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Medical gains strengthen Fenner recovery

Medical gains strengthen Fenner recovery

Added: 7 Jul 2017

London –  Fenner plc is continuing to make “strong progress” in its markets. Helped by new product …

Covestro  “will get there” with CO2 elastomers

Covestro  “will get there” with CO2 elastomers

Added: 7 Jul 2017

London – Covestro’s progress in commercialising polyurethane foam materials employing carbon dioxid…

Mixed picture for NR markets in June

Mixed picture for NR markets in June

Added: 7 Jul 2017

London – Natural rubber prices continued to be volatile in the month of June with some encouragemen…

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Nizhnekamsk to supply synthetic rubber to Michelin

Added: 7 Jul 2017

Clermont-Ferrand, France – Russian rubber and petrochemicals manufacturer PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim…

UK manufacturers warn against Brexit 'tipping point'

UK manufacturers warn against Brexit 'tipping point'

Added: 6 Jul 2017

Strasbourg, France - The UK’s manufacturers organisation, EEF, has warned that the government “must…

OCSiAl to set up “world's largest” nanotube production unit in Luxembourg

OCSiAl to set up “world's largest” nanotube production unit in Luxembourg

Added: 6 Jul 2017

Luxembourg: Advanced materials manufacturer OCSiAl is set to build a production facility for single…

California considers changed ZnO bill

California considers changed ZnO bill

Added: 6 Jul 2017

Sacramento, California –  The California Senate Environmental Quality Committee is to consider an a…

 Linglong chairman and president Wang Feng met with Serbia's new president, Aleksandar Vucic

Serbia courting Linglong for European tire plant

Added: 6 Jul 2017

Belgrade, Serbia - Add Serbia to the list of countries courting Linglong Group Co. Ltd. as the pote…

Freudenberg acquiring UK seal manufacturer Metflex

Freudenberg acquiring UK seal manufacturer Metflex

Added: 6 Jul 2017

​Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg Group has acquired UK seal manufacturer Metflex Precision Moulding…

Creditors make new offer to revive Kumho Tire deal

Creditors make new offer to revive Kumho Tire deal

Added: 6 Jul 2017

Seoul - Kumho Tire creditors have come up with a new offer for the use of the Kumho trade mark in a…

Michelin invests €33m in Romanian plant to produce new tire models

Michelin invests €33m in Romanian plant to produce new tire models

Added: 5 Jul 2017

Zalau, Romania – Michelin is investing €33 million in its plant in Zalau, Romania to start producti…

Conti advances rail ambitions, joins European association

Conti advances rail ambitions, joins European association

Added: 5 Jul 2017

Barcelona – Continental AG is increasing its activities in the rail transport sector and has become…

Kanwar: Apollo under pressure from Chinese truck & bus tires

Kanwar: Apollo under pressure from Chinese truck & bus tires

Added: 5 Jul 2017

Kochi, India – Apollo Tyres' truck & bus tire operations are under pressure from cheap Chinese tire…

 Apollo in expansion mode, unveils Vision 2020

 Apollo in expansion mode, unveils Vision 2020

Added: 5 Jul 2017

Kochi, India – Apollo Tyres is eyeing new markets and aims to become a “premier tire company with a…

Resistance-to-change, skills-gap blocking ‘tire industry 4.0’

Resistance-to-change, skills-gap blocking ‘tire industry 4.0’

Added: 4 Jul 2017

Cologne, Germany – Resistance to change has been identified as a major barrier to the adoption of n…

UK organiser of Tire Technology Expo changes name

UK organiser of Tire Technology Expo changes name

Added: 4 Jul 2017

Dorking, UK – UKIP Media & Events, organisers of annual tire event, Tire Technology Expo, have chan…

Hutchinson to launch 'innovation challenge' for students

Hutchinson to launch 'innovation challenge' for students

Added: 4 Jul 2017

Chalette-sur-Loing, France – Hutchinson SA is bringing 150 students from various schools and univer…

Bluestar Silicones becomes Elkem Silicones

Bluestar Silicones becomes Elkem Silicones

Added: 4 Jul 2017

Oslo, Norway - Elkem has integrated two Chinese entities into the Elkem group and renamed Bluestar …

Covestro looking to acquisitions during next five years

Covestro looking to acquisitions during next five years

Added: 4 Jul 2017

Leverkusen, German - Materials supplier Covestro will be looking to bolt-on acquisitions to boost i…

Linglong opens subsidiaries in Luxembourg and Mexico

Linglong opens subsidiaries in Luxembourg and Mexico

Added: 3 Jul 2017

Yantai, China – Linglong Tyre has opened fully-owned new subsidiaries in Luxembourg City, Luxumbour…