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Interview: Zeon takes balanced approach to R&D

Interview: Zeon takes balanced approach to R&D

Added: 9 Aug 2017

Troy, Michigan — Big innovations usually require big risks.

Mike Recchio's job is to make sure Zeon …

API deal opens opportunities for Trinseo

API deal opens opportunities for Trinseo

Added: 8 Aug 2017

Mussolente, Italy—Trinseo SA's acquisition of API Applicazioni Plastiche Industriali SpA presents e…

UK chemical makers still thriving ahead of Brexit

UK chemical makers still thriving ahead of Brexit

Added: 8 Aug 2017

London – Sales volumes and export volumes among UK chemicals manufacturers are continuing to rise, …

Aliapur campaign targets cement industry

Added: 8 Aug 2017

Lyon, France – French scrap tire management company Aliapur is launching an international media cam…

Shin-Etsu silicones earnings up 19%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

In advanced start-stop systems, which incorporate regenerative braking or passive boost, there is further stress to the battery.

Taking the pressure off batteries

Added: 7 Aug 2017

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg is helping the automotive industry mitigate battery issues inherent…

Nine months after a €12-million relocation of its entire operation to Kottingbrunn, just south of Vienna, rubber injection moulding machine maker Maplan is still firmly in expansion mode.

Moulding machinery maker unfolds the map

Added: 7 Aug 2017

Injection specialist Maplan expands new-style operation into China and Slovakia. Patrick Raleigh re…

Across its businesses, Covestro is highly active in R&D, as seen, for instance, with its efforts to use carbon dioxides (CO2) as a feedstock in the manufacture of its polymers, including thermoplastics polyurethane (TPU) elastomers and other urethane elastomers.

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

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

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

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…

The Rubber Group’s sales-increase included a contribution by the recently acquired Hornschuch Group, which has been consolidated into its ContiTech division since March.

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

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

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…