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Opinion: What is EU doing for industry?
Added: 24 Nov 2015
London - Within the next couple of years the UK will hold a referendum on whether or not the countr…
Terror threat to bolster Avon Rubber shares
Added: 24 Nov 2015
London – Avon Rubber is tipped to find increased global demand for its products due to heightened c…
DRAFT Smooth-On Inc. finds new home in Pennsylvania
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Macungie, Pennsylvania - Smooth-On, Inc., a manufacturer of silicone rubbers, polyurethane rubbers …
ContiTech receives Honda supplier
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Columbus, Ohio – Honda Canada Inc. has recognised ContiTech’s air conditioning hose segment with a …
ContiTech to close Canada plant due to mining downturn
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Bowmanville, Canada – ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group is closing its plant in Bowmanville, Ontario by…
Silcotech to further invest €2.3 million in US plant
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Columbia, South Carolina – Silcotech Group is to invest $2.5 million (€2.3 million) in its recently…
Nynas sales drop despite volume rise
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Nynas has reported a drop in net sales from SEK 7,019 million (€754 million) in the third quarter o…
Scrap tires put the brakes on mosquitos
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Lyon, France - Rubber granulate from used tires is being used in a new device to prevent mosquitos …
Michelin appoints OE manager for UK
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin Tyre plc has appointed Stewart Pooley as UK original equipment countr…
Press release: Wacker presents new silicone elastomer gel for skin-care products
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Munich, Germany – Wacker presented two novel products at in-cosmetics Asia 2015: Belsil EG 5, a sil…
US rubber product trade deficit climbs
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Washington – The US rubber product trade deficit climbed 5.1 percent for the first half of 2015, to…
SIPH notes "strong recovery" in natural rubber purchases
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Courbevoie , France – Higher sales volumes have helped Société Internationale de Plantations d’Hévé…
EU chemical makers hopeful of market pick-up
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Brussels – European chemical makers are expecting some pick-up from the slow growth and low prices …
Analysis: Black and greener
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Based on article appeared in November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.
Regulation…
MOL increases butadiene production, to build rubber plant
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Budapest – Hungarian petrochemical group MOL has started production at its new butadiene plant in T…
Orion unveils carbon blacks for increased fuel efficiency
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Cleveland, Ohio – Orion Engineered Carbons LLC has introduced Ecorax S 204 and S 206, two new rubbe…
Settlement reached in Cooper-Apollo alleged insider trader case
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Washington — Steven C. Watson, a Lynnfield, Mass., man who allegedly engaged in insider trading bas…
Sumitomo rolls out 100-millionth tire in China
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Changshu, China – Sumitomo Rubber Changshu, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Group, produced its one…
US biotech firm to study sunflower rubber
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Durham, North Carolina – A new US start-up, Edison Agrosciences, is developing a sunflower rubber c…
Trinseo CFO resigns
Added: 19 Nov 2015
Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Trinseo’s executive vice-president and chief financial officer (CFO) John Fe…
