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DRAFT Japan's Yazaki set to vacate Czech auto cables plant
Added: 28 Jun 2019
Pilsen, Czech Republic – Japanese car component maker Yazaki Corporation is set to close a wiring h…
Trelleborg places rCB order for Sri Lanka plant
Added: 27 Jun 2019
Makola, Sri Lanka – Trelleborg Lanka, part of Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS), has placed three init…
Evonik presenting additives for rubber recycling at K
Added: 27 Jun 2019
Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries AG is highlighting the role of a rubber process additive in turn…
People: Covestro US announces new chairman
Added: 27 Jun 2019
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Haakan Jonsson, president of Covestro LLC, is also to become chairman of…
HF Mixing Group investing in automation, smart factories
Added: 27 Jun 2019
Lawrence, Kansas – German machinery maker HF Mixing Group has made a series of investments in its g…
Market for high performance elastomers to grow 6.1%
Added: 27 Jun 2019
Leatherhead, UK – The high-performance elastomer market is set for "powerful growth" as product inn…
UK car industry warns of €55k/minute cost of hard Brexit
Added: 26 Jun 2019
London – The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has urged the next UK prime minister…
DRAFT Plastics Institute of Thailand joins IRSG
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Singapore – The Plastics Institute of Thailand is the newest member of the Panel of Associates of t…
Kumho taps Goodyear for European tech centre
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany – Korean tire maker Kumho has added two former Goodyear Dunlop manager…
US seals maker acquires Austria's Plastoseal
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Cleveland, Ohio – US seals supplier System Seals Inc. has acquired Plastoseal Produktions GmbH, an …
Asahi Kasei still mulling SR plant in Europe
Added: 26 Jun 2019
London - Japanese materials supplier Asahi Kasei is continuing to assess plans to build a synthetic…
Michelin raising tire prices in North America
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. plans to increase prices 1 July in the US …
KraussMaffei Berstorff relocating HQ in Hanover
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Hanover, Germany – Extrusion machinery supplier KraussMaffei Berstorff is relocating its headquarte…
China’s Z-Sharp starts up TPU shoe sole 3D printing facility
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Wuhu, Anhui – China’s Z-Sharp 3D Technology has started the first phase of a 3D printing facility. …
Sumitomo Chemical launches policy on human rights
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Tokyo – Sumitomo Chemical has set up a ‘human rights policy’ and an associated committee to promote…
Tarmac develops rubberised asphalt from ELTs
Added: 25 Jun 2019
London – UK supplier of sustainable construction materials Tarmac has developed a new rubberised as…
Bridgestone bearings for quake-proof Olympics venues
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp has supplied seismic isolation bearings for two newly-constructed permanen…
Michelin appoints new ad agency
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has selected Paris-based ad agency BETC as its new strategic ag…
Goodyear supplying tires to Airbus A321XLR
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has been conditionally selected as a supplier by Airbus to provide its “flig…
DRAFT Polymers, fillers, interaction
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Efforts to optimise polymer-filler interactions are helping to increase the sustainability and perf…
