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Global styrenics consumption set to grow by 4.8 percent annually until 2018
Added: 5 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dublin – Styrenics consumption is estimated to be poised at 35m tonnes in 2013…
Chinese tire industry to consolidate
Added: 5 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Panama City, Panama – The Chinese tire industry is undergoing a consolidation …
HF acquires Coperion's universal mixer business
Added: 5 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Freudenberg, Germany – Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (HF), has taken…
Runaway truck tire chased down by police officer
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Newark, New Jersey – A runaway tire heading towards idling cars in Port Newark…
Returning UK soldiers grounded for 48 hours in defence ministry tire farce
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Hundreds of battle-weary troops flying home from Afghanistan endured …
GSDI launches dispersion for silicone rubber
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Barberton, Ohio – GSDI, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corp. and a producer of dispe…
Sinopec hikes East, North China butadiene prices
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Singapore – China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., also known as the Sinopec, h…
Cooper Standard acquires Jyco Sealing
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Chris Sweeney, Rubber & Plastics News
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard …
Silicone microfluidic system could cut air conditioning costs
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Boston, Massachusetts – A bioinspired microfluidic circulatory system for wind…
Rubber slat mats could improve animal well-being, researchers say
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Dublin – Rubber slat mats could help protect swine from lameness, claw lesio…
TPE tubing is 'customisable' replacement for silicone or latex
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Akron, Ohio –The Hygenic Corporation (HC) has launched Hyperform elastomeric t…
Conti confirms 2013 outlook, warns on European market
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – Continental has confirmed its forecast of revenues of €34…
Quarterly income up 7% for synthetic rubber maker JSR
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Yokkaichi, Japan – Japanese synthetic rubber manufacturer JSR Corp. has repo…
Trelleborg launches special tire for sugar cane operations
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – The new 710/70R38 TM800 SugarCane tractor tire from Trell…
Tire dealer dies after taking cyanide to avoid jail
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business Staff Report
Maryville, Missouri – A Missouri tire dealer com…
Ashland selling tire materials business
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Covington, Kentucky – Ashland Inc. has begun a sale process for its elastomer …
Chinese workers strike over Cooper takeover by Apollo
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Shandong, China – Some 5000 workers at the Cooper Chengshan tire joint ventu…
Teknor Apex TPEs get clean reviews
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Three new thermoplastic elastomers developed and de…
Cheng Shin eyeing China plant No. 7
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business Staff Report
Yuanlin, Taiwan — Taiwan's Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co…
Hankook Q2 sales reach €1.3 bn
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Seoul – Tire maker Hankook has posted second-quarter revenue of €1.28 billio…
