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Researchers probe microbes for a future polymer building block
Added: 27 Aug 2015
Golden, Colorado - Microbes commonly found in moist, natural environments could eventually be a sou…
Mitsubishi Chemical adds TPE distributor in Germany
Added: 26 Aug 2015
Tiffauges, France – MItsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers (MCPP) has started a distribution agre…
Guizhou Tire to raise €100m in medium-term notes
Added: 26 Aug 2015
Guizhou, China – Shenzhen-listed Guizhou Tire has received regulators’ approval for the issuance of…
Bridgestone starts conveyor belt plant in Thailand
Added: 25 Aug 2015
Tokyo – Bridgestone NCR Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corp., has started production of conve…
Lotte Ube synthetic rubber plant opens in Malaysia
Added: 25 Aug 2015
Tokyo - Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber (LUSR) has opened a plant for the manufacture of butadiene rubbe…
Strike threat at Hankook – report
Added: 25 Aug 2015
Seoul – South Korean tire maker Hankook may face its first ever workers’ strike, news reports from …
Michelin Nova Scotia plant revamp complete
Added: 25 Aug 2015
Pictou, Nova Scotia – Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. has completed the phase-out of nearly al…
Propylene blast shuts down Czech plant
Added: 25 Aug 2015
Prague – Czech chemicals producer Unipetrol AS has been forced to shut down its key petrochemicals …
Guizhou Tire to open new speciality tire plants in 2017
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Guizhou, China - Guizhou Tire is building a new speciality tire project including the relocation of…
Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery’s main shareholder to sell 30% stake
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Liaoning, China – Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery (DRPM)’s controlling shareholder Dalian State-…
Trinseo to commercialise Nd-BR production in 2016
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Horgen, Switzerland – Trinseo is set to commercialise its neodymium butadiene rubber (Nd-BR) offeri…
Global Bioenergies advances bio-isobutene process
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Evry, France – Global Bioenergies has produced isobutene – a monomer used in the production of buty…
Evonik seeks buyer or partner for acrylics business
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Essen, Germany - Speciality chemicals maker Evonik Industries AG is looking to sell off or find a p…
Goodyear changes leadership in Asia Pacific unit
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has appointed Chris Delaney as president-elect of its Asia…
Ferrari’s Vettel disappointed with F1 tire burst
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium – Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has expressed his disappointment with the t…
Belshina to double tire exports to Pakistan in 2015 - report
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Minsk – OAO Belshina expects to double its supply of tires to Pakistan this year, the company’s gen…
Michelin Agriculture 'best supplier' for CNH Industrial
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin Agriculture has earned the 2015 "best supplier award," from a…
Versalis dismisses reports of deal in Iran
Added: 24 Aug 2015
London – Italian speciality rubber company Versalis has dismissed reports that it has signed a tech…
Sumitomo's earnings drop for first half
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Kobe, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd suffered drops in operating and net income during the …
Weak peso causing some concern amidst growth in Mexico
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Mexico City — A 25-percent drop in the value of the Mexican peso against the US dollar since the st…
