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Trelleborg launching smart wheel for farm equipment

Trelleborg launching smart wheel for farm equipment

Added: 24 Oct 2017

Trelleborg, Sweden — Trelleborg Wheel Systems has developed a sensor-based smart wheel called Conne…

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Bridgestone starts distribution in Iran

Added: 24 Oct 2017

Tehran – Japanese tire-maker Bridgestone Corp. has started distribution of its products in Iran, th…

Cefic cautious despite positive EU chemicals data

Cefic cautious despite positive EU chemicals data

Added: 23 Oct 2017

Belgium: While business conditions for European chemicals makers have improved over much of this ye…

At the first-half stage, Michelin listed currency effects as generally neutral during 2017, but has now changed the projection to a €110-120 million ‘headwind’.

Michelin notes currency effects in 2017 financial scenario  

Added: 23 Oct 2017

Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin has flagged up currency effects as a significant factor …

Chinese machinery builder wins deals in Iran

Chinese machinery builder wins deals in Iran

Added: 23 Oct 2017

Yiyang, China – Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery has signed its first overseas rubber mixing proj…

Top Glove to bolster capacity, technology, supply

Top Glove to bolster capacity, technology, supply

Added: 23 Oct 2017

Shah Alam, Malaysia – Malaysian manufacturer Top Glove Corp. Bhd, has listed a number of strategic …

Wacker expanding silicone rubber operations

Wacker expanding silicone rubber operations

Added: 23 Oct 2017

Fredrichshafen, Germany - Munich-based Wacker Chemie AG has lined up a number of expansion projects…

 Serif Erdogan, Department head/group leader from Elastron at Fakuma 2017. Photo: Plastics News/ Caroline Seidel

Elastron to open compounds plants in US, China

Added: 22 Oct 2017

Friedrichshafen, Germany – Turkish plastic compounder Elastron Kimya AS is investing $10 million to…

Premium tires, mining lift sales at Michelin

Premium tires, mining lift sales at Michelin

Added: 20 Oct 2017

Clermont-Ferrand, France – Up-trending OE demand, a sustained rebound in demand for mining tires an…

London – The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has calculated that if no trade deal is established with the EU and WTO tariffs were applied to both imports and exports, it could raise the cost of trade with the UK by £880 million (€980 million).

BPF: Brexit could cost polymer sector €980m

Added: 20 Oct 2017

The assessment is based on figures released as part of a wider document, Understanding Plastics Tra…

ETRMA: EU industry report an important “stepping stone”

ETRMA: EU industry report an important “stepping stone”

Added: 20 Oct 2017

Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has welcomed a new repor…

Forbo to pay €75m in French anti-trust case

Forbo to pay €75m in French anti-trust case

Added: 20 Oct 2017

Baar, Switzerland – Forbo will take a €75-million charge as a result of anti-trust proceedings agai…

 Mark Saurin, commercial vice president for DowDuPont's packaging and specialty plastics business. Photo by Plastic Industry Association

DowDuPont is self-aware as it grows in polymers

Added: 20 Oct 2017

Chicago, Illinois – Even as it expands production capacity, materials maker DowDuPont Inc. is worki…

Leverkusen, Germany –  Covestro is leading a cross-sectoral consortium that will investigate how flue gas from the steel industry can be used to produce polymer materials in an efficient and sustainable way, the German group said 17 Oct.

EU project to make polyols from steel-plant CO2

Added: 19 Oct 2017

Called Carbon4PUR, the EU-funded project has attracted 14 partners from seven countries with the go…

BRPPA advances technical skills course for rubber industry

BRPPA advances technical skills course for rubber industry

Added: 19 Oct 2017

Colchester, UK – The British Rubber & Polyurethane Products Association (BRPPA) is inviting express…

Machine maker Desma sets out ‘future’ stall

Machine maker Desma sets out ‘future’ stall

Added: 19 Oct 2017

Welcoming around 500 visitors to Desma’s ‘Let’s talk future’ open house on 27-28 Sept, Schürmann sa…

 Nexen broke ground Oct. 17 for a $5 million, 34,000-sq.-ft. technical center in Richfield, Ohio. The project is set to become operational by the end of 2018. Photo from RPN

Nexen breaks ground on Ohio technical centre

Added: 19 Oct 2017

Richfield, Ohio—Nexen Tire Corp.'s technical presence in the US is about to get significantly bigge…

 Lehigh MRP plant

Michelin acquires Lehigh Technologies

Added: 19 Oct 2017

Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin has acquired US scrap tire and rubber recycling company Lehig…

China’s Black Cat to build carbon black research institute

China’s Black Cat to build carbon black research institute

Added: 18 Oct 2017

Qingdao, China – China’s largest carbon black maker Black Cat is planning to break ground on a rese…

EU car registrations down 2.0% in September

EU car registrations down 2.0% in September

Added: 18 Oct 2017

Brussels – EU passenger car registrations across the EU fell by 2.0% year-on-year in September to t…