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Top India rubber industry award for Vohra
Added: 4 Jan 2015
Mumbai, India – The All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) has announced that Mazhar Vohra…
Bio-based materials to attract 28% more investment
Added: 4 Jan 2015
New Orleans – Bio-based materials and chemicals are set to attract an estimated $974 million in inv…
Major investment helps spur growth at Zochem
Added: 4 Jan 2015
Brampton, Ontario—Zochem Inc. touts itself as the largest single-site producer of high-quality zinc…
Federal Tyres wins Good Design Award
Added: 4 Jan 2015
Taipei, Taiwan - Federal Tyres’ Formoza AZ01 and Formoza AZ01 FRF tires have been recognised in th…
Versalis: agreement signed with Saras for the transfer of the Sarroch plants
Added: 4 Jan 2015
San Donato Milanese, Italy–Versalis, part of Eni, has announced the signing of a firm agreement tha…
Archives: 22 Sept 1917
Added: 4 Jan 2015
These pictures appeared in a lengthy newspaper article on 22 Sep 1917 which highlighted the new tre…
Investor group acquires Garlock rubber technologies
Added: 31 Dec 2014
Paragould, Arkansas — EnPro Industries Inc. has completed the sale of its Garlock Rubber Technologi…
Lanxess merges treasury and investor relations
Added: 31 Dec 2014
Cologne, Germany – German chemical company Lanxess has announced that as of 1 April 2015 the Group …
ERJ: Tire Industry News Tracker
Added: 31 Dec 2014
Michelin... Semperit ... Falcon Tyres... Bridgestone / Ryder ... Apollo ... Goodyear appointment .…
Airbus A350-900 completes first flight with Michelin tires
Added: 30 Dec 2014
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin Aircraft Tire announced on 22 Dec that the first flight of the …
Michelin forms JV to make shoe soles
Added: 30 Dec 2014
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has officially announced its partnership with Chinese textile f…
HB Fuller to take over African adhesive producer
Added: 29 Dec 2014
St. Paul, Minnesota — HB Fuller Co. has signed an agreement to purchase Continental Products Ltd., …
US lowers China tire countervailing duty rates
Added: 29 Dec 2014
Washington DC — The US Department of Commerce has lowered the duty on passenger and light truck tir…
Sika directors, managers oppose sale to Saint-Gobain
Added: 29 Dec 2014
Baar, Switzerland – Sika specialty chemical production company has voiced its opposition to an indi…
IMechE: Do more to get teenagers into engineering
Added: 22 Dec 2014
London – Wholesale change is needed in the way engineering is promoted in schools to reach out to d…
Kraiburg opens unit in Mexico
Added: 22 Dec 2014
Mexico City – German thermoplastic elastomer compound maker Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KG will open a …
Michelin in partnership for UAE’s first solar racing car
Added: 22 Dec 2014
Abu Dhabi - Michelin has entered into a technical partnership with the Petroleum Institute (PI) in…
Dunlop Oil & Marine set to start hose plant in Brazil
Added: 22 Dec 2014
London – Dunlop Oil & Marine has invested €22 million in the construction of a soon-to-open new hos…
ExxonMobil confirms French butyl rubber closure plan
Added: 22 Dec 2014
Houston, Texas –ExxonMobil has confirmed that it plans to close the 'regular butyl rubber' unit at …
Report: Korean refiner to build carbon black plant
Added: 22 Dec 2014
Soeul – Hyundai Oilbank, part of Hyundai Heavy Industries, is establishing a carbon black business,…
