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Bridgestone to invest €266m in EU operations
Added: 17 Oct 2017
Brussels – Bridgestone has launched a €266-million, phased-investment programme across three of its…
Semperit agrees deal to close French plant
Added: 17 Oct 2017
Argenteuil, France – Sempertrans France Belting Technology (SFBT), part of Semperit AG, has reached…
Mesnac to build new site for “digital plant”
Added: 17 Oct 2017
Qingdao, China – Mesnac is to build a “Digital Plant Industrial Park” in Qingdao’s National High-te…
Shangwei Healthcare to build rubber gloves plant
Added: 17 Oct 2017
Heze, China – Shangwei Healthcare Products is planning to build a new site with 5.5 billion annual …
Toyo reaches settlement in price-fixing case
Added: 17 Oct 2017
Detroit, Michigan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. is among the latest auto parts companies that have agre…
ERJ Tire & Rubber Business Tracker
Added: 17 Oct 2017
EU chemical trends data... Rubber share prices... Mercedes-Benz recall... Hankook for new Honda Acc…
Rubber at Fakuma 2017
Added: 16 Oct 2017
Rubber and elastomer process and application technologies are a major feature at this year’s Fakuma…
Top Glove profits dip despite strong Q4
Added: 16 Oct 2017
For the full year 2017, ended 31 Aug, Top Glove’s revenue reached a record high of RM3.4 billion (€…
Kobelco probe spreads to tire & rubber machinery
Added: 16 Oct 2017
In a 16 Oct reply to an ERJ enquiry, Kobe Steel spokesman Gary Tsuchida said: “So far, we have not …
Endurica targets elastomer-based ‘digital twin’ apps
Added: 15 Oct 2017
The simulation tool can model the development of damage in elastomeric parts operating under realis…
Tocom to list TSR rubber futures in 2018
Added: 15 Oct 2017
Tokyo – Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc. (Tocom) is planning a listing for technically specified rubbe…
Bridgestone agrees to pay $29.6m to settle price-fixing suit
Added: 15 Oct 2017
Detroit – Bridgestone Corp. will pay $29.6 million (€25 million)) to settle a multi-district litiga…
A. Schulman might again be looking for a buyer
Added: 15 Oct 2017
The news is not a surprise to analysts who follow the publicly traded compounder and resin distribu…
Conti 'on schedule' with US tire plant construction
Added: 13 Oct 2017
Clinton, Mississippi – Site clearing for Continental AG's $1.4-billion commercial truck/bus tire pl…
LSR key for automotive headlamps
Added: 13 Oct 2017
Lippstadt, Germany—Liquid silicone rubber is again playing an important role in new headlamp design…
Marangoni rings the changes
Added: 13 Oct 2017
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni has announced a new role for Gianluca Merlo, who besides managing the …
Mitsubishi repositions rubber machinery business
Added: 13 Oct 2017
Tokyo –The rubber and tire machinery business of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has been pos…
AkzoNobel to expand Chinese organic peroxides plant
Added: 13 Oct 2017
Operated by the group’s specialty chemicals business, the Chinese site produces dicumyl peroxide (D…
European tire markets weaken further
Added: 13 Oct 2017
Brussels – European replacement tire markets continued a downward trend started in the previous qua…
DuPont: Advanced plastics and elastomers for vehicle engine systems
Added: 13 Oct 2017
Geneva, Switzerland - DuPont has published a new white paper to explain how replacing metals with h…
