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Pirelli finalises sale of steelcord plant to Bekaert
Added: 6 Feb 2015
Milan, Italy – Pirelli and Bekaert successfully finalised the sale of Pirelli’s steelcord activitie…

New ABB service for relay-retrofit race
Added: 6 Feb 2015
London – ABB has launched a new approach to replacing time-served relays in power distribution net…

Report: Total looking to divest Hutchinson
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Paris - Rubber products major Hutchinson could soon be sold or spun off as a listed company by pare…

Nokian starts to counter Russian effect
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Helsinki – Nokian Tyres plc has managed to partly offset the impact of lower oil prices and the wea…

Fenner to further tighten its belt
Added: 5 Feb 2015
London – Fenner plc is to rein in costs and postpone spending plans in response to falling oil & g…

Automotive sales lift Mitsui elastomers business
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Tokyo – A strong performance by Mitsui Chemical Inc.’s elastomers business contributed significantl…

Zeon elastomers business down at Q3
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Tokyo – Despite higher sales Zeon Corp.’s elastomers business has registered a sharp decline in ear…

Gates to expand hose plant in Kansas
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Denver, Colorado — Gates Corp. has announced that it will expand its Iola, Kansas factory to accomm…

Austrian tool-maker Elasmo to expand
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Schörfling am Attersee, Austria – Rubber injection-moulding tool-maker Elasmo Systems GmbH is start…

Petchem prices drop on oil, feedstock falls
Added: 5 Feb 2015
London - In January, the massive fall in crude oil and naphtha prices led to substantial reductions…

Momentive appoints new CEO
Added: 5 Feb 2015
Waterford, New York - Momentive Performance Materials Inc. has recently announced that Jack Boss ha…

Conti to drop Goodyear Engineered Products brand
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Hanover, Germany – With the conclusion of a deal to purchase Veyance Technologies, products sold un…

PPG to increase silica production capacity at Dutch plant
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – US-based PPG Industries has announced that it is increasing precipitated…

Lanxess: Synthetic rubber prices under further pressure
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Cologne, Germany - Synthetic rubber prices are set to fall further in 2015 due in part to a decli…

Pirelli advances tire for all seasons
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Taormina, Italy – Pirelli has launched its new Cinturato All Season tire in Europe, saying the new …

ETRMA on board automotive skills initiative
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Brussels – The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association ETRMA is highlighting its role in …

Styron changes its name to Trinseo
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Rubber, plastics and latex materials manufacturer Styron, has changed its n…

US, EU traders call for “comprehensive” automotive deal
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Brussels – As the eighth round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiation…

Chinese-Uzbek deal to build €160m rubber plant
Added: 2 Feb 2015
Tashkent – China’s Poly Technologies and the Uzbek government have signed an agreement for the cons…

Top 10: ERJ Global Tire Industry Reports
Added: 2 Feb 2015
ERJ Daily Newsletter reports trending in the global tire industry this week:
Tariff-hit Chinese tire…