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Safe-Run: Invalidated patent covered "old technology"
Added: 31 Oct 2016
London – VMI's announcement of the invalidation of a Safe-Run patent has drawn a response from the …

Versalis aims to expand rubber business in US
Added: 31 Oct 2016
Milan, Italy – Versalis is looking to expand its synthetic rubber business in the US as part of an …

Nynas opens depot in the US
Added: 31 Oct 2016
New Jersey – Nynas is opening a storage and distribution facility for naphthenic speciliaty oils in…

Brexit: UK 'did not offer financial incentives' to keep Nissan
Added: 31 Oct 2016
London – A government minister has denied that Japanese car maker Nissan was offered financial ince…

Analysis: Is EC the missing link in the circular economy?
Added: 28 Oct 2016
London – The European Commission will need close collaboration with industry and accurate and relia…

Shin-Etsu Chemical to expand silicones business
Added: 28 Oct 2016
Tokyo – Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. is planning to establish a new silicones production plant in J…

Guayule rolling toward use in mass production
Added: 28 Oct 2016
Akron, Ohio – Guayule rubber is passing all its physical tests with one year to go in a government-…

Maplan sets sights on US and Asia
Added: 27 Oct 2016
Düsseldorf, Germany – Having moved 40km to an expanded new facility in Austria, Maplan is planning …

Adidas to add US SpeedFactory in Atlanta
Added: 27 Oct 2016
Duesseldorf, Germany – Adidas’ first SpeedFactory in Ansbach, Germany, will be joined in 2017 by a …

UK chemical makers meet Brexit minister
Added: 27 Oct 2016
London - UK chemical industry leaders got a chance for input into the upcoming Brexit negotiations…

VMI announces patent-invalidation win in Safe-Run dispute
Added: 27 Oct 2016
Epe, The Netherlands – In a new development in the intellectual property dispute between the compan…

Hankook to start US tire plant in April, expects expansion
Added: 27 Oct 2016
Seoul – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd has set its sight on further growth as part of its strategy to become …

DeSalle named Hoosier Tire president
Added: 27 Oct 2016
Lakeville, Indiana – Continental Tire the Americas LLC has promoted John DeSalle to president of it…

Asahi Kasei eyes top position with SSBR capacity expansion
Added: 27 Oct 2016
Tokyo – Japanese speciality chemicals company, Asahi Kasei, is planning to expand its solution styr…

Wacker silicones reports 23% profit rise in Q3
Added: 27 Oct 2016
Munich, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG’s silicones business has posted a 23% profit rise despite flat s…

Parker Hannifin buoyed by rebound in orders
Added: 26 Oct 2016
Cleveland, Ohio – Parker Hannifin Corp. has reported an 8% year-on-year increase in net income, to …

Toyoda Gosei launches $5m US expansion
Added: 26 Oct 2016
Dover, Ohio – Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd is investing in its Meteor Sealing Systems subsidiary.
The automo…

Covestro eyes growth through innovation
Added: 26 Oct 2016
Düsseldorf, Germany – Finding success takes time. That’s why materials maker Covestro AG is looking…

Conti launches OTR business in Americas
Added: 26 Oct 2016
Fort Mill, South Carolina – Continental Tire the Americas LLC has initiated sales of OTR tires in t…

Trelleborg earnings up as Mitas integrates
Added: 26 Oct 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – As Trelleborg completed the integration of its latest acquisitions in the thir…