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Moscow - Sibur Holding has posted a strong first half for its synthetic rubber business with a 13-percent year-on-year rise in revenue for the six months ended 30 June.

Sibur TPEs spur rubber business growth

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Sales volumes rose by 7.6 percent to 228,600 tonnes, which the Russian petrochemicals company said …

US affirms anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires

US affirms anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Washington - The US Department of Commerce has made an affirmative preliminary determination in the…

SRI earnings up despite lower sales

SRI earnings up despite lower sales

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) reported a 5.2-percent improvement in operating…

Michelin buying Brazilian cycle tire maker

Michelin buying Brazilian cycle tire maker

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Paris — Group Michelin is acquiring Levorin Pneus e Camaras, a Brazilian manufacturer of bicycle an…

Cooper Standard opens new India HQ

Cooper Standard opens new India HQ

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Pune, India – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. celebrated the opening of its new India headquarters …

US Zinc to raise spot premium prices for zinc oxide

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Houston, Texas – US Zinc has increased spot premium prices for all grades of zinc oxide as of 15 Se…

Taiwan machinery makers aim for emerging markets

Taiwan machinery makers aim for emerging markets

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Taipei, Taiwan In the face of slackening demand from mainland China, enterprising Taiwanese machi…

The Bosnian businessman who shut down VW in Europe

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Emden, Germany — Nijaz Hastor began his career building Volkswagens in a factory in Slovenia. This …

Hainan Rubber posts drop in net losses

Hainan Rubber posts drop in net losses

Added: 30 Aug 2016

Haikou, China – China’s largest natural rubber maker Hainan Rubber Group reported a drop in net los…

DRAFT Analysis: Chinese slowdown still weighs on tire machinery sector

DRAFT Analysis: Chinese slowdown still weighs on tire machinery sector

Added: 26 Aug 2016

London – The slump in China’s tire-making industry – following the imposition of US-import duties o…

WWF lauds Michelin’s sustainable rubber policy

WWF lauds Michelin’s sustainable rubber policy

Added: 26 Aug 2016

Gland, Switzerland — The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is commending Group Michelin for adopting a “zer…

Emissions concerns drive fluoroelastomers’ market growth – study

Emissions concerns drive fluoroelastomers’ market growth – study

Added: 26 Aug 2016

Hyderabad, India – The fluoroelastomers market is set to grow at a CAGR of 4.0 percent during the p…

VW plant to resume production as supplier dispute ends

Added: 26 Aug 2016

Emden, Germany — Regular series production at Volkswagen’s Emden site will begin again on 29 Aug fo…

ANRPC: Rubber prices stuck at ‘ground-zero’

ANRPC: Rubber prices stuck at ‘ground-zero’

Added: 26 Aug 2016

Kuala Lumpur –  There has been no significant strengthening in natural rubber (NR) pricing despite …

SSBR surge buoys JSR's elastomers business

SSBR surge buoys JSR's elastomers business

Added: 25 Aug 2016

Tokyo – JSR Corp.’s elastomers unit has posted a 7-percent, year-on-year increase in operating inco…

VMI owner expects orders to recover after Q2 China woes

VMI owner expects orders to recover after Q2 China woes

Added: 25 Aug 2016

Haaksbergen, The Netherlands – TKH Group NV, the parent company of tire-building machinery maker VM…

Malaysian glove-maker delays plant start-up

Malaysian glove-maker delays plant start-up

Added: 25 Aug 2016

Kuala Lumpur – Hartalega Holdings Bhd is delaying the planned comissioning of two production facili…

Appellate court affirms dismissal of suit against Cooper

Appellate court affirms dismissal of suit against Cooper

Added: 25 Aug 2016

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a Delaware …

Toyoda Gosei to increase weatherstrip production in Mexico

Toyoda Gosei to increase weatherstrip production in Mexico

Added: 25 Aug 2016

Kiyosu, Japan – Toyoda Gosei Automotive Sealing Mexico, SA de CV (TGASMX) is increasing its product…

Rockwell helps Chinese tire-maker advance project in US

Rockwell helps Chinese tire-maker advance project in US

Added: 25 Aug 2016

Shanghai, China – Rockwell Automation has helped an unnamed Chinese tire manufacturer build a plant…