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Semperit exits conveyor-belts cooperation in N America

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

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

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

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

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

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

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% …

Ammanford, UK – Haydale Ltd is collaborating with Martin’s Rubber Co. Ltd of Southampton to develop "novel" elastomers with enhanced mechanical, electrical and dynamic properties, Haydale has recently announced.

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

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’

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

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…

Yokohama earnings up 40% on record sales to Q3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,…