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DRAFT Assocomaplast announces new president
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Milan, Italy – Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association for plastic and rubber processing equip…
Toyo chairman, president to resign over seismic scandal
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Osaka, Japan – Nine of Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd’s top executives have resigned, retired or been d…
Cimcorp to automate Sentury Tire plant in Thailand
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp has secured an order worth nearly €30 million to supply a turnkey materia…
ContiTech acquiring hydraulic hose manufacturer
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Waltershausen, Germany – ContiTech AG is to take overWaltershausen-based hydraulic hose manufacture…
Shell advances project to build US petchem complex
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Houston, Texas – After more than a year of little movement, Shell Chemical LP again is taking steps…
Pirelli F1 simulator brings racing feel to audience
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Pirelli has launched a new Formula 1 simulator that will beused to support its marketing and promot…
DRAFT European firms cut back in China
Added: 23 Jun 2015
European firms with operations in China are likely to cut back on costs of doing business there, wh…
Goodyear, LSE conduct road safety research
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Brussels/London – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the London School of Economics and Political Scien…
Sibur, Schneider Electric to work on energy efficiency
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Saint-Petersburg, Russia – Russian petrochemicals group Sibur and French-based energy management an…
Huntsman acquires Italian PU elastomer manufacturer
Added: 23 Jun 2015
The Woodlands, Texas – Huntsman Corp. has acquired Tecnoelastomeri, a manufacturer and marketer of …
Goodyear says net impact of SRI breakup positive
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Akron, Ohio — Goodyear expects the dissolution of its global business alliance with Sumitomo Rubber…
Avon Rubber acquires US electronic systems supplier
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Melksham , UK – Avon Rubber plc has acquired Florida-based electronic systems company Hudstar Syste…
Giti disappointed with US duties decision
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Rancho Cucamonga, California – Giti Tire Group said it was disappointed by the US Department of Com…
Sid Richardson targets Mexico for new plant
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Fort Worth, Texas – Sid Richardson Carbon Co. is planning to add another carbon black plant to its …
Guilin Rubber Machinery claims tire-curing press advance
Added: 22 Jun 2015
Guilin, China - Guilin Rubber Machinery (GRM) has recently developed a 45.5’’ steel-tire curing pre…
Natural rubber pricing at end of latest slide?
Added: 22 Jun 2015
London – The rate of decline in natural rubber prices of the past two weeks seems to be slowing dow…
ERJ Archives: Uprooting and replanting rubber trees
Added: 22 Jun 2015
These picture were published on 2 Aug 1924 on the replantation of hevea (rubber) trees and use of …
Nynas global market manager to oversee portfolio switch
Added: 22 Jun 2015
London - Nynas has appointed Gaia Franzolin as its new global market manager for the base oil segme…
DuPont spin-off Chemours now trading on NYSE
Added: 22 Jun 2015
Wilmington, Delaware – DuPont performance chemical spin-off Chemours Co.’s common stock shares star…
Rosneft to acquire stake in ChemChina
Added: 22 Jun 2015
Saint Petersburg, Russia – Rosneft and China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) have signed a memo…
