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Ineos tries to reassure residents about fracking
Added: 26 Feb 2016
London - Ineos has told a group of residents in an area of North West of England there was no reas…
Sumitomo creates regional HQs in major restructuring
Added: 26 Feb 2016
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) is set to launch major organisational and pers…
Computype announces new RFID advance
Added: 26 Feb 2016
Hull, UK – Computype announces RFID Ready for Tire, a collaborative innovation service for tire man…
FTC 2016: Guido Riva, suppliers & materials quality manager, Pirelli Tire SpA
Added: 26 Feb 2016
Guido Riva, suppliers & materials quality manager, Pirelli Tire SpA will deliver a presentation on …
Covestro boss: UK would be "stupid" to leave EU
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Cologne, Germany – The UK’s possible exit from the European Union – so-called Brexit – following a …
Dow appoints new elastomers boss
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Midland, Michigan – Greg Jozwiak has been named business president of Dow Chemical Co.’s Elastomers…
Dow, DuPont flesh out plans for new material science company
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Wilmington, Delaware – DowDuPont’s future Material Science Co. will be based in Midland, Michigan, …
Elastomer foam makers join European Plastics Converters
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Brussels - The European FEF and PEF Interest Group (CEFEP) has joined the European Plastics Convert…
Blaze at Asma's Austrian elastomers factory
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Weitra, Austria — Fire badly damaged part of the main plant of polyurethane elastomer products manu…
Zeon plant closure on schedule - report
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Sully, UK – Zeon Corps has decommissioned a chemical tank rubber at its production plant in Sully, …
Michelin wins Dow Jones “gold class” sustainability award
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has been awarded the “gold class sustainability award 2016” by …
Goodyear Dunlop UK office fire caused by tumble dryer
Added: 25 Feb 2016
Birmingham, UK – West Midlands Fire Service have identified a tumble dryer as the cause of a major …
US arrests over alleged fraud against Goodyear
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Cleveland, Ohio – Two Chinese nationals have been arrested and charged with “wire fraud” against Go…
Former Nokian exec joins Nynas tire oil team
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Stockholm – Naphthenic oil manufacturer Nynas is reinforcing its tire oil team, with the addition o…
Cooper Tire chairman Armes to retire
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. chairman, CEO and president Roy Armes plans to retire 31 A…
Bridgestone researchers target rubber tree disease
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. claims its researchers, in cooperation with Indonesian authorities and u…
Iran rubber & plastics machinery market bouncing back
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Frankfurt, Germany – The lifting of Western trade sanctions on Iran is reflected in exports of rubb…
Armacell completes €560m refinancing ahead of acquisition
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Luxembourg – Armacell, a manufacturer of flexible insulation foams – including rubber- and elastome…
DRAFT US union upbeat after latest tire-dumping decisions
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Washington — The United Steelworkers said it is generally pleased with the International Trade Comm…
Chemours able to put proper focus on Viton
Added: 24 Feb 2016
Wilmington, Delaware – When Chemours Co. was split off in 2015 from DuPont as a separate publicly t…
