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Avon completes acquisition of 3M’s protection business
Added: 10 Jan 2020
Valued at over $90 million, deal represents "very attractive opportunity" for UK group

People: Semperit names new chairman as Edelmann resigns
Added: 10 Jan 2020
Walter Koppensteiner takes over as the new chairman with immediate effect

Tire shares tracker: Mixed picture
Added: 10 Jan 2020
Most major tire makers registered declines in final weeks of 2019, according to ERJ snapshot

Teknor Apex expands line of medical-grade TPEs
Added: 9 Jan 2020
Compound offers strong adhesion to polycarbonate and PC alloys as well as "enhanced" resistance to …

Retread machinery company TRM rebrands
Added: 9 Jan 2020
Company working with customers, partners to address quality and efficiency challenges in market

Australian tire recycler in $100m deal to set up plants in US
Added: 9 Jan 2020
Company building first US tire recovery facility, with potentially more plants to follow

ExxonMobil highlights role of elastomers in plastics sustainability
Added: 9 Jan 2020
Latest “rethink recycle” grades use olefinic compatibilisers to up recycled-content of end-products…

Goodyear to commit $100 million to mobility startups
Added: 9 Jan 2020
Goodyear Ventures to focus on investing in startups for sustainable and safe mobility

Italian machinery segment prepares for negative results
Added: 9 Jan 2020
Sales of rubber & plastics machinery to Germany drop 20% while demand rises in the US

Bridgestone wins design patent lawsuit in China
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Huasheng and Hongsheng allegedly used the tread pattern of Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1 tire
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Trelleborg divests roller-cover operation in France
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Move will help Swedish group achieve "more focused" printing blankets operation

Linglong rolls out first PCR tire from Hubei factory
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Development marks milestone in Linglong's "5+3" global expansion plan

ERJ publisher launching brand focusing on plastics recycling, sustainability
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Detroit — Crain Communications Inc. is launching a new brand to address the emerging recycling and …

UK car demand falls for third year
Added: 7 Jan 2020
New car registrations hit six-year low at 2.3 million units, according to SMMT

OYAK, CSRC to build carbon black plant in Turkey
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Project to serve local Turkish market with an estimated value of €232 million

People: Soo Il Lee returning as top Hankook America executive
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Succeeds Hosung Suh, who is returning to Seoul HQ to assume an as-yet undisclosed assignment

Dätwyler rejig to tighten focus on sealing business
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Company to create new business units for healthcare and industrial sectors

Klean progresses tire pyrolysis projects
Added: 6 Jan 2020
Company setting up tire-materials recovery facilities in US and UK

PAI Partners, Lego owners acquiring Armacell
Added: 6 Jan 2020
Patrick Mathieu will continue to serve as chief executive officer of Armacell

Technology: Reducing friction in seals
Added: 6 Jan 2020
Technology not limited to FKM and can be extended to other materials such as NBR and EPDM.