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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…
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
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
Added: 7 Dec 2017
Plymouth, Massachusetts – Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, part of the German Freudenberg Grou…
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
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
Added: 6 Dec 2017
Qingdao, China – Sailun is planning to increase its investment in its Vietnam plant by €121 million…
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
Added: 6 Dec 2017
London – A fire at a major natural rubber (NR) storage facility has contributed to a rally in NR pr…
ERJ snapshot of natural rubber prices
Added: 6 Dec 2017
London – A fire at a major Chinese warehouse for storing natural rubber (NR) (see report) seems to …
New FFKM grades have “lowest” compression set
Added: 6 Dec 2017
Houston, Texas– Material & Design Solutions (MDS) of Houston has launched a new line of low-compres…
Simulation and 3D printing ‘impacting rubber and tire markets’
Added: 5 Dec 2017
Hyderabad, India – Computer simulation and 3D printing technology is having a growing impact on the…
Fire breaks out at Qingdao rubber warehouse
Added: 5 Dec 2017
Qingdao, China – A fire broke out at a rubber warehouse in Huajun Logistics Industrial Park in Qing…
US tire shipments expected to dip slightly in 2017
Added: 5 Dec 2017
Washington – Total 2017 tire shipments in the US will be 316.8 million, down less than 1% from 2016…
Trelleborg, Chinese partner to study marine infrastructure design
Added: 5 Dec 2017
Shanghai, China – Trelleborg’s marine systems operation has signed a memorandum of understanding (M…
Nokian launching new operational model
Added: 5 Dec 2017
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres is launching a new leadership and operational model to support growth…
