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PPG to acquire large stakes in LJF’s sealants businesses

PPG to acquire large stakes in LJF’s sealants businesses

Added: 30 Jan 2015

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Industries has submitted an offer to acquir…

Cooper Tire makes new leadership appointments

Added: 30 Jan 2015

Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced two executive leadership changes as Chris Ostran…

ERJ Archives: Pirelli starts cable manufacture

ERJ Archives: Pirelli starts cable manufacture

Added: 29 Jan 2015

London - A report from 8 Nov 1886 revealed that "the tire firm of Pirelli & Co of Milan had now tak…

December sales buoy Lanxess’ earnings

December sales buoy Lanxess’ earnings

Added: 29 Jan 2015

Cologne - Lanxess AG expects earnings (EBITDA) pre exceptionals to come in higher than previously a…

Synthetic rubber prices set to fall further

Synthetic rubber prices set to fall further

Added: 29 Jan 2015

London – Global markets for butadiene rubber (BR) and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) are set for fu…

Your views: Control & automation in the tire industry

Your views: Control & automation in the tire industry

Added: 29 Jan 2015

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European Rubber Journal is preparing a feature on the role of control & automation techn…

Wacker 2014 results exceed expectation

Wacker 2014 results exceed expectation

Added: 29 Jan 2015

Munich – Wacker Chemie AG has issued its Q4 2014 and its annual results, reporting a 53-percent yea…

Rubber science eats shoots and (now) leaves

Rubber science eats shoots and (now) leaves

Added: 29 Jan 2015

London – Efforts to commercialise the production of natural rubber from plants such as guayule and …

Lehigh appoints new technical director

Added: 29 Jan 2015

Atlanta, Georgia – Lehigh Technologies, a speciality materials company that produces micronised rub…

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

Added: 28 Jan 2015

London – Chinese tire makers will seek to increase trade with Europe following the imposition of ta…

Bridgestone develops conveyor belt monitoring system

Bridgestone develops conveyor belt monitoring system

Added: 28 Jan 2015

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. is set to launch a newly developed a system capable of automatically asse…

Thai rubber body says rubber up as supply tightens

Thai rubber body says rubber up as supply tightens

Added: 28 Jan 2015

London - Thai-based International Rubber Consortium (IRCO) reported on rubber trading in the week o…

DuPont reports strong financial results

Added: 28 Jan 2015

Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont has registered a strong fourth quarter for 2014, saying its GAAP earn…

Biomax adding medical glove production facilities

Biomax adding medical glove production facilities

Added: 28 Jan 2015

Kuala Lumpur – Biomax Rubber Industries Ltd is adding two new rubber glove production lines and acq…

DuPont, ChemChina form fluoroelastomers JV

DuPont, ChemChina form fluoroelastomers JV

Added: 28 Jan 2015

Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions and China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) …

US ruling on Chinese tire imports goes into effect

US ruling on Chinese tire imports goes into effect

Added: 28 Jan 2015

Washington — The US Commerce Department’s preliminary anti-dumping determination on Chinese passeng…

Silcotech, Dow Corning to unveil LSR innovation

Silcotech, Dow Corning to unveil LSR innovation

Added: 28 Jan 2015

Anaheim, California — Silcotech Group and Dow Corning Corp. will showcase a  ‘radical’ change in li…

Company focus: Elastomers Union targets oil & gas demands

Added: 27 Jan 2015

Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Italy - The increasing demands being put on polymer-based seals in the oi…

Analysis: Choosing the right elastomers for the oil & gas industry

Analysis: Choosing the right elastomers for the oil & gas industry

Added: 27 Jan 2015

London - The drive to exploit new energy resources over recent years has seen the oil & gas industr…

ERRLAB to help rubber industry meet EU rules

ERRLAB to help rubber industry meet EU rules

Added: 27 Jan 2015

Brussels – EU rubber processors and product manufacturers have a new technical support service in t…