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Cabot appoints chief technology officer
Added: 18 Feb 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp has appointed Patricia Hubbard as senior vice president and chie…
US call for stiff tariffs on steel imports
Added: 18 Feb 2018
On 16 Feb, Commerce released reports on its investigations of how steel and aluminium imports are a…
SRI profits down despite higher sales in 2017
Added: 18 Feb 2018
Kobe, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) reported an 8% drop in operating income for fis…
Toyo dropping '& Rubber' from corporate name
Added: 18 Feb 2018
The change, which will be presented at a shareholders' meeting on 29 March, is slated to take effec…
Conti adding tread rubber capacity at US plant
Added: 18 Feb 2018
Mount Vernon, Illinois – Continental Tire the Americas is adding capacity for precured tread rubber…
Bridgestone sales up, operating income down in 2017
Added: 18 Feb 2018
Tokyo – Despite 9.2% higher sales last year, Bridgestone Corp. suffered a 6.8% drop in fiscal 2017 …
Future Tire 2018: New speakers announced
Added: 18 Feb 2018
They will address varying aspects of the conference theme, Autonomous Now: The impact of new digita…
Kraton looks to grow in India
Added: 18 Feb 2018
Gandhinagar, India — Speciality polymer and biobased chemical producer Kraton Polymers LLC is consi…
PolyOne adds TPE capacity in India
Added: 16 Feb 2018
Gandhinagar, India - PolyOne Corp. is adding production of thermoplastic elastomers to its existing…
Jury clears Michelin in Texas product liability case
Added: 16 Feb 2018
Weatherford, Texas – A jury in a Texas district court in Weatherford found unanimously recently tha…
Continental extends solid tire range with new compound
Added: 16 Feb 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has optimised its solid tire portfolio for industrial trucks, wit…
Zeon posts double-digit growth in elastomers’ business
Added: 16 Feb 2018
Tokyo – Japanese materials supplier Zeon Corp has posted strong growth in its elastomers business i…
LyondellBasell in $2.25bn deal to buy A. Schulman
Added: 16 Feb 2018
Rotterdam, Netherlands - In a major global plastics materials deal, LyondellBasell Industries is a…
Yokohama design eases inspection of marine fenders
Added: 16 Feb 2018
Pneumatic fenders are used to prevent damage to ship hulls or quaysides during ship-to-ship operati…
Cooper signs TBR off-take manufacturing deal with Sailun Vietnam
Added: 15 Feb 2018
Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has struck an off-take production deal with Sailun Vietnam…
Kumho Petrochemical expects materials prices to rise
Added: 15 Feb 2018
Seoul – Kumho Petrochemical is expecting slight improvements in prices for butadiene and maybe also…
Goodyear tracking higher margins in Europe
Added: 15 Feb 2018
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear is on track to restore margins in Europe, Middle East & Africa, CEO Rich Kra…
Kuraray to raise elastomers prices
Added: 15 Feb 2018
Tokyo – Japanese materials supplier Kuraray is raising the prices of some of its elastomers globall…
Report: Michelin-licensed rubber JV to start operation in Q2 ‘18
Added: 15 Feb 2018
Jakarta - A Michelin-licensed synthetic rubber manufacturing plant in Indonesian is 93.5% complete …
Versalis, Bridgestone in partnership to study guayule rubber
Added: 14 Feb 2018
Milan – Bridgestone Americas Inc. is forming a strategic partnership with Italian polymer producer …
