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Strong sterling taking toll on Avon Rubber
Added: 5 Feb 2018
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber plc has warned that the continued strength of sterling against the dolla…

Henkel launches rubber adhesive for intelligent tires
Added: 5 Feb 2018
The RTV silicone rubber adhesive bonds with all common tire rubbers and is compatible with differen…

Kumho Petrochemical posts 32% growth in rubber sales
Added: 5 Feb 2018
Seoul – Kumho Petrochemical has posted a 32% year-on-year rise in its synthetic rubber sales at KRW…

Linglong Tire sponsors Juventus
Added: 5 Feb 2018
The deal, making Linglong an official partner of the iconic Italian football club, was signed at th…

Updated: Arlanxeo to supply Saudi-made EPDM rubber
Added: 5 Feb 2018
The EPDM grades will be produced at a 75 kilotonnes per annum plant within the integrated chemical …

Aeolus estimates annual net loss of up to €62m
Added: 5 Feb 2018
Jiaozuo, China – Aeolus has issued estimates showing an annual net loss in 2017 ranging from €57 mi…

Report: Continental aims for split before year-end
Added: 5 Feb 2018
Frankfurt, Germany – Continental aims to float part of its business on the stock exchange before th…

Orion raises carbon black prices
Added: 4 Feb 2018
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has recently introduced prices increases, worldwide, on it…

Covestro expects higher TPU use in car cockpit of the future
Added: 2 Feb 2018
Leverkusen, Germany - Trends such as autonomous driving and connected mobility will offer significa…

Michelin buys 25% stake in New Zealand distributor
Added: 2 Feb 2018
Hamilton, New Zealand — Group Michelin has purchased a 25% stake in Tyreline Distributors Ltd., its…

Trelleborg posts record earnings in 2017
Added: 2 Feb 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Terlleborg AB has posted strong financial results for the full financial year …

Hexpol marks ‘best year ever’
Added: 2 Feb 2018
Malmo, Sweden – Swedish rubber group Hexpol AB has posted the “best year so far” in terms of financ…

Pyrolyx appoints new CFO
Added: 1 Feb 2018
Munich, Germany – German recovered carbon black (rCB) manufacturer Pyrolyx AG has appointed Sven Er…

Trelleborg seals advance for unconventional subsea wells
Added: 1 Feb 2018
The company will unveil the “sophisticated” subsea sealing technology at the Subsea Expo Conference…

Maxcess China expands into new facility
Added: 1 Feb 2018
The expansion, has marks Maxcess’ tenth year in China, comes only one year after the company triple…

Kordsa reinforces its patent position
Added: 1 Feb 2018
This followed on from its record IP activity in 2016, which saw 128 inventions, 407 patent applicat…

Arlanxeo names new managing director for Singapore
Added: 1 Feb 2018
Singapore – Synthetic rubber supplier Arlanxeo has named Joosang Kim to take over as managing direc…

Export curbs fail to lift NR prices
Added: 1 Feb 2018
London – Moves to curb natural rubber exports by the main producing countries seem to have had litt…

HF advances new tire building machine
Added: 1 Feb 2018
Hamburg, Germany – At Tire Technology Expo 2018, HF TireTech is highlighting its development of a t…

Autonomous technology will “shake up the economics of mobility’
Added: 31 Jan 2018
Las Vegas - Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will significantly alter the economics of mobility, Neal Gang…