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Trinseo ups latex and rubber earnings, sells Brazil unit
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Berwyn, Pennsylvania - Trinseo has reported a 6-percent fall in revenues at its latex business for…
DRAFT Yokohama hose for Toyota turbo engines
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber is to supply PTFE hose piping for use in the oil supply lines of turbo-die…
Kanwar: Europe, branding, retail key to future of Apollo
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Kochi, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has just completed a “watershed” financial year, chairman Onkar S …
Nokian Tyres posts lower sales and earnings
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plc has reported a 0.7-percent fall in operating profit to €128.0 mil…
Report: LG Chem to build new elastomers plant
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Seoul – LG Chem is to build a new elastomer plant with a production capacity of 200 kilotonnes per …
Titan reports lower Q2 sales and income
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Quincy, Illinois – Titan International Inc. reported a 46.7-percent drop in income from operations …
Retreader Vacu-Lug tracking routes to success, post-Brexit
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Lincolnshire, UK – In the wake of “Brexit,” where the citizens of the UK voted for the nation to l…
Volvo approves Enviro’s recycled carbon black
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Gothenburg, Sweden – Volvo Car Corp. has approved the use of recycled carbon black in chassis plugs…
Orion aims to offset impact of carbon-black feedstock costs
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons expects a bounce-back in earnings at its Rubber Carbon Black …
Sumitomo to double capacity at US tire plant
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI) is to double production capacity for passenger car and…
Draft Yokohama Conveyor Belt to write up pix on email
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Yokohama launches conveyor belt cover compound “Tuftex α” for mining and port customers】
Tokyo – The…
Can anyone solve rubber bale mystery?
Added: 8 Aug 2016
London – Readers of PRW have once again been asked to help solve the mystery of objects being washe…
Conti prepares ground for further expansion in China
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Hanover, Germany — Continental AG has secured an option to buy a plot of land adjacent to its tire …
Food sector taking chances with cheap imported seals
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Wolverhampton, UK - The food industry needs to do more to ensure its supply chain is using the righ…
Sumitomo, Zeon unveil SBR joint venture plan
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Tokyo - Zeon Corp. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. are planning a joint study on the possible consolidati…
UK chemical makers more upbeat after Brexit vote
Added: 5 Aug 2016
London – Having warned about severe, potential downsides for business before the referendum, UK che…
Analysis: Natural rubber prices in retreat
Added: 5 Aug 2016
London – Despite price gains in some Asian markets during July, most pointers suggested that natura…
Sentury 'eyeing two US states' for new tire plant
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Memphis, Tennessee — Local media in Georgia and Tennessee are reporting that China’s Qingdao Sentur…
Technology report: Robotics now ready to roll
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Article published in the July/August issue of European Rubber Journal magazine:
Automation opens doo…
![Hamma: The industry wanted a change, needs to keep developing, and Koelnmesse can meet these requirements. Every industry requires perspectives on how the future direction and potential for further growth can be developed and realised. We will retain the positives of the previous event and also bring new strengths [through] increased international orientation and the incorporation of new target groups. Much of this has been neglected in the past.](/files/img_cache/2179054/160_120_1Tire-Cologne-Image-Interview_Katkarina-C.-Hamma-300x200.jpeg?1645985117)
Tire Cologne: Interview with event executive Katharina Hamma
Added: 5 Aug 2016
In this edited Q&A interview Katharina Hamma, chief operating officer, Koelnmesse GmbH, Tire Cologn…
