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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 …
Chinese group earmarks $1bn for US plant
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Guangzhou, China — Guangzhou Vanlead Group Co. Ltd., a China state-owned entity that controls Wanli…
US safety body investigating death of worker at Goodyear Kansas plant
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Topeka, Kansas – As of 7 June, Region 7 of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration was…
UK tire recyclers seek ‘fairer’ fire safety rules
Added: 7 Jun 2017
London – The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) is holding talks with the UK’s Environment Agency (EA)…
Shake-ups ahead for growing fillers market
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Based on feature article published in ERJ’s May/June issue
Carbon black demand rising but faces pre…
Michelin bids to acquire all shares in SIPH
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Paris – Groupe Michelin has filed a public tender offer in France to acquire 1,042,324 shares in na…
New executive in place at Continental’s tire division
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Hanover, German – Continental AG has named Heinrich Exeler as the new head of Continental Reifen De…
Q&A: Goodyear Dunlop exec discusses CV tire trends
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Q&A based on interview at the recent Commercial Vehicle Show 2017 in Birmingham with Peri Theodosio…
Reports: Wanli considering US plant
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Akron, Ohio — China's Wanli Tire Group is considering building a plant in South Carolina, according…
Sumitomo CEO: Future is now for autonomous vehicles
Added: 6 Jun 2017
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina — Visionaries have dreamed of self-propelled vehicles since Leon…
Avon wins major mask supply order
Added: 6 Jun 2017
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber plc has won a contract to supply 37,000 of its FM50 respirators together…
ZC Rubber, Bekaert in steel cord deal
Added: 6 Jun 2017
Brussels, Belgium — China's Zhongce Rubber Group (ZC Rubber) has signed strategic cooperation agree…
SaarGummi in technical deal with the Korean automotive supplier
Added: 6 Jun 2017
Wadern-Büschfeld, Germany – SaarGummi Group has entered a technical agreement and is considering fo…
Thomas: Financial crash 'still impacting polymer supply, prices'
Added: 6 Jun 2017
London - The financial crash of 2008 continues to cast a shadow over the petrochemicals industry, b…
SIPH notes natural rubber price slide, market volatility
Added: 6 Jun 2017
Courbevoie, France – Natural rubber company SIPH (Societe International de Plantations d’Heveas) ha…
Lion Elastomers buys assets from East West Copolymer
Added: 5 Jun 2017
Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Lion Copolymer Services LLC has purchased assets of East West Copolymer, L…
Sealing parts maker Zhongding ups annual sales; closes Tristone takeover
Added: 5 Jun 2017
Xuancheng, China – Zhongding Sealing Parts posted a 28% rise in yearly sales to €1.1 billion (8.4 b…
Pyrolyx seals major rCB, ELT supply deal in US
Added: 5 Jun 2017
Munich, Germany – German recovered carbon black (rCB)producer Pyrolyx AG has announced a 10-year co…
