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Profits surge at PolyOne
Added: 8 Feb 2016
Avon Lake, Ohio – PolyOne’s has posted an 85-percent year-on-year rise in profits to almost $145 mi…
Iran breaks ground on €200m tire plant
Added: 8 Feb 2016
Sanandaj, Iran – Iran has broken ground on Razi Tire greenfield tire plant in the western city of S…
Major producers to withdraw natural rubber supply
Added: 8 Feb 2016
Bangkok – Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand and Indonesia are to jointly withdraw 615,000 tonnes of …
B&W nets first carbon-black plant contract
Added: 8 Feb 2016
Charlotte, North Carolina – Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W) has won a contract to supply equipment to co…
Factory safety: Target ‘residual risks’ on the shopfloor
Added: 8 Feb 2016
From article originally published in ERJ's January/February issue:
Factory safety is an issue that …
Future Tire Conference 2016
Added: 7 Feb 2016
The programme features leading high-profile speakers and presentations including:
Apollo's tire inve…
Conti confirms plan to build commercial tire plant in US
Added: 5 Feb 2016
Jackson, Mississippi – Continental AG has confirmed that it intends to build a commercial vehicle t…
PolyOne buys Kraton TPE compounding business for €65m
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Avon Lake, Ohio – PolyOne Corp has acquired "certain assets" of Kraton Performance Polymers's compo…
Trelleborg expects "major structural changes" in 2016
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg has signalled that 2016 is likely to bring “major structural change…
Continental restructures EMEA truck tire unit
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s truck tires replacement business in the (Europe, Middle East, A…
Hainan Rubber estimates €137m net loss in 2015
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Haikou, China – Hainan Rubber Group, China’s largest natural rubber maker, posted its 2015 performa…
REMA acquires conveyor belt firm in Norway
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Poing, Germany – REMA Tip Top has recently acquired Flexpro AS, a Norway-based company specialising…
Malaysia to rubberise 1,000km of roads
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia plans to ‘rubberise’ some 1,000km of its roads beginning this year, the cou…
Asahi Kasei reports increased rubber shipments
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Tokyo –Asahi Kasei has reported improved sales and earnings at its performance polymers unit in its…
Nokian weatherproof tire wins "L‘argus" test
Added: 4 Feb 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian’s Weatherproof all-weather tire has recently won an all-season tire test by…
Refocused Zeon grows rubber earnings by 20%
Added: 3 Feb 2016
Tokyo – Zeon Corp.'s elastomers business has notched up a 20-percent year-on-year rise in operating…
Cabot CEO extends leave of absence
Added: 3 Feb 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp.’s chief executive officer Patrick Prevost is not yet “ready” to…
Huber acquires Martinswerk to add to fire-retardant portfolio
Added: 3 Feb 2016
Atlanta, Georgia – JM Huber Corp., through its Huber Engineered Materials (HEM) division, has acqui…
Evonik develops silicone liner-less labels
Added: 3 Feb 2016
Essen, Germany – German speciality chemicals company Evonik Industries has developed “liner-less la…
Kumho appoints ‘Europe expert’ as new CEO
Added: 3 Feb 2016
Seoul –Kumho Tire has appointed 61-year-old Han-Seob Lee as its new chief executive officerwith imm…
