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EU chemicals industry on growth path
Added: 13 Dec 2017
Brussels – EU chemicals output is set to grow by 3% year-on-year in 2017 and by around 2% in 2018, …
Ineos to build "largest" butane storage tank in Europe
Added: 13 Dec 2017
Antwerp, Belgium - Ineos is set to build “the largest butane storage tank ever built in Europe” at …
Semperit raises capital to continue “transformation” process
Added: 13 Dec 2017
Vienna – Semperit AG Holding has raised €150 million – through B&C Holding Gmbh, a subsidiary of it…
India extends anti-dumping duties on rubber chemicals from EU, China
Added: 13 Dec 2017
New Delhi - India has extended anti-dumping duties on imports of rubber chemicals PX13 – a phenylen…
Kumho Petrochemical sues US over ESBR duties
Added: 13 Dec 2017
New York — Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. is seeking a judicial review of a US International Trade Co…
Black Donuts appoints Carruthers as new CEO
Added: 12 Dec 2017
Pirkkala, Finland – Black Donuts Engineering Inc. (BDE) has appointed Derek Carruthers, a former ex…
Chinese TBR tire maker ups smart-plant investment
Added: 12 Dec 2017
Wuxi, China – China’s truck & bus tire maker General Science is to up its investment in a new plant…
Arlanxeo launches “unique” high-viscosity EPDM
Added: 12 Dec 2017
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo has launched a “unique” semi-crystalline EPDM grade, of very…
ChemChina to list KraussMaffei on Shanghai exchange
Added: 12 Dec 2017
Munich, Germany - China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) is moving forward with plans to list Kr…
Hankook appoints new CEO, announces executive changes
Added: 11 Dec 2017
Seoul, South Korea – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has promoted 29-year company veteran Soo Il Lee to presi…
Orion starts new technical rubber, specialty black lines in Korea
Added: 11 Dec 2017
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has completed the construction and upgrading of two produc…
Analysis: ZF CEO's 'reckless' buying spree led to his departure
Added: 11 Dec 2017
Frankfurt, Germany — The departure of ZF Friedrichshafen CEO Stefan Sommer shows that politics and …
Halcyon acquiring Indonesia rubber facility
Added: 10 Dec 2017
Singapore – Halcyon Agri Corp. Ltd is acquiring an 80% holding in PT. Pulau Bintan Djaya (PBD), whi…
AkzoNobel, Black Bear in 'scrap-tire' coatings link
Added: 10 Dec 2017
Recovered carbon black (rCB) supplied by Black Bear is being used as pigment in the products develo…
Future Tire Conference 2018 - Call for Papers
Added: 10 Dec 2017
European Rubber Journal, the organiser of the Future Tire Conference, is putting out a Call for Pap…
Lessons from the past: Using a telephone
Added: 10 Dec 2017
London - For anyone unhappy with the cost of their phone bills today and the service-coverage they …
Turkey’s Kordsa to make $100m acquisitions in US
Added: 8 Dec 2017
Istanbul, Turkey - Kordsa Inc, a Sabancı Holding subsidiary, is expanding its footprint in the Nort…
Continental consolidates textile reinforcement units
Added: 8 Dec 2017
Fairlawn, Ohio - ContiTech AG has invested more than $9 million (€7.6 million) in its textile reinf…
Trelleborg to open new sealing HQ in 2018
Added: 8 Dec 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) is expecting to move to its new global head…
Wacker extends president’s contract for three years
Added: 8 Dec 2017
Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG’s supervisory board has extended the term of president and CEO R…
