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Strong sterling taking toll on Avon Rubber

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

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

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

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…

Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo is to supply EPDM rubber made at a petrochemicals site in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, the synthetic rubber maker announced 5 Feb

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

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

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

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

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…

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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

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’

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

Pyrolyx appoints new CFO

Added: 1 Feb 2018

Munich, Germany – German recovered carbon black (rCB) manufacturer Pyrolyx AG has appointed Sven Er…

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is to introduce an innovative range of sealing materials, developed to meet the demands of accessing unconventional wells.

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

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

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

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

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’

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…