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Shin-Etsu silicones earnings up 19%
Added: 8 Aug 2017
Tokyo – Shin-Etsu Group has posted an 18.9% rise in operating income, to Yen12,174 million €93.2 mi…
NR prices remain low despite supply shortfall
Added: 8 Aug 2017
Washington – There is a current worldwide natural rubber supply shortfall of about 700,000 metric t…
Orion rubber black earnings up 24% despite lower volumes
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Luxembourg – Improving profitability at its Rubber Carbon Black unit lifted second-quarter earnings…
China’s General Science to set up US arm, ups capacity
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Wuxi, China – China’s tire maker Jiangsu General Science Technology announced in August its plan to…
Kordsa eyes growth in US market
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Chattanooga, Tenn.—Kordsa Inc., a player in tire, composite and construction reinforcement technolo…
Hartalega gains from nitrile gloves demand, volumes
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian rubber gloves manufacturer Hartalega sdn bhd has registered a strong finan…
Europe's H1 vehicle sales at post-crisis high
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Munich, Germany – Europe's first-half vehicle sales rose by 4.6%, defying predictions that the mark…
Taking the pressure off batteries
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg is helping the automotive industry mitigate battery issues inherent…
Moulding machinery maker unfolds the map
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Injection specialist Maplan expands new-style operation into China and Slovakia. Patrick Raleigh re…
Reach for the skies
Added: 7 Aug 2017
A range of new process and product developments show that Bayer polymers spin-out Covestro is still…
Cooper: guayule viable as NR/SR substitute in tires
Added: 5 Aug 2017
Pearsall, Texas — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. researchers have determined that guayule rubber is a via…
Linglong mulls overseas sites, facility upgrade
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Guangzhou, China - Shandong Linglong Rubber Co is planning two more overseas production sites to br…
Finnish tire firm aims to ring changes
Added: 4 Aug 2017
With most of the world’s top tire makers on its client-list, Black Donuts now aims to bring its pla…
Rubber costs cut Conti's first-half earnings
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Hanover, Germany – Sharply higher raw-materials costs at its rubber-based operations dented a stron…
US trade body backs ESBR dumping charges
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Washington –The US International Trade Commission (ITC) determined 3 Aug that the domestic industry…
Cooper Standard hits Q2 records despite Europe woes
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Novi, Michigan – Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. has posted “record” sales and earnings (adjusted EBI…
USTMA reverses tire shipments forecast
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Washington – The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) is projecting that 2017 US tire shipmen…
Cabot to build fumed silica plant in US
Added: 3 Aug 2017
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp is planning to invest in a new fumed silica plant in Carrollton,…
Zeon elastomers business grows in first quarter
Added: 3 Aug 2017
Tokyo – Zeon Corp. has seen a year-on-year 18% rise in elastomers business sales to Yen82,800 milli…
Camso buys US industrial tire distributor in Texas
Added: 3 Aug 2017
Magog, Quebec — Industrial tire maker Camso Ltd. has acquired Omni Industrial Tire of San Antonio t…
