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Nissan moves to shake up automotive parts supply chain
Added: 1 Nov 2016
Tokyo -- Nissan Motor is broadening its supplier network to include major international parts giant…
Update: Tosoh raising chloroprene rubber prices
Added: 1 Nov 2016
Tokyo - Tosoh Corp. is increasing prices for exported chloroprene rubber (CR) sold under the Skypre…
Asia helps Cooper Standard to record Q3 sales and earnings
Added: 1 Nov 2016
Novi, Michigan – Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. has notched up "record" sales and profits in the thi…
Quality Synthetic Rubber to add plant in Mexico
Added: 1 Nov 2016
Queretaro, Mexico—Quality Synthetic Rubber Inc. is venturing south of the border.
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Sempertrans still considering launch of US plant
Added: 31 Oct 2016
Indianapolis – Semperit AG's Sempertrans Conveyor Belt Technology business made a splash at the 201…
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…
