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Tire-cord major Hyosung claims market-share gains
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Seoul – Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. (HAMC) has increased its share of tire cord markets in Ind…
China’s Lunte inaugurates scrap-tire recycling project
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Cangzhou, Hebei – Lunte Petrochemical inaugurated a 238 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) scrap-tire recy…
Kumho Petrochemical SR earnings hit by butadiene prices
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Seoul – Kumho Petrochemical has achieved a 16.4% year-on-year rise in third quarter sales to KRW540…
Michelin, Goodyear add to tire price rises in North America
Added: 7 Nov 2018
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. is planning to raise prices in the US on c…
Apollo chairman awarded with Hungarian ‘order of merit’
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Budapest – Onkar S Kanwar, chairman, Apollo Tyres Ltd has been awarded with the Officers Cross of t…
Asahi Kasei to start up Singapore SSBR expansion
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Tokyo – Asahi Kasei is set to start up an expansion of its solution-styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR)…
Michelin to shut Dundee plant with loss of 845 jobs
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Dundee, UK – Groupe Michelin is to close its tire plant in Dundee, Scotland by mid-2020 with the lo…
Conti shifts drive system aftermarket brand
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is carrying out a brand shift in the drive system aftermarket, th…
Conti to acquire Cooper Standard AVS business
Added: 5 Nov 2018
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard has reached an agreement to divest its anti-vibration systems busi…
IISRP: Rubber demand growing despite global market woes
Added: 5 Nov 2018
Houston, Texas –The global market for synthetic rubber (SR) is set to grow helped by increasing dem…
Momentive opens new silane production unit in Germany
Added: 5 Nov 2018
Leverkusen, Germany – Momentive Performance Materials Inc. has opened a new NXT silane production f…
DRAFT Continental to acquire Cooper Standard's anti-vibration business
Added: 4 Nov 2018
Novi, Michigan — Cooper Standard has reached an agreement to divest its anti-vibration systems busi…
Kuraray shines light on elastomer advances
Added: 3 Nov 2018
In particular, the Japanese company used the event, held 16-20 Oct in Friedrichshafen, to introduce…
Event: India set for annual rubber-skills awards
Added: 3 Nov 2018
New Delhi, India – The Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) annual awards will be conferred in N…
JSR profits decline 45% in first half of 2018
Added: 2 Nov 2018
Tokyo – Japanese synthetic rubber supplier JSR Corp. has posted a 45% year-on-year decline in earni…
Trelleborg reports growth amid oil & gas woes
Added: 2 Nov 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has reported a 14% year-on-year growth in earnings (EBIDTA) at S…
Bridgestone opens new training lab with Akron schools
Added: 2 Nov 2018
Akron, Ohio – Bridgestone Americas Inc. launched a new partnership with Akron Public Schools, offic…
Mitsubishi becomes largest shareholder in Toyo
Added: 2 Nov 2018
Tokyo – Japanese automotive and technology giant Mitsubishi Corp. has become the largest shareholde…
Versalis’ Ferrari appointed as Cefic president
Added: 1 Nov 2018
Milan, Italy – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has elected Versalis CEO Daniele Ferr…
Toyoda Gosei buying majority stake in Chinese automotive supplier
Added: 1 Nov 2018
Kiyosu, Japan – Toyoda Gosei Co is purchasing a majority stake in Hubei Rock Rubber and Seal Techno…
