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DSM set to raise elastomer prices globally
Added: 22 Mar 2018
Singapore – DSM is to increase prices for its Arnitel co-polyester elastomer (COPE) products, citin…
Trelleborg shifting shape following acquisitions, divestments
Added: 22 Mar 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AG has changed profile through its divestments and acquisitions, ac…
Brexit talks threaten ‘disaster’ for EU car industry
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Brussels – The current Brexit negotiations could have “disastrous” consequences for EU car makers a…
Camso raising aftermarket prices globally up to 6%
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Magog, Quebec — Camso Ltd. is planning to raise aftermarket prices globally in the coming months on…
Technology focus: Arlanxeo’s new self-sealing tire compound
Added: 21 Mar 2018
The material, which is applied on the interior of a vehicle tire, enables punctures to be automatic…
China’s Delun breaks ground on passenger car tire project
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Chuzhou, China – Delun Rubber in February broke ground on a passenger car tire project with 4 milli…
Conti starts machine installation at Thai tire plant
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Bangkok – Continental AG has started the installation of machinery at its greenfield tire productio…
Michelin to acquire Fenner in €1.4bn cash deal
Added: 20 Mar 2018
London – Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA (Michelin) is to acquire UK industrial …
MOL, JSR inaugurate tire rubber plant in Hungary
Added: 20 Mar 2018
Budapest – Hungarian energy and petrochemicals group MOL and JSR Corp. of Japan have jointly inaugu…
Industry warning over ‘chemicals Brexit’
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and London-based Chemical Industries Asso…
Carbon black shortage ‘crippling’ India’s rubber industry
Added: 19 Mar 2018
New Delhi – A shortage of carbon black supply in India is causing a crisis in the Indian rubber ind…
MacLellan Rubber nets electrical matting contract
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Wolverhampton, UK – MacLellan Rubber has won an eight-year contract, worth over £300,000 (€342,000)…
Dow offers LSR moulders fast-cure technologies
Added: 18 Mar 2018
Düsseldorf, Germany — Medical moulders need liquid silicone rubber materials that cure quickly and …
Continental re-enters farm tire market with new introductions
Added: 18 Mar 2018
The premium radial drive tires are available initially in 14 sizes, a fraction of the 100 sizes Con…
Solvay advances “promising” silica technology
Added: 18 Mar 2018
The product “confirms its breakthrough results in truck tires and its solution status regarding the…
Japan's automotive industry concerned by Trump tariffs
Added: 18 Mar 2018
Tokyo – Japan's automotive manufacturing lobby warned that prices will increase following US presid…
Conti working on rubber-coated tire stud
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Ostersund, Sweden — Continental AG is developing a rubber-coated tire stud that it claims can deliv…
Nokian hires Clayco as design partner for US plant
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Colchester, Vermont — Nokian Tyres PLC is partnering with turnkey retail development firm Clayco In…
US lowers import duties on some Chinese tires
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Washington — The US Department of Commerce has revised antidumping and countervailing duties on som…
Report: Nexen expects Czech plant start-up early 2019
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Zatec, Czech Republic – South Korean tire manufacturer Nexen Tire is expecting to complete construc…
