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VW hires Feinberg to handle diesel emissions claims
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Washington – Volkswagen of America has hired attorney and compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg to h…
PanAridus earns first patent for guayule harvesting
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Casa Grande, Arizona – Guayule agronomics firm PanAridus LLC has received its 10th patent from the …
Blackstone and Kirkbi to acquire Armacell
Added: 18 Dec 2015
London – Private equity funds managed by Blackstone and Kirkbi AS are to acquire Armacell, a maker …
Sinopec takes over 10% share of Sibur
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Moscow – China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), has completed its 10 percent minority in…
UK awards 21 new shale gas licenses to Ineos
Added: 17 Dec 2015
London – A day after the parliament approved controversial plans to allow fracking beneath national…
Analysis: Merger brings industry giants together
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Michigan, and DuPont, based in Wilmington, Delaware are coming togethe…
Rosneft, Sinopec mull polymer JV
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Moscow - Rosneft and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) signed a memorandum of understanding…
Evonik finds enzymatic route to 1-alkenes
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Essen, Germany – Evonik and researchers at the University of Graz have found a biological route to …
Press release: Trelleborg to showcase low friction seal material
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – An innovative seal material designed to accelerate performance in motorsport i…
Tire maker advances mind-reading technology
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Among the eye-catching technologies to emerge this year was a futuristic tire concept developed by …
Tire investments in the pipeline
Added: 17 Dec 2015
As the year 2015 draws to a close, ERJ looks at tire-plant investments and expansion projects annou…
Titan to lay off 130 workers at US plant
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Bryan, Ohio – Titan Tire Corp. plans to lay off at least 130 workers at its Bryan farm and off-the-…
Toyo Tire Italy appoints new president
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire Italia SpA has appointed Fabio Merli as its president, the company announc…
Cefic warns of “challenging times” ahead of EU chemical industry
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has warned of “challenging times ahead” d…
Hankook expands OE offerings in Europe
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Europe will supply an additional 20 sizes of its original equipment…
Henniges CEO to become top exec at Chassix
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Southfield, Michigan – Chassix Holdings Inc. has appointed Douglas DelGrosso as its new CEO, effect…
EU tire market grows, importers benefit - ETRMA
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Brussels – European tire production increased in 2014 back to 2011 levels, the best post-crisis yea…
Trelleborg acquires marine docking software company
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Offshore & Construction has signed an agreement to acquire Marimate…
![Launching a new five-year business plan, Adidas CEO Herbert Hainer, said: “We want to bring production to where the consumer is. And if we have robotics that can do the production [Adidas] can put it into America, Germany, France, the UK, wherever it’s needed.](/files/img_cache/2177978/160_120_1Adidas-Creatng-New-600-300x243.jpg?1645985875)
Asian wage costs spur Adidas' automation drive
Added: 15 Dec 2015
Herzogenaurach, Germany – Adidas is seeing a steep increase in the cost of the products it sources …
BASF expands Nanjing plant to meet tire additives demand
Added: 15 Dec 2015
Nanjing, China – BASF has completed a major capacity expansion at its tertiary butylamine (tBA) pla…
