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ChemChina to list KraussMaffei on Shanghai exchange

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

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

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

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

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 …

 Sabanci Holding CEO Mehmet Gocmen

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

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

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…

Brexit breakthrough sees EU citizens’ rights protected

Brexit breakthrough sees EU citizens’ rights protected

Added: 8 Dec 2017

Brussels – A breakthrough has been made in Brexit talks between the EU and the UK, as the British g…

Chinese firms advance rubber wet-mixing technology

Chinese firms advance rubber wet-mixing technology

Added: 7 Dec 2017

Beijing – A project to for wet-mixing of elastomers with fillers has been completed in China and pa…

Freudenberg develops new fluorinated rubber for seals

Freudenberg develops new fluorinated rubber for seals

Added: 7 Dec 2017

Plymouth, Massachusetts – Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, part of the German Freudenberg Grou…

Birla appoints new head of speciality blacks business

Birla appoints new head of speciality blacks business

Added: 7 Dec 2017

Mumbai, India – India’s Birla Carbon has appointed Todd Cottrell as president, Specialty Blacks Bus…

Nokian strengthens links with central European car makers

Nokian strengthens links with central European car makers

Added: 7 Dec 2017

Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres has been working to expand cooperation with car manufacturers in cent…

Sailun ups investment in Vietnam tire plant

Sailun ups investment in Vietnam tire plant

Added: 6 Dec 2017

Qingdao, China – Sailun is planning to increase its investment in its Vietnam plant by €121 million…

Elgin, Illinois – German wire and cable maker Helukabel GmbH has invested more than $38 million to increase its global presence in 2017, including breaking ground for a new headquarters for Helukabel USA in a Chicago suburb.

Helukabel adding new US headquarters

Added: 6 Dec 2017

The maker of wires and cables using PVC, thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomer and ot…

Chinese warehouse fire sparks NR price rally

Chinese warehouse fire sparks NR price rally

Added: 6 Dec 2017

London – A fire at a major natural rubber (NR) storage facility has contributed to a rally in NR pr…