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Report: Doublestar selected as Kumho buyer
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Seoul – Chinese tire maker Qingdao Doublestar has been selected by Kumho creditors as the preferred…
Bridgestone’s South Africa plant impacted by electricity cuts
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Brits, South Africa – Japanese tire maker Bridgestone has support a legal action against the Madibe…
Semperit, Sri Trang demerge Thai gloves JV
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Vienna – Austrian rubber company Semperit and its Thai partner Sri Trang have agreed to demerge the…
Arlanxeo to increase prices for chloroprene rubber products
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo is increasing prices for chloroprene rubber and chloroprene …
Nynas opens new office in Colombia
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Bogota – Nynas has opened a sales office for naphthenic speciality oils in Colombia, where it has b…
UK chemical makers to continue advising government on Brexit
Added: 18 Jan 2017
London - UK prime minister Theresa May's 17 Jan announcement that the country will exit the EU sin…
Reliance–Sibur JV plans to build halobutyl rubber unit
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Mumbai, India – Reliance Sibur Elastomers Private Ltd (RSEPL), a joint venture between Sibur and Re…
Nexen, Toyota Tsusho establish sales JV
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Tokyo – Nexen Tire Corp. has established a sales subsidiary in Japan to handle its growing replacem…
Bridgestone acquiring French tire retailer Ayme
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Brussels - Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has entered into an exclusivity agreement with the shareholders…
Trelleborg expands India research centre
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Ahmedabad, India – Trelleborg’s marine systems business has relocated and almost doubled the size o…
Boge Rubber & Plastics starts up second plant in China
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Damme, Germany – Automotive supplier Boge Rubber & Plastics has started operating a second plant in…
TST wins machinery-supply contract in Thailand
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Tianjin, China – Tianjin-based rubber machinery maker TST signed contract on 12 January to supply t…
Nijman heads up extrusion engineering at HF
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Hamburg, Germany – Equipment & machinery major HF TireTech Group has recently appointed Dr. Gerard …
Future Tire Conference 2017: Call for papers extended
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Deadline extended to 2nd February 2017
The Future Tire Conference 2017, organised by European Rubbe…
UK's Rapra organisation finds a new parent group
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Telford, UK - Membership organisation Rapra has been taken over by Made in the Midlands, an organis…
Thailand building test centre to support tire, NR sectors
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Bangkok – The Thailand Board of Investment plans to invest $100 million (€94 million) to build an a…
Marangoni strikes new partnership in Spain
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems has struck a partnership with Spanish retreader Reca…
Finnish firm to offer consultancy for Filipino tire plant
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Manila – The Philippines government and Finnish tire consultancy Black Donuts Co. (BDC) are working…
Omnova to raise nitrile elastomer prices in February
Added: 15 Jan 2017
Beachwood, Ohio – Omnova Solutions Inc. will increase the price of nitrile elastomers, styrene-acry…
Yokohama hires Jeff Barna as COO
Added: 15 Jan 2017
Santa Ana, California – Yokohama Tire Corp has hired automotive industry veteran Jeff Barna to be i…
