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Analysis: Rubber production revved up by EU car industry
Added: 22 Jul 2016
Article published in ERJ's July/August issue:
Recent movements by leading European rubber manufactur…
Lawsuit leads to artificial turf producer’s acquisition
Added: 21 Jul 2016
Dalton, Georgia – A $30-million (€27-million) judgment in a patent infringement lawsuit has led to …
Safic-Alcan to distribute DuPont’s Vamac across Europe
Added: 21 Jul 2016
Paris – Speciality chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has extended its exclusive agreement with DuPo…
Press release: Blair Rubber develops “ground-breaking” lining for oil & gas industry - DRAFT
Added: 21 Jul 2016
Seville, Ohio – Blair Rubber Co., the world's leading supplier of high performance, corrosion-resis…
Evonik starts up Brazil silica plant
Added: 21 Jul 2016
Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries started its precipitated silica production plant in São Paulo, B…
ExxonMobil to expand UK speciality elastomers capacity
Added: 21 Jul 2016
Houston, Texas – ExxonMobil is planning to expand its speciality elastomers plant in Newport, Wales…
Yokohama considering US, Mexico for new plant
Added: 21 Jul 2016
Mexico City –Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd (YRC) expects to announce later this year where it will build …
ContiTech closes Canadian belting plant
Added: 21 Jul 2016
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech AG has closed down its site in Bowmanville, Canada, due to the continu…
Michelin adding farm tires in Brazil
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Campo Grande, Brazil – Group Michelin is adding capacity for radial agricultural tires at its plant…
Triangle aims to expand operation, crack top 10
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Weihai, China – Triangle Group Co. Ltd., the second largest tire manufacturer in China and 15th lar…
DuPont's largest compounding plant opens in China
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Shenzhen, China – DuPont Performance Materials inaugurated its largest compounding plant on 19 July…
Sumitomo Rubber to produce TBR tires in Brazil
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Osaka, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) is to begin production of truck and bus tires…
Goodyear to expand PCR capacity in Dalian
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Liaoning, China – Goodyear is to add 3 million annual capacity for passenger car tires at its Dalia…
Report: Cabot plans to add techical center in Shanghai
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. will add a new application innovation laboratory in Shanghai to…
New president and CEO for Bridgestone Europe, Middle East & Africa
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Brussels – Bridgestone Corp. has appointed Paolo Ferrari as president and CEO of its Europe, Middle…
US traffic body grants Conti's noncompliance petition
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Washington – The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has granted a Continenta…
ContiTech to build new hose plant in China
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech AG has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a new plant in Qi…
Trelleborg reports flat business in Q2
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has had an “eventful” second quarter completing three business t…
Cabot to raise global prices
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. will increase prices, up to 6 percent globally, for speciality …
James Walker offers new marine elastomer
Added: 18 Jul 2016
Sydney, Australia – For any vessels entering US Coastal Waters, environmentally acceptable lubrican…
