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Lanxess to ease in new rubber capacity in Singapore, China
Added: 9 Feb 2015
London – Lanxess has confirmed that both its neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) plant in Sing…
Apollo’s Ceneviz to lead Cooper’s Latin America business
Added: 6 Feb 2015
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Luis Ceneviz as its managing director — …
Orion Engineered Carbons appoints new head
Added: 6 Feb 2015
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has appointed Mark Leigh as its senior vice president rubb…
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…
