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Solvay to increase fluoroelastomer production
Added: 26 Oct 2018
Milan, Italy – Solvay SA is set to increase its fluoroelastomer (FKM) production globally to suppor…
Michelin supplier award for machinery maker VMI
Added: 26 Oct 2018
Epe, The Netherlands – Groupe Michelin has recognised the contribution of Dutch tire & rubber machi…
Clwyd Compounders drives up safety at new facility
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Wrexham, UK – Clwyd Compounders is employing variable frequency drives (VFDs) from Invertek Drives …
ETRMA, IRSG sustainability meeting in Brussels
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Brussels –"Bio-based, Sustainable, Critical: Natural Rubber and its Future" is the theme of a meeti…
China’s Red Avenue expands rubber additive capacity
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Zhangjiagang, China - Red Avenue New Materials is expanding its rubber additive capacity in Zhangji…
Conti takes full ownership of Sri Lankan tire maker
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Kalutara, Sri Lanka – Continental AG has recently acquired full ownership of Sri Lankan solid tire …
Industry launches global platform for sustainable NR
Added: 25 Oct 2018
Singapore – Natural rubber ‘stakeholders’ on 25 Oct announced the launch of an “independent platfor…
US firm buys speciality polymers maker Polytek
Added: 24 Oct 2018
New York – US private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired speciality polymers maker P…
Yokohama selected for OE fitment on BMW X3 in China
Added: 24 Oct 2018
Tokyo — The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd is supplying its “Advan Sport V105” tires as original equipment…
DRAFT Sika develops “on-site repair” kit for conveyor belts
Added: 24 Oct 2018
Baar, Switzerland – Sika AG has developed an acrylic-based system for cold fast repair of rubber co…
Linglong, EBRD in talks over Serbia tire plant
Added: 24 Oct 2018
London – Linglong Tire and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are in negot…
Michelin upgrading Canada plant for winter tire launch
Added: 24 Oct 2018
Granton, Nova Scotia — Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. is budgeting $16 million (€14 million) …
Downward shift for natural rubber prices
Added: 23 Oct 2018
London – Hopes of a sustained recovery in natural rubber (NR) prices seem to have been snuffed out …
Update: EU issues definitive anti-dumping duties on Chinese truck & bus tires
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Brussels – The European Commission has published definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of new a…
UK industry publication PRW to relaunch in January 2019
Added: 23 Oct 2018
London - At the well-attended Plastics Industry Awards event in London on Friday, 28 Sept, organise…
Conti opens €30m hose plant in China
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Qingdao, China – ContiTech AG has relocated its hose production plant in Qingdao to a new facility …
VDMA warning over Chinese competition
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany – German mechanical engineering industry is facing growing competition f…
Bridgestone adding $45m warehouse to Quebec tire plant
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Joliette, Quebec — Bridgestone Canada Inc. plans to build a $45 million (€39.2 million) automated w…
ANRPC: Concern over China weighing down NR prices
Added: 22 Oct 2018
Kuala Lumpur – Global demand for natural rubber outstripped supply by 874 kilotonnes (kt) over the …
Clariant catalysts for INEOS’ new PDH plant
Added: 22 Oct 2018
Munich, Germany – Clariant has won a long-term contract from INEOS to supply its Catofin catalysts …
