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Teijin raises aramid fibre capacity
Added: 5 Oct 2017
Arnhem, the Netherlands – Teijin’s Aramid business has added a new production line at its Technora …
Mesgo presents new R&D and lab facilities
Added: 5 Oct 2017
Bergamo, Italy – Rubber compounder Mesgo SpA has unveiled a newly established corporate R&D centre …
EU chemicals industry welcomes anti-dumping revamp
Added: 5 Oct 2017
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has welcomed an agreement reached 3 Oct …
Mitsui starts up new elastomers unit
Added: 5 Oct 2017
The expansion at the facility operated by Chiba-based subsidiary Sun Alloys Co. Ltd is in response …
Using elastomer films to generate electricity
Added: 5 Oct 2017
Würzburg, Germany – Water is still the most important source of renewable energy in Bavaria, German…
Momentive to demonstrate LSR capabilities at Fakuma
Added: 5 Oct 2017
The demos will include moulding of medical tubes based on Silopren LSR 4650 using an eight-cavity m…
China’s rubber futures price crashes in September
Added: 4 Oct 2017
Shanghai, China – Natural rubber futures price on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) went down by…
Ineos blasts Scottish shale gas ban
Added: 4 Oct 2017
Glasgow, Scotland - Ineos has slammed a Scottish government decision to ban shale gas developments,…
Aramco to acquire 50% stake in Petronas polymers project
Added: 4 Oct 2017
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco is paying around $900 million (€765 million) to acquire a 50% …
Xingda builds steel cord plant in Thailand, ups H1 sales
Added: 3 Oct 2017
With 167,000-square-metre total area and 100,000 tonnes annual capacity, the plant is fully owned b…
Conti acquisition to bolster smart-belt strategy
Added: 3 Oct 2017
Hanover, Germany – Continental has recently acquired Advanced Imaging Technologies (PTY) Ltd (AIT) …
Kenda Tires acquires Danish wheels maker Starco
Added: 3 Oct 2017
Reynoldsburg, Ohio – Kenda Tires has acquired Starco Europe, a Brabrand, Denmark-based supplier of …
Hoses keep beer flowing at the Oktoberfest
Added: 3 Oct 2017
Hanover, Germany – This year's Munich’s Oktoberfest, held 16 Sept to 3 Oct, would have been a much…
Toyo to expand US, Malaysian tire plants
Added: 3 Oct 2017
Hyogo, Japan—Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. is planning to expand tire production capacity in the US a…
Trelleborg offers virtual LSR tour
Added: 3 Oct 2017
Viewers can see the full facility in close-up detail, navigating from the tool machining centre to …
Swedish chemicals hunt targets rubber products
Added: 2 Oct 2017
Stockholm – Rubber will come under the microscope of the Swedish chemicals agency as it seeks out p…
Lanxess hikes prices for urethane products
Added: 2 Oct 2017
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess’ urethane systems business unit has introduced a series of price increas…
Tire makers see results dip as materials costs bite
Added: 1 Oct 2017
London – Major tire makers in Europe, and elsewhere, have seen first-half results dip over the firs…
Community spirit key to tire plant automation
Added: 1 Oct 2017
Industry must adopt new attitudes and openness towards the potential opportunities of digitalisatio…
Future Tire: Heat on tire industry to deliver RFID
Added: 1 Oct 2017
Cologne, Germany - A discussion panel at this year’s Future Tire Conference sparked heated debate a…
