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Turkish president inaugurates Sumitomo tire plant
Added: 21 Oct 2015
Cankiri, Turkey – Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially inaugurated Sumitomo Rubbe…
Bio-chemicals maker DRT to expand in US
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Landes, France – French bio-chemical company DRT is planning to expand its operations to the US aft…
Tire sector leads Italy machinery sales surge
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Milan, Italy – Italian exports and imports of plastics and rubber machinery grew strongly in the si…
Latex duties hurting India's rubber manufacturers
Added: 20 Oct 2015
New Delhi, India – The imposition of duties on natural rubber latex is undermining the competitiven…
UK tire recycling group calls for protection of regulated sites
Added: 20 Oct 2015
London - The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) is urging the UK Environment Agency (EA) to “listen to…
Butadiene market set to grow in Asia Pacific, Middle East
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Albany, New York – The global market for synthetic and bio-based butadiene is set to reach $23.45 b…
Car tire break-up in Nokian reshuffle
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Helsinki – Following job and production cuts at its Nokia, Finland plant in late September, Nokian …
Bridgestone to expand role of Firestone brand
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp’s drive toward “Dan Totsu” – becoming the “undisputed world No. 1 tire and…
Pirelli OE fitment on world’s fastest SUV
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Burton-on-Trent, UK – Pirelli has been chosen by Bentley for OE fitment on its SUV model, Bentayga,…
Omni expanding Timberland tire line
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Traverse City, Michigan – Importer/wholesale distributor Omni United USA is expanding the scope of …
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 …
