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Omsk Carbon sets up European HQ
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Waltrop, Germany – Omsk Carbon has signaled its European expansion plans by upgrading the status of…
BMS officially changes name to Covestro
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro AG, the former Bayer MaterialScience business, has officially adopte…
Desma advances remote-monitoring security
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Fridingen, Germany – Injection moulding machinery maker Desma has developed networking technology t…
Hankook to unveil advanced winter tires in Frankfurt
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook will present a series of tire innovations including an “entirely n…
Dow ‘to stay and grow’ in rubber business
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Nuremberg, Germany – Market development in the rubber industry has been ”very positive” this year …
Conti invests in A-Z tire mould operation
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has invested in new foundry facilities at A-Z Formen- und Maschin…
Rubber revenue hikes at Nizhnekamskneftekhim H1
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Moscow – Russian synthetic rubber and plastics manufacturer, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, has posted a str…
TRP Sealing Systems starts up plant in China
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Hereford , UK – TRP Sealing Systems Ltd has opened a new manufacturing facility in China, the Heref…
Evonik starts up advanced C4 plants in Germany
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Essen/Marl, Germany – Evonik Industries has started up new production facilities for C4-based produ…
Orion appoints new carbon black leader
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has appointed Erik Thiry as senior vice president, rubber …
China faces an added threat down the road: Capacity glut
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Detroit, Michigan - The news coming out of China right now is bad, and chances are, it's going to g…
New reference book "Automotive Vibration Control Technology"
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Darmstadt, Germany – With its new reference book "Automotive Vibration Control Technology", Trelleb…
Double Coin mulls factory outside China
Added: 31 Aug 2015
Shanghai – Double Coin Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest tire manufacturers, is studying the fea…
Orion to present latest carbon black advances
Added: 30 Aug 2015
Kingwood, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons will feature new carbon black technology that can improv…
Turkish Airlines seeks tire maker for retreading project
Added: 28 Aug 2015
London – Turkish Airlines is trying to find a tire manufacturer to help in setting up an aircraft t…
Conti rolls out run-flats from Slovak plant
Added: 28 Aug 2015
Puchov, Slovakia – Matador tire company, part of Continental AG, has rolled out a test series of ru…
European polymer prices under pressure
Added: 28 Aug 2015
London - After four months of sharply rising notations, European standard thermoplastic prices took…
Lanxess starts up new Nd-BR plant in Singapore
Added: 28 Aug 2015
Singapore– Lanxess AG officially inaugurated its new neodymium butadiene rubber (Nd-BR) plant in Si…
Orion hiking carbon black prices
Added: 27 Aug 2015
Kingwood, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons is increasing prices of its speciality carbon blacks by …
Semperit gloves factory to open in Malaysia, expansion on agenda
Added: 27 Aug 2015
Vienna – Semperit AG is set to open a new gloves production plant in Malaysian in 2016, the group a…
