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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
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
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Tokyo – Bridgestone Earthmover Tyres Pty Ltd (BSEM), a Bridgestone Corp subsidiary in Australia, ha…

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
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
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
Added: 16 Nov 2017
Vienna – Semperit Group’s earnings (EBIT) for the first nine months of the year have declined 1.1% …

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
Added: 15 Nov 2017
Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG will expand its production capabilities for silicone and polymer…

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
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
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,…