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Bridgestone retains top spot in global tire industry ranking
Added: 1 Sep 2017
Status quo reigned over the 2017 global tire rankings, even as the estimated value of the entire in…
Update: Arkema's hurricane-damaged additives plant in danger of explosion
Added: 31 Aug 2017
Crosby, Texas –The Arkema chemical plant at Crosby near the flooded US city of Houston is expected …
Synthetic rubber buoys Asahi Kasei earnings
Added: 31 Aug 2017
Tokyo – Asahi Kasei Corp. has reported strong growth in sales and operating income in the first qua…
Freudenberg expands Irish medical technology site
Added: 31 Aug 2017
Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland – Freudenberg Group’s medical business is expanding its catheter manufa…
Denka notes “firm” demand for chloroprene rubber
Added: 31 Aug 2017
Tokyo – Denka Co. Ltd achieved increased shipments of chloroprene rubber in the three months to 30 …
Gazprom starts production of ‘environmentally-friendly’ rubber oil
Added: 31 Aug 2017
Moscow - Gazpromneft Lubricants, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has begun produc…
Update: Arkema reports “explosions and smoke” at Crosby Plant
Added: 31 Aug 2017
Crosby, Texas – French chemicals manufacturer Arkema Group has reported of explosions at its floode…
Goodyear 'full of beans' over tire rubber compound
Added: 30 Aug 2017
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is commercialising tires containing a soybean oil-based ru…
Aramco, Dow to become equal partners in Sadara JV
Added: 30 Aug 2017
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia – Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Aramco have signed a non-binding memorandum of u…
Tekni-Plex begins production at new China manufacturing facility
Added: 30 Aug 2017
Wayne, Pennsylvania – Tekni-Plex Inc.'s new manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, officially beg…
Mitsui to launch elastomer expansion in Q3
Added: 30 Aug 2017
Tokyo - Mitsui Chemicals is expecting to start an elastomer capacity expansion at its production fa…
Pirelli reportedly divides production at Russian plant - DRAFT
Added: 30 Aug 2017
Kirov, Russia - Pirelli & C SpA has reportedly separated production of passenger car and industrial…
Harvey forces US chemical-plant shutdowns
Added: 29 Aug 2017
Detroit, Michigan - Petrochemicals units along the Texas coast shut down in advance of Hurricane Ha…
Tokai takes over Thai carbon black venture
Added: 29 Aug 2017
Tokyo – Tokai Carbon Corp. has acquired full ownership of Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co., Ltd. (TCP)…
Rubber additives market set for 5% annual growth
Added: 29 Aug 2017
Dublin – World demand for rubber additives is projected to grow at a a CAGR of 4.99% to $5.440 bill…
Birla Carbon names North America president
Added: 29 Aug 2017
Mumbai, India – Birla Carbon has appointed Mark Bass as president, North America region, effective …
Shin-Etsu to expand silicones production in US
Added: 29 Aug 2017
Tokyo - Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. is planning to expand production capacity at the Shin-Etsu Silicones…
Datwyler: Elastomers for tomorrow’s healthcare market
Added: 29 Aug 2017
With the increasing demands for highly sensitive drugs such as biologics and biosimilars, the requi…
Polyurethane flower blooms in the sunshine
Added: 28 Aug 2017
Singapore – A 3D printed-polyurethane flower that blooms when exposed to sunlight has been created …
Pyrolyx starts building US carbon black plant
Added: 27 Aug 2017
Munich, Germany – Recovered carbon black (rCB) producer Pyrolyx AG, has stated construction of an …
