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Report: US carbon black market on five-year growth track
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Dublin – The US carbon black market is on track to grow at a CAGR of 4.2 percent from 2016 to 2021,…

Cabot introduces new weather stripping carbon blacks in Asia
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Shanghai, China – Cabot Corp. is introducing three carbon black products specifically for weather s…

Report: Silicone elastomers demand to hit €7bn by 2021
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Pune, India – Global demand for silicone elastomers is set to grow at a projected CAGR of 6.49 perc…

Trelleborg buys US seals distributor
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg has finalised the acquisition of privately owned US-based Anderson …

HM Royal to distribute Wacker's LSR
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Adrian, Michigan – Wacker Chemical Corp. has selected HM Royal Inc. as distributor for its Elastosi…

Interview: Sumitomo ramping up Falken production in US
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Banff, Alberta - After Sumitomo Rubber Industries Inc. dissolved its 16-year alliance with Goodyear…

Fenner helped by weaker sterling
Added: 8 Sep 2016
London – The fall in the value of sterling since the Brexit vote has been helpful to Fenner PLC, th…

US sets deadline to request hearing on antidumping case
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Washington – Interested parties have until 6 Oct to submit requests for a hearing on the US Commerc…

Kenya tire maker to shut down Nairobi plant
Added: 7 Sep 2016
Nairobi – Kenya’s Sameer Africa Ltd, which produces Yana-branded tires, is closing its plant in the…

UK tire prices up 5% since Brexit
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Silverstone, UK – The UK referendum decision to exit the European Union in June has not had a majo…

Iran breaks ground on fourth greenfield tire plant
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Kermanshah, Iran – Iran has broken ground on its fourth greenfield tire production plant in the wes…

Prisma Colour acquires two new businesses in UK
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Glossop, UK – Prisma Colour, a UK-based supplier of colouring solutions to the rubber and silicone …

Maxxis targets higher position among top 10 tire makers
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Silverstone, UK – Cheng Shin Rubber Co. Ltd /Maxxis International is looking to advance its positio…

Arkema invests in bio-sourced TPEs
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania – Speciality chemicals company Arkema is investing to expand the capabiliti…

Hutchinson building new plant in Czech Republic
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Rokycany, Czech Republic – French rubber parts supplier Hutchinson is building a new industrial pla…

ContiTech closes Turkish hose plant
Added: 5 Sep 2016
London – ContiTech has confirmed the closure of a marine- and mining- hose production plant in Çerk…

Kenya tire maker to shut down - report
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Nairobi – Kenya’s Sameer Africa Ltd, which produces Yana-branded tires, is closing its plant in the…

Russia-China petchem deal to include rubber production
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Beijing – Russian energy company Rosneft and China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) have signed …

Engel opens subsidiary in Vietnam
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Schwertberg, Austria – Engel Austria has opened a new sales and service subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh C…

Chinese protests US anti-dumping finding
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Beijing – The Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China officially is protesting the a…