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TPE compounder opens plant in Houston
Added: 4 Nov 2019
USP facility will run on a KraussMaffei Berstorff twin-screw extrusion system, equipped with a Nord…
Orion upbeat despite Q3 declines at rubber blacks unit
Added: 1 Nov 2019
CEO forecasts a “strong 2020 pricing cycle and stable volumes” for rubber blacks business, driven b…
ARDL enhances viscoelastic and fatigue capabilities
Added: 1 Nov 2019
Akron Rubber Development Laboratory invests in Metravib unit offering advanced capabilities for mec…
Kraton selling isoprene rubber unit to Daelim
Added: 31 Oct 2019
US polymers group announces sale of Cariflex business to Korean group for $530m
Pirelli posts higher earnings despite automotive slowdown
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Italian tire group links gains to a 5.4% price/mix improvement which contributed €120m to earnings.…
Euromap forecasts machinery sales downturn of 10% in 2019
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Global plastics and rubber machinery industry sales are projected to drop 10% this year and 5% in 2…
Sales rise at Shin-Etsu silicones unit despite price decline
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Silicones business was affected by the price decline of general-purpose products during the six mon…
Sibur reports dip in sales of elastomers at Q3 stage
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Russian petrochemicals group has seen sales of its elastomer products decline in the third quarter …
Yokohama, electronics firm advancing tire sensor development
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The Japanese tire maker and electronics components company Alps Alpine are researching tire senso…
Cooper to "turn a corner" after relocation to Serbia
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The US tire maker says it has “substantially completed” the transition of its passenger car tire pr…
People: Teknor Apex names new president
Added: 30 Oct 2019
US major compounder has named Suresh Swaminathan as its new president to succeed William Murray, wh…
DRAFT Linglog opens brand shop in Cyprus, eyes European market
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Chinese tire maker has opened a new brand shop in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia, where it also hel…
Trelleborg says it is "prepared" for Brexit
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The Swedish company is cautiously optimistic about the possible uncertainties brought by Brexit.
Technology: Toyoda Gosei, EBM launch medical simulator using e-Rubber
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The Japanese firms have launched SupeR BEAT surgical training simulator based on Toyoda Gosei’s e-R…
JSR's elastomers unit in red amid low demand
Added: 29 Oct 2019
The company's elastomers business has reported a loss of Yen300 million (€2.48 million) in operatin…
Costs, lower volumes drive Goodyear income down
Added: 29 Oct 2019
US tire maker has reported double-digit declines in operating income due in part to lower sales vol…
Job vacancy advert: Key Account Manager
Added: 28 Oct 2019
SPC Group has posted the following vacancy advert for: Key Account Manager
Synthomer lowers business outlook on SBR weakness
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Conditions in styrene-butadiene rubber markets prompt aqueous polymers major to revise down forecas…
Technology: Gates to unveil new smart crimper technology for hoses
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Gates has introduced a new smart crimper technology, which it has named the GC20 with Gates Cortex …
Bridgestone opens OTR plant in Thailand
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Japanese tire major opens off-the-road (OTR) tire facility in Rayong Province four years behind sch…
