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Senior management movement at Evonik
Added: 3 Mar 2017
Essen, Germany - Major changes are set to take place at the Evonik executive board with the departu…
Birla to study nanocellulose, carbon black combo in Tires
Added: 3 Mar 2017
Atlanta, Georgia – Biotechnology company American Process Inc. (API) and Aditya Birla Group’s, US-b…
Conti's rubber business registers growth in 2016
Added: 3 Mar 2017
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s Rubber Group has posted a 2% rise in sales at €16.0 billion for…
Conti, Trelleborg raising tire prices in North America
Added: 3 Mar 2017
Akron, Ohio – Continental Tire the Americas and Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc. are raising …
Cabot to expand elastomer composites business for OTR tires
Added: 2 Mar 2017
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. is making a “strategic investment” to expand its manufacturing …
China’s Yinbao breaks ground on passenger car tire project
Added: 2 Mar 2017
Chuzhou, China – Shandong Yinbao Tyre Group’s subsidiary Delun Rubber broke ground on its 4 million…
ContiTech completes purchase of surface design company Hornschuch
Added: 2 Mar 2017
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech has completed the previously announced purchase of the Weißbach, Germa…
Chemours raises fluoropolymer prices
Added: 2 Mar 2017
Wilmington, Delaware - The Chemours Co. has increased global prices for all its fluoropolymer produ…
ContiTech sees digitalisation offering growth potential
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech has announced that it sees “considerable growth potential” from a driv…
Orion reports strong earnings
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has posted a 10% year-on-year rise in adjusted earnings (EBIT…
Crunch time 'looms' for up to 500 Chinese tire makers
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Hanover, Germany – Mounting pressure on Chinese tire makers will soon force a long-anticipated cull…
Trelleborg launches intelligent tire pressure technology globally
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Paris – Trelleborg has announced the global launch of the VIP – variable inflation pressure – syste…
Linglong plans new subsidiaries, Thai site expansion
Added: 28 Feb 2017
Yantai, China – Linglong Tire is to set up three fully-owned subsidiaries and a joint venture, acco…
Peled: M&As a big deal for tire industry
Added: 28 Feb 2017
Hanover, Germany – Merger & acquisition (M&A) activity has had a significant impact on the developm…
LSR O-rings adding to HIV protection
Added: 28 Feb 2017
Belfast – Researchers at Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland have observed that reservoir…
Korean synthetic rubber suppliers in expansion mode
Added: 28 Feb 2017
Seoul – Two Korean speciality chemicals suppliers, LG Chem and Kumho Petrochemical, are expanding t…
Adidas reports 11% rise in earnings
Added: 27 Feb 2017
Herzogenaurach, Germany — Sportswear company Adidas has reported an 11% year-on-year rise in its fi…
SRI uses bio-liquid rubber in winter tire for better ice-grip
Added: 27 Feb 2017
Tokyo – Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has developed a winter tire using Kuraray-supplied liquid …
Arlanxeo increases chloroprene rubber prices again
Added: 27 Feb 2017
Maastricht, The Netherlands – For the third time in just over three months, synthetic rubber manufa…
Hankook opens European test centre for winter tires in Finland
Added: 27 Feb 2017
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire Europe has opened its own European test facility for winter ti…
