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Cabot, Dow launch fumed-silica plant project
Added: 1 Oct 2017
Carrollton, Kentucky – Cabot Corp. and DowDuPont launched the construction of a Cabot fumed silica …
Hexpol bringing advanced TPEs to Fakuma
Added: 1 Oct 2017
Friedrichshafen, Germany – Hexpol TPE will present an expanded range of products developed to meet…
ERJ Brainteasers Jan-June 2017
Added: 1 Oct 2017
JUNE 2017
Great to see more new names appearing on our winners’ lists this month and there were se…
Conti tests the future
Added: 29 Sep 2017
Technology centre in Hanover is the focus for some interesting work in the field of rolling resista…
Synthomer advances nitrile latex for gloves manufacturers
Added: 29 Sep 2017
Kuala Lumpur – Nitrile rubber manufacturer Synthomer has introduced an “innovative” latex product …
Boeing certifies Goodyear tire for new aircraft
Added: 29 Sep 2017
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear's ultra-lightweight Flight Radial aviation tire has been certified by Boeing…
German rubber sales up 3.5% despite lower tire volumes
Added: 29 Sep 2017
Frankfurt, Germany – Germany’s rubber manufacturing sector shrugged off some weakness in the tire …
Michelin selling tire centres to US retreader
Added: 28 Sep 2017
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Michelin North America Inc. has agreed in principal to sell the assets of…
Report: Vietnam rubber company plans $560m shares-sale
Added: 28 Sep 2017
Hanoi – Vietnam’s state-run Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) plans to sell 25% of the company through an …
Evonik rebrands silica products portfolio
Added: 28 Sep 2017
Essen, Germany – Evonik has redesigned its silica portfolio branding following the group’s takeover…
Italy plastics & rubber machinery exports up 13%
Added: 28 Sep 2017
Milan, Italy – Italian exports of plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and moulds grew by 13% …
Dow EPDM and elastomer units in line for startup
Added: 28 Sep 2017
Launched on 21 Sept, the 1,500 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) ethylene unit and 400ktpa ‘enhanced’ PE …
Cooper Tire secures reduced US antidumping rate
Added: 28 Sep 2017
New York — The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has reaffirmed an antidumping rate reduction f…
Goodyear, Michelin, Wolverine among top US military suppliers
Added: 28 Sep 2017
Washington – In the US, Wolverine Worldwide, Goodyear and Michelin North America Inc. have been nam…
Manufacturers reveal IoT digital transformation concerns
Added: 28 Sep 2017
Reading, UK – A new study commissioned by HSO has revealed that 43% of managers in the manufacturin…
Omsk expanding carbon black production
Added: 27 Sep 2017
Omsk, Russia – Russian carbon black manufacturer Omsk Carbon Group is investing RUB1.5 billion (€22…
Sentury seeking equity partners for US plant
Added: 27 Sep 2017
Atlanta, Georgia – Sentury Tire North America engaged Jones Lang Lasalle IP Inc. (JLL) of Atlanta t…
Michelin files US patent lawsuit
Added: 27 Sep 2017
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit a…
Natural rubber now a critical raw material for EU
Added: 27 Sep 2017
Inclusion on the 2017 listing – valid for three years – means the EU has recognised the need “to en…
VDMA says German machinery suppliers “confident” about Iran
Added: 26 Sep 2017
Tehran - German plastics and rubber machinery association VDMA has voiced its confidence in the Ira…
