perceives the tire of tomorrow, ERJ’s sister magazine, R…

German automakers ‘willing to drop all tariffs with US’

German automakers ‘willing to drop all tariffs with US’

Added: 21 Jun 2018

Munich, Germany – German automakers are willing to abandon car tariffs between the EU and the US in…

Euromap warns of slow-down following “unusually long” boom

Added: 21 Jun 2018

Linz, Austria - Due to full order books, Euromap expects a growth rate of 2% for European plastics …