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Hexpol profits dip despite higher sales
Added: 21 Nov 2017
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol AB has posted a 1% year-on-year drop in operating profit, to SEK470 million …
US state revoking Chemours' permit to discharge processed wastewater
Added: 21 Nov 2017
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced on 16 Nov that it was moving…
Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business
Added: 21 Nov 2017
Singapore –Halcyon Agri Corp Ltd, the natural rubber processing and merchandising company, has ente…
Michelin selling stake in Double Coin joint venture
Added: 21 Nov 2017
Paris – Groupe Michelin is selling its 40% stake in the Double Coin (Anhui) Warrior Tire Co. Ltd jo…
Triangle eyes North Carolina for plants
Added: 20 Nov 2017
Weihai, China — Triangle Group Co. Ltd. has identified North Carolina as the preferred site for a p…
China opens natural rubber R&D centre
Added: 20 Nov 2017
Haikou, China – A research and development centre for natural rubber has been set up by Chinese and…
EU chemicals output up 3.7%
Added: 19 Nov 2017
Brussels – Chemicals output within the EU increased 3.7% during the first eight months of 2017, com…
Pirelli premium strategy drives 10% earnings growth
Added: 19 Nov 2017
Milan – Pirelli & C. SpA’s strategy to focus on high value, premium tires has paid off with a 9.7% …
Terror acts 'drive up' orders at Avon Rubber
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber plc has posted unaudited, preliminary results for its fiscal 2017 ended…
Semperit exits conveyor-belts cooperation in N America
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Vienna – Sempertrans USA LLC and Shaw Almex Industries Ltd are ending their cooperation in the Nort…
Sumitomo earnings drop amid “soaring” raw material prices
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Kobe, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) suffered double-digit drops in operating and ne…
Bridgestone opens mining supply unit in Australia
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Tokyo – Bridgestone Earthmover Tyres Pty Ltd (BSEM), a Bridgestone Corp subsidiary in Australia, ha…
Goodyear acquires German tire-inspection company
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has completed the acquisition of tire-inspection technology company Ventech …
Toyoda Gosei developing 'e-rubber' surgical simulators
Added: 16 Nov 2017
Kiyosu, Japan - Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. and the Japanese academic medical device start-up EBM Corp. …
Pirelli continues rebranding, digitalisation at Aeolus plant
Added: 16 Nov 2017
Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C. SpA has announced that it is changing production from Aeolus-brand to P…
Semperit earnings remain weak despite higher income
Added: 16 Nov 2017
Vienna – Semperit Group’s earnings (EBIT) for the first nine months of the year have declined 1.1% …
UK firms link to enhance elastomers with nanomaterials
Added: 16 Nov 2017
The project with Martin’s Rubber aims to use the Ammanford-based firm’s HDPlas functionalised nanom…
Wacker further expands production in China
Added: 15 Nov 2017
Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG will expand its production capabilities for silicone and polymer…
Fenner ‘moves from recovery to growth’
Added: 15 Nov 2017
Underlying operating profit came in at £59.1 million (€70.0 million), 59% higher than last year, on…
Pirelli issues 12-point sustainable NR policy
Added: 15 Nov 2017
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA has adopted a 12-step sustainable natural rubber supply-chain polic…
