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Interview: ExxonMobil/Sabic JV fully commercialised by Q2 2016
Added: 18 Jan 2016
Jubail, Saudi Arabia – ExxonMobil Corp. and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. will soon complete the wor…
Engel features new technology in LSR, IML, Industry 4.0
Added: 18 Jan 2016
Corona, California – Innovations in liquid silicone, cube moulds, in-mould decoration and Industry …
Nokian extends the use of Aramid sidewall tech
Added: 18 Jan 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres is increasing the use of its Aramid Sidewall Technologyin SUV tires d…
ContiTech appoints new head of air spring systems
Added: 18 Jan 2016
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG has appointed Claus Peter Spille (47) as the new head of its Air Sp…
Michelin launches women recruitment drive in UK
Added: 18 Jan 2016
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin is hoping to drive more women into a career in logistics, as it plans…
IISRP sets programme for annual meeting
Added: 17 Jan 2016
Houston, Texas – A purchasing executive from General Motors will deliver the keynote address at the…
Groups unite at crunch time for tire recycling
Added: 16 Jan 2016
Based on article published in the November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.
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TPEs on track to reach 5.5m tonnes by 2020
Added: 15 Jan 2016
Shawbury, Shrewsbury – Commodity applications are driving significant global in the global thermopl…
Bluestar licences silicone HCR compounding in Turkey
Added: 14 Jan 2016
London – Bluestar Silicones and Turkey’s rubber compounder Basoğlu Kablo are to set up a rubber com…
Low oil prices make it harder to sell fuel-efficient cars - GM boss
Added: 14 Jan 2016
Detroit, Michigan – Although slumping oil prices have not changed General Motors' product developme…
Egyptian auto-maker ventures into tire market
Added: 14 Jan 2016
London – Egyptian automotive assembly and manufacturing giant Ghabbour Auto is venturing into the t…
Schrader to relocate US plant
Added: 14 Jan 2016
Springfield, Tennessee – Schrader Electronics, part of technology company Sensata, is closing its S…
US body to study duties on imported OTR tires
Added: 14 Jan 2016
Washington – The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has scheduled a 29 Jan conference in conne…
Job cuts and closure at Fenner belts business
Added: 13 Jan 2016
London - Fenner PLC is restructuring its conveyor belt manufacturing facilities in the Americas in …
Lexus luxury sport coupe debuts on Michelin run-flats
Added: 13 Jan 2016
Detroit, Michigan – The launch this week of the highly anticipated Lexus LC500 luxury sports coupe …
Michelin's Uniroyal truck tires to debut in US market
Added: 13 Jan 2016
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. is introducing Uniroyal-brand medium truck…
Freudenberg Medical expands in US
Added: 13 Jan 2016
Carpinteria, California – Freudenberg Medical has expanded its extrusion and moulding clean rooms a…
German machinery makers eye record 2016
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Frankfurt, Germany – The German plastics and rubber machinery sector is on track to achieve its hig…
Michelin CEO proposes ‘innovation incubator’
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Detroit, Michigan – Group Michelin CEO Jean Dominique Senard is pushing for his company to tap into…
China summit to pour oil on troubled waters
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Hangzhou, China – Chinese tire and rubber makers are hoping for an upturn in fortunes after the pro…
