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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 …

Marangoni raising prices in wake of Chinese import duties
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems is increasing prices for rubber materials used to re…

ExxonMobil starts up Singapore tire rubber plant
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Singapore – ExxonMobil has started production of halobutyl rubber at its integrated manufacturing c…

Tristone breaks ground on US production plant
Added: 21 Jun 2018
It launched the construction of a new plant, the company's first on US soil, in Mooresville with a …

Japanese authorities raid Kobe Steel offices
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Kobe Steel Ltd has confirmed that its premises have been raided by Japanese investigation a…

Kuraray establishes JV for butadiene derivatives
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Kuraray Co. Ltd has entered a joint venture agreement with Thai petrochemical company PTT G…

BRV: German HGV tire segment back on track
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Bonn, Germany –German sales of tires for heavy-goods vehicles (HGVs) last year stabilised at around…

Nizhnekamskneftekhim starts up 160ktpa isobutylene plant
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Nizhnekamsk, Russia – Tatarstan-based petrochemicals supplier PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim has started…

Zeon raises TPE prices
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Zeon Corp. is increasing the prices for thermoplastic elastomer and hydrocarbon resins glob…

China’s trade body disputes European TBR tariffs
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Beijing – China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has issued its response to the European Commissi…

Cimcorp appoints new tire sales manager in China
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp Oy, manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic handling solutions, ha…

Triangle Tire chairman Ding Yuhua dies
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Shandong, China—Triangle Tire Co. Ltd. Executive Chairman Ding Yuhua died 13 June at age 69.
During …

Semperit shutting down Chinese belt production site
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Vienna – Semperit AG is shutting down a 120-employee production site for conveyor belts in China, t…

Shortages, price rises to follow tariffs on Chinese TBRs
Added: 18 Jun 2018
“With the anti-dumping tariff situation that we have right now, a lot of the orders in the last qua…

Nokian to raise car tire output in Finland
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Nokia, Finland—Nokian Tyres P.L.C. is adding a fourth shift at its headquarters plant in Nokia, a m…

US tariffs target Chinese industrial products
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Washington – The US government on 15 June released two lists of products covered by $50 billion wor…

Michelin’s ‘auto-regenerate’ tire wins EPO award
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Munich, Germany – The European Patent Office (EPO) has awarded Micheli’s ‘auto-regenerate’ tire the…

DKT: Barbe advances anti-tacks for custom compounders
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Wiesbaden, Germany – At DKT 2018, Barbe will present anti-tack agents from its Promol SL range, whi…

DKT: DuPont to showcase ethylene acrylic elastomers
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Geneva, Switzerland – DuPont will highlight its Vamac ethylene acrylic elastomers offering during t…

DKT: Rubber industry exhibition and conference
Added: 17 Jun 2018
DKT 2018 will be a focal point for the international rubber processing industry, with around 290 co…