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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…
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Added: 3 Aug 2017
Black Circles founder joins online retailer SimpleTire
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Founder of Black…
BlackCircles founder joins US online retailer
Added: 3 Aug 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Founder of BlackCircles.com Michael Welch has joined the US-based onli…
ANRPC meeting to discuss supply-chain efficiency
Added: 3 Aug 2017
Kuala Lumpur – The 10th Annual Rubber Conference organised by the Association of Natural Rubber Pro…
Carlstar raising Carlisle-brand prices up to 5% globally
Added: 3 Aug 2017
Franklin, Tennessee – Carlstar Group LLC is raising prices on selected Carlisle-brand speciality ti…
Hutchinson relocates offices in Tokyo
Added: 2 Aug 2017
Tokyo – French automotive and rubber parts supplier Hutchinson SA has opened a showroom in Tokyo as…
Denso to expand North American headquarters
Added: 2 Aug 2017
Southfield, Michigan - Denso International America Inc. plans to invest $75 million (€63.5 million)…
Yokohama to raise OTR tire prices in US
Added: 2 Aug 2017
Santa Ana, California – Yokohama Tire Corp. will raise prices 1 Sept of commercial and OTR tires so…
Cabot posts strong growth for reinforcement materials
Added: 2 Aug 2017
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. has seen a $16-million – 46% - jump in year-on-year earnings fo…
Sumitomo to build medical rubber parts plant in Slovenia
Added: 2 Aug 2017
Aargau, Switzerland – Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) is to establish a new production site …
Trelleborg to increase tire prices in North America
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden — Trelleborg Wheels Systems Americas Inc. is implementing a price increase of up…
Evonik expanding fumed silica capacity in Antwerp
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries AG is expanding its production capacity for fumed silica at its …
Asahi Kasei to add SSBR capacity in Singapore
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Singapore - Asahi Kasei is increasing the production capacity for solution-polymerised styrene-buta…
Goodyear, Bridgestone, Sumitomo reach deal with US union
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Akron, Ohio – The United Steelworkers union has reached tentative new five-year master labour contr…
Chinese board upholds VMI’s “major invention” patent, invalidates some
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Epe, The Netherlands – In a new development in the intellectual property dispute between VMI Group …
Sigma advances autonomous moulding software
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Aachen, Germany – Sigma Engineering GmbH is introducing a new release Sigmasoft v5.2, which include…
Teknor Apex TPVs to challenge rubber in medical parts
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Teknor Apex has developed new medical-grade thermoplastic vulcanizate (TP…
Why-change attitudes block road to ‘tire industry 4.0’
Added: 31 Jul 2017
Based on article published in July/Aug issue of European Rubber Journal
The successful adoption of a…
