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Update: Apollo resumes production at flood-hit plants
Added: 21 Aug 2018
Kochi, Kerala – Apollo Tyres Ltd has resumed production of tires at two of its plants in Perambra a…
China announces 25% tariffs on EPR from US
Added: 20 Aug 2018
Beijing – China is imposing 25% tariffs on ethylene-propylene rubber imported from the US, with eff…
Chemicals agency, Dutch seek PAH restrictions on rubber granules
Added: 20 Aug 2018
Helsinki – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced details of a Dutch-led proposal to li…
Monsoon hits Indian NR production
Added: 20 Aug 2018
Kochi, India – The monsoons impacting Kerala could cause natural rubber production there to fall by…
Haydale expands elastomer capability at UK site
Added: 19 Aug 2018
Loughborough, UK – Materials technology group Haydale Graphene Industries plc has completed the ins…
Event: Troester set for ITEC 2018
Added: 19 Aug 2018
Akron, Ohio – Extrusion systems major Troester GmbH & CO. KG will be present at International Tire …
Mesnac expects liquid-mixing verdict within a year
Added: 17 Aug 2018
Cologne, Germany – Mesnac will start production of tire compounds based on this new liquid mixing t…
Toyo Q2 earnings rebound, but half-year results down
Added: 17 Aug 2018
Hyogo, Japan — Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.'s operating income rebounded in the quarter ended June 3…
VDMA notes 'significant' decline in machinery exports to Turkey
Added: 17 Aug 2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany – German rubber and plastics machinery deliveries to Turkey fell by 4.5%…
Goodyear to raise consumer tire prices in US
Added: 17 Aug 2018
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear intends to raise prices on "select consumer tire lines" in the US, with most…
Conti expects materials costs to rise
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has forecast a significant rise in the cost of most tire & rubber…
Event: Teijin set for materials handling conference
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Arnhem, The Netherlands – Teijin Aramid will be present at the International Conference on Conveyin…
EC clears Bain to buy German tire distribution group
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – European FinTyre Distribution Ltd (EFDL) has received the European Commissi…
Sumitomo starts TBR production at S Africa plant
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Ladysmith, South Africa—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.'s South African subsidiary has inaugurated …
Technology: Moving forward with 3D printing of LSR
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Detroit, Michigan - Among the latest materials-related business developments in liquid silicone rub…
Magna Tyres expanding capacity at new Dutch plant
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Hardenberg, The Netherlands – Magna Tyres Group has almost doubled production capacity at its recen…
Cooper Tire Q2s show Americas/overseas divide
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s second quarter results show a sharp divide between the b…
Trelleborg breaks ground on new UK testing facility
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Skelmersdale, UK – Trelleborg Offshore UK has broken ground on a new “state-of-the-art” testing fac…
Linglong ups H1 earnings on rubber-price dip
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Yantai, China – Linglong Tyre reported a 21% jump in net profit to €67 million (524 million yuan) d…
Orion rides high on tire-market growth, Chinese regs
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has reported a 20.1% year-on-year rise in rubber black rev…
