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Yokohama earnings up 40% on record sales to Q3
Added: 15 Nov 2017
Over the first nine months, operating profit reached Yen26.4 billion (€197.8 million) million on ne…

Lanxess eyes record year despite Arlanxeo woes
Added: 15 Nov 2017
However, at €76 million, earnings (EBITDA pre exceptionals) at Arlanxeo came in 17% lower than in t…

Boge opens new plant in Mexico
Added: 14 Nov 2017
Damme, Germany - German automotive supplier Boge Rubber & Plastics Group has opened a greenfield pr…

Michelin awarded over €2m in fraud case
Added: 14 Nov 2017
Columbia, South Carolina - A US District Court has ruled that Federal Insurance Co. must pay Michel…

Mitsui Chemicals buying Asahi TPS business
Added: 14 Nov 2017
Tokyo – Mitsui Chemicals Inc has announced plans to acquire Asahi Kasei Corp.’s Sunvieo thermoplast…

Michelin acquires tire pressure control companies
Added: 14 Nov 2017
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin has acquired two European tire pressure control systems …

Conti starts construction of €35m dandelion rubber lab
Added: 14 Nov 2017
Hanover, Germany - Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH has started the construction of its €35-mill…

Ford seeks patent on system for autonomous off-road vehicles
Added: 14 Nov 2017
Munich, Germany – Ford's future could include a self-driving Bronco or F-150 Raptor. The automaker…

ContiTech opens new production facility in Mexico
Added: 13 Nov 2017
San Luis Potosí, Mexico – ContiTech has opened a greenfield production facility in San Luis Potosí,…

Sinopec to expand SEBS elastomer production
Added: 13 Nov 2017
Yueyang, China – Sinopec has recently approved a hydrogenated styrenic thermoplastic elastomer (SEB…

Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast on costs, US slowdown
Added: 13 Nov 2017
Tokyo – Higher than expected raw-materials costs and a US market slowdown have prompted Bridgestone…

UK gasket maker opens advanced production facility
Added: 13 Nov 2017
The £2.8-million (€3.1-million) installation in Manchester houses advanced technology, machinery an…

NR producers expect better prices on La Nina, new demand
Added: 10 Nov 2017
Bangkok – The International Rubber Consortium (IRCo) has forecast that the ‘La Nina’ climate patter…

Sibur rubber revenue soars 34%
Added: 10 Nov 2017
Moscow – Sibur has posted a 12.0% year-on-year increase in revenues for its Plastics, Elastomers & …

Bangladesh joins ANRPC
Added: 10 Nov 2017
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Bangladesh has joined the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Count…

Conti posts higher sales, earnings impacted by cost of raw materials
Added: 10 Nov 2017
Hanover, Germany - Continental AG’s Rubber Group, which includes ContiTech AG and its Tire Division…

Cabot boss expects "solid growth" in American tire market
Added: 9 Nov 2017
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. expects to see "solid growth" in the North American tire sector…

Trelleborg rubber membrane for EU wave-energy project
Added: 9 Nov 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg's engineered products operations supplied a flexible rubber membran…

Apollo: Patented tire rubber ‘could replace SSBR’
Added: 9 Nov 2017
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres has developed a patented grade of epoxide natural rubber (ENR) for us…

Shin-Etsu restarts silicones monomer plant following fire
Added: 9 Nov 2017
Rayong, Thailand – Shin-Etsu has restarted operation at its silicones monomer production plant in R…