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People: Brenntag appoints ex-Clariant exec as CEO
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Brenntag AG has appointed Christian Kohlpaintner as the company’s chief executive officer, effectiv…
People: Bridgestone EMEA adds "emerging markets" boss
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Bridgestone Europe has appointed Mete Ekin, formerly regional managing director Middle East and Afr…
Michelin raising North America prices for fourth time
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Michelin North America Inc. (MNA) is raising prices for the fourth time this year, the tire maker a…
China's Chambroad to expand rubber material facility
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Rubber materials maker Chambroad Zhongju New Materials is to add new facilities with the capacity t…
K2019: Delia advances rubber moulding robotics
Added: 2 Oct 2019
Rubber moulding-machine automation company Delia SRL will present robotic cells which are engineere…
Arlanxeo ups sales of EPDM made in Saudi Arabia
Added: 1 Oct 2019
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo has ramped-up the sales of EPDM rubber grades produced in Sa…
People: Orion reshuffles executive team
Added: 1 Oct 2019
Houston, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has launched a major reshuffle within its executive ma…
Technology: Steelastic introduces calenderless manufacturing cell
Added: 1 Oct 2019
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio – Steelastic has built a calenderless manufacturing cell to enable tire manufa…
Australian tire recycler to set up five plants in South Africa
Added: 1 Oct 2019
Warren, New South Wales — Australian recycler Green Distillation Technologies (GDT) has signed an a…
Safe-Run supplying machinery to UAE tire project
Added: 1 Oct 2019
Safe-Run is providing machinery to the first tire production project in the United Arab Emirates (U…
Michelin, partners building large-scale bio-BD plant
Added: 30 Sep 2019
Paris – Michelin and its partners, IFP Energies Nouvelles and Axens, are scaling up their BioButter…
Pirelli honours nine companies in supplier awards
Added: 30 Sep 2019
Milan, Italy — Pirelli & C. SpA has honoured nine outstanding supplier companies recently with its …
People: Semperit extends CEO Fuellenbach’s mandate
Added: 30 Sep 2019
Vienna – The supervisory board of Semperit AG Holding has extended the mandate of CEO Martin Fuelle…
China's General Science to trial Thai tire plant
Added: 30 Sep 2019
Chinese tire maker General Science Technology plans to trial its first overseas plant in Thailand i…
MOL, thyssenkrupp advance €1.2bn polyol plant
Added: 30 Sep 2019
Budapest – Hungarian energy company MOL and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions have laid the foundat…
Chinese tire cord company Xingda opens Thai plant
Added: 30 Sep 2019
Chonburi, Thailand – Chinese supplier of steel reinforcement for tire and rubber products, Jiangsu …
Update: Conti cutting 20k jobs amid major strategy shift
Added: 27 Sep 2019
Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. is set to cut up to 20,000 jobs, including tire-related positi…
Natural rubber price tracker: Trend reversal
Added: 27 Sep 2019
London – Natural rubber prices showed signs of recovery over the month of September, with all major…
Safe-Run unveils plans to upgrade machinery portfolio
Added: 27 Sep 2019
Suzhou, Jiangsu – Chinese tire machinery supplier Safe-Run has been upgrading its machinery portfol…
Toyo announces further restructuring measures
Added: 27 Sep 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Having unveiled its mid-term growth strategy last month, Toyo Tire Corp. has announc…
