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New MgO production line to start up in Russia
Added: 16 Oct 2018
The product will be manufactured at a recently opened third processing plant in Vyazma in the Smole…
IRSG photo competition to highlight role of women
Added: 16 Oct 2018
Themed ‘women for rubber’, the initiative is intended to highlight the importance of women in any p…
Brexit: Chemicals sector calls for UK to be kept within REACH
Added: 16 Oct 2018
The open letter from Cefic, CHEM Trust, the European Environment Bureau (EEB) and the UK Chemical I…
Private equity firm KKR to acquire Minnesota Rubber & Plastics
Added: 15 Oct 2018
Minneapolis, Minnesota — Norwest Equity Partners has agreed to sell Quadion LLC, which trades as Mi…
Yokohama advances sustainable NR procurement policy
Added: 15 Oct 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has "formulated" a procurement policy to ensure natural rubber (NR)…
Dow upgrading UK silicones site under global investment plan
Added: 15 Oct 2018
Barry, UK – Dow Chemical Co. is upgrading its silicones production site in Barry, Wales, as part o…
Dow develops new fluorosilicone rubber bases for “competing demands”
Added: 12 Oct 2018
Midland, Michigan - Dow Performance Silicones has unveiled two new fluorosilicone rubber (FSR) base…
New chloroprene rubber project in China signs contract
Added: 12 Oct 2018
Baotou, China – China’s Jinjiao High-Tech (Shanghai) signed contract with the local government of B…
Camso celebrates opening of rubber track plant in US
Added: 12 Oct 2018
Peosta, Iowa — Off-road tire/track specialist Camso Group recently marked the start of production a…
Kraiburg to unveil thermoplastic elastomer hybrids at Fakuma
Added: 12 Oct 2018
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE will be unveiling a new technology to produce high-performance…
People: Cooper Standard expands global leadership team
Added: 11 Oct 2018
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. has appointed Gabrielle Corrent as its vice presid…
Cooper eyes phasing out passenger car, LT tires at UK plant
Added: 11 Oct 2018
Melksham, UK — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is considering phasing out production of car and light truc…
Tocom starts TSR futures trading
Added: 11 Oct 2018
Tokyo – The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, Tocom, launched the listing of Technically Specified Rub…
Akzo speciality chemicals relaunches as Nouryon
Added: 11 Oct 2018
Amsterdam - The former AkzoNobel speciality chemicals business has relaunched as an independent spe…
Trinseo lowers Q3 guidance due to materials costs, weak tire market
Added: 11 Oct 2018
Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Trinseo SA expects its third quarter 2018 results to be below previously iss…
Laser technology company 4JET raises fund to fuel growth
Added: 10 Oct 2018
Alsdorf, Germany - 4JET GmbH has secured a €15-million capital investment led by tech-savvy Paris-b…
People: Solvay names Ilham Kadri as new CEO
Added: 10 Oct 2018
Brussels - Solvay’s board of directors has appointed Ilham Kadri as the chairman of the executive c…
UK private equity fund invests in German industrial hose group
Added: 10 Oct 2018
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - UK-based Triton Smaller Mid-Cap Fund is buying a majority stake in leading…
Tire industry should prepare to adapt to automotive trends
Added: 10 Oct 2018
Akron, Ohio - The tire industry needs to continue to adapt as autonomous and electric vehicles beco…
Electrification shaking up rubber auto-parts sector
Added: 10 Oct 2018
Slowly but surely a picture is emerging of the challenges facing suppliers of rubber-based componen…
