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Kraton moves to boost Cariflex IR latex material
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Fairlawn, Ohio – Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. has improved its Cariflex IR latex so it may expa…
EU car demand keeps momentum
Added: 19 Oct 2015
Brussels – EU passenger car market registered its 25th month of consecutive growth in September wit…
Top Glove set to build on record results
Added: 19 Oct 2015
Shah Alam, Malaysia – Top Glove Corp. Bhd is planning to add new high-tech production capabilities,…
Bridgestone investing in R&D, production operations in Japan
Added: 19 Oct 2015
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. plans to invest $250 million (€220 million) through 2018 to strengthen it…
UK rubber industry’s top achiever
Added: 18 Oct 2015
London - The Polymer Society of the IoM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining) is inviting no…
Apprenticeship levy 'must not be a new tax'
Added: 18 Oct 2015
London - In the UK, business lobby group the CBI has called for the level of the proposed apprentic…
Taiwan mobile phones moulder moves into LSR
Added: 18 Oct 2015
Friedrichshafen, Germany — Electronics injection moulder Jabil Green Point, known for moulding plas…
Iran breaks ground on €255m synthetic rubber project
Added: 18 Oct 2015
Assaluyeh, Iran – Sadaf Petrochemicals has broken ground on an emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E…
China tire-makers cutting back as US duties hit home
Added: 18 Oct 2015
Beijing – Chinese tire makers, particularly many of the smaller players, have cut back production f…
Orion to takeover Evonik-led carbon black JV
Added: 16 Oct 2015
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA is to acquire Evonik’s 52-percent percent stake and DEG’s …
UK start-up cuts robotics costs by 90%
Added: 15 Oct 2015
London – Automata Technologies has developed a lightweight robotic arm, called Eva, featuring plug-…
ChemChina deal to trigger loan repayments – Pirelli
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Milan, Italy – China National Chemical Co.’s pending takeover of majority control of Pirelli & C. S…
Yokohama advancing tire aerodynamics technology
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Tokyo –Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd, has made new advances in tire aerodynamics technology that control …
Trelleborg: Rubber technology can help counter oil & gas decline
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Oil & gas operators should look more to rubber technology as they seek to coun…
Chinese machinery makers target India
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Beijing - China’s rubber machinery exports rose 21.3 percent to €104 million in the first half of 2…
Thailand to downsize rubber plantations - report
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Bangkok – The Thai government is planning to downsize some rubber plantations in the face of a seve…
Freudenberg launches silicones restructuring
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Ohringen, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is reorganising a number of its business units…
Bridgestone’s retread facilities secure Maxi fleet deal
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Bourne, UK – Bridgestone has secured a fleet deal with Maxi Haulage supplying tires from its Bourn,…
Michelin upgrades major technology centre
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has completed the first phase of an upgrade project at its Lado…
Chinese tire maker to be acquired by local mining company
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Shandong, China – Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources has signed a contract…
