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Millbrook Group expanding Test World site in Finland
Added: 13 Jun 2017
Millbrook , UK – Millbrook Group is expanding its Test World site in Finland with a view to making …
Chemical trio plan major elastomer JV in Thailand
Added: 13 Jun 2017
Tokyo – Japan’s Kuraray Co. Ltd and Sumitomo Corp. are planning a joint venture with PTT Global Che…
Hankook US plant start-up delayed
Added: 13 Jun 2017
London – Hankook Tire is delaying the start-up of its tire plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, which h…
UK chemicals makers on a high after Brexit vote
Added: 13 Jun 2017
London – UK chemicals makers are defying all forecasts of doom following last year’s Brexit vote wi…
Industry expert: dandelion a “viable” NR source
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina – Alternative sources of natural rubber are no longer in the rea…
Pirelli suspends tire production in Venezuela
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA has suspended operations indefinitely at its Venezuela tire produc…
Goodyear's $2.7m case remanded to district courts
Added: 12 Jun 2017
San Francisco, California - The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has remanded a $2.7 milli…
Toyoda Gosei expanding fluid systems business in US
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Brighton, Michigan – TG Fluid Systems USA Corp. has begun an expansion of its Brighton facility, ad…
Yokohama moves to expand high-pressure hose sales
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Tokyo—Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has added a maritime certification for two high-pressure hoses in a b…
Italian trade association Assocomaplast renamed Amaplast
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Milan, Italy – Assocomaplast has a new name: Amaplast.
“Shorter and easier to pronounce, especially …
Crotty: Ageing assets a threat to EU chemical makers
Added: 8 Jun 2017
London – European polymer and chemicals companies must modernise their production facilities if th…
Vacancy ad: Job of the Week
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Due to ongoing expansion and business growth,
MAXAM TIRE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is currently looking …
Chinese manufacturer trials polyurethane tire project
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Yunfu, Guangdong – China’s tire maker Himaxer has started trial production at its 1.2 million unit/…
Volatile NR markets see prices slip further
Added: 8 Jun 2017
London - Natural rubber prices continued to fall during May, albeit the downward trend slowed compa…
Bridgestone to raise TBR, OTR tire prices in North America
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas is planning to raise prices in North America on its ran…
Company profile: Troester at 125 years
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Hannover-Wülfel, Germany – Troester, a family-run producer of equipment for extrusion of tire compo…
Bridgestone nets $110m fleet deal with FirstGroup
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Warwick, UK – Bridgestone has secured a $110 million (€98 million) tire supply contract with trans…
MOL/JSR rubber plant start-up delayed until 2018
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Budapest – The starting up of a new solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR) plant by Hungarian pet…
Toyoda Gosei building fifth plant in India
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Kiyosu, Japan - Toyoda Gosei Co. is building a new plant in India to meet the country’s growing aut…
Linglong tire ‘surprises’ Test World
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Zhaoyuan City, China – The gap between Chinese independent tire brands and overseas premium brands …
