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Sales and earnings down at Kraton
Added: 30 Oct 2014
Houston, Texas – Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. has reported an 11.9-percent drop in adjusted th…
PetroChina raises its game, ups rubber output
Added: 30 Oct 2014
Hong Kong – PetroChina Co. Ltd has been impacted by the slow recovery of world economy, weak domest…
Hankook upbeat after robust business performance
Added: 30 Oct 2014
Seoul, Korea/Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire has shrugged off the effects of a sluggish global…
Future Tire: Goodyear expert calls for better tire label enforcement
Added: 30 Oct 2014
Brussels - European Union authorities will need to step up their enforcement of tire labelling to e…
Dätwyler acquires Columbia Engineered Rubber
Added: 29 Oct 2014
Altdorf, Switzerland – Dätwyler Holding Inc., on 28 Oct, completed the acquisition of Keystone Hold…
Future Tire: Auto industry has “never had it so good”
Added: 29 Oct 2014
Brussels – Automotive manufacturers and their suppliers “have never had it so good” as new-vehicle …
Future Tire: Supply-chain, recycling challenge sector
Added: 29 Oct 2014
Brussels – The European tire industry is becoming increasingly challenged by sustainability and sup…
Future Tire: Shale gas attracting tire makers to US
Added: 29 Oct 2014
Brussels - The shale gas revolution is a significant factor behind a recent spate of investments by…
Shandong Urban-Mining completes waste-tire project
Added: 28 Oct 2014
Shandong, China - Shandong Urban-Mining Environmental Protection Group and Korea's Dorea Group have…
US Zinc completes second phase of zinc oxide expansion
Added: 27 Oct 2014
Houston, Texas –US Zinc has completed an expansion project ait its zinc oxide plant in Millington, …
Five more years for Borealis CEO
Added: 27 Oct 2014
Oslo – Borealis has reappointed Mark Garrett as CEO effective through June 2019 – a decision that r…
Freudenberg exec: Big players must think local
Added: 27 Oct 2014
Traverse City, Michigan — Global companies need to think local if they are to capitalise on opportu…
Trans-polyisoprene rubber project a 'first' for China
Added: 27 Oct 2014
Shandong, China - TPI New Material plans to set up a 30kT/year trans-polyisoprene (TPI) rubber plan…
Gas pipeline to boost UK refractory maker
Added: 26 Oct 2014
Newhaven, UK – DSF Refractories and Minerals Ltd, which supplies refractory materials to the carbon…
Bridgestone inaugurates Vietnam tire plant
Added: 26 Oct 2014
Singapore – Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam Ltd (BTMV) has officially opened its first tire…
Process innovation to open doors in EPDM market
Added: 26 Oct 2014
Dublin – Production efficiency and process innovation are becoming increasingly important different…
Toyoda Gosei pursues new strategy, different markets
Added: 26 Oct 2014
Dover, Ohio—Sometimes, knowing your weaknesses is just as important as knowing your strengths. And …
Market slowdown dents Michelin's expectations
Added: 24 Oct 2014
Paris – The market slowdown observed since the second quarter continued into the third, noted Grou…
SIBUR signs polymer additives supply deal
Added: 24 Oct 2014
Moscow – SIBUR has signed a deal with Songwon Int. AG and Swedish-Russian distributor UTS, for the…
