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Cabot “watching” OTR market, inventories in North America
Added: 16 Nov 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. has reported some mixed trends impacting its carbon black busin…
US firm says soybean oil ‘best natural additive’
Added: 16 Nov 2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – With the current trend toward replacing petrochemical additives with nat…
Fenner upbeat about 2017 despite sharp declines
Added: 16 Nov 2016
London – Fenner plc has repositioned its various businesses and is set to capitalise on improved ma…
Report: Apollo eyes Kumho purchase
Added: 16 Nov 2016
New Delhi – Indian tire maker Apollo Tyres is considering to bid for South Korean Kumho Tire, accor…
Avon gains as Sterling drops
Added: 16 Nov 2016
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber plc has benefited from the post-Brexit depreciation of Sterling, posting…
Limper: Complexity driving change in rubber mixing
Added: 15 Nov 2016
Manchester, UK – Makers and end-users of rubber-mixing equipment must look to automation to deal wt…
Zeon elastomers business markers all down at H1
Added: 15 Nov 2016
Tokyo – Zeon Corp.’s elastomers business has posted a 23% drop in operating income to Yen8,300 mill…
Linglong Tire posts profit jump in Q3; mulls overseas acquisition
Added: 15 Nov 2016
Yantai, China – Linglong Tire reported a 76 percent jump in net profit less non-recurring items to …
Triangle reports flat profit on revenue decline
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Weihai, China – Triangle Tyre posted flat net profit of €76 million (567 million yuan) over the fir…
SRI claims breakthrough in natural-rubber research
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd is claiming a major breakthrough from its research int…
Yokohama reports sharp decline in results amid slowdown
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has posted sharp declines in its first three quarter results, with …
Price pressure tips Arlanxeo sales down
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Cologne, Germany – Arlanxeo – 50/50 rubber joint venture between Lanxess and Saudi Aramco – has rep…
VMI breaks ground on new Polish plant
Added: 11 Nov 2016
Leszno, Poland – VMI broke ground on a new manufacturing facility in Leszno on 3 Nov, according to …
Apollo expanding capacity and R&D in India
Added: 11 Nov 2016
Chennai, India – Apollo Tyres is in expansion mode, with plans to set up a new manufacturing facili…
Market Report: Chloroprene rubber prices see sudden hikes by suppliers
Added: 11 Nov 2016
London – A number of major suppliers have announced an increase in their chloroprene rubber (CR) pr…
Orion boss upbeat about rubber blacks business
Added: 10 Nov 2016
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has noted a marked improvement in its rubber carbon blacks bu…
Conti rubber business posts flat Q3
Added: 10 Nov 2016
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s Rubber Group has published its third quarter 2016 results, post…
Reebok steps into advanced manufacturing race
Added: 10 Nov 2016
Canton, Massachusetts – Fitness products manufacturer Reebok, part of Adidas, has introduced its Li…
Report: ChemChina rules out Kumho purchase
Added: 10 Nov 2016
London – ChemChina has denied having bid for South Korean tire manufacturer Kumho Tire , according …
Natural rubber price rally continues apace
Added: 9 Nov 2016
London – Natural rubber (NR) prices are continuing to gain momentum in a rally that started two mon…
