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Trelleborg acquires tire distributor in New Zealand
Added: 4 Jul 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Wheel Systems business has acquired the New Zealand-based tire dist…

Cooper Standard to acquire two Lauren International businesses
Added: 4 Jul 2018
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. has agreed to acquire Lauren Manufacturing and Lau…

DKT: LWB, Evonik link to make plastic/rubber parts
Added: 4 Jul 2018
Nuremberg, Germany – LWB Steinl and Evonik Industries have teamed up to manufacture a rotation-symm…

DKT: Zeon advances HNBR performance, capacity
Added: 4 Jul 2018
Nuremberg, Germany – ZEON Corp., represented by the European subsidiary ZEON Europe GmbH is present…

DKT: Dow advances octylphenol-free formulations
Added: 4 Jul 2018
Schwalbach, Germany – Dow is highlighting the role of rubber-to-metal-bonding technologies in auto…

BKT executive: “Only innovation will take us to the next level
Added: 4 Jul 2018
Dilip Vaidya, president and director of technology of BKT, illustrates the challenges in the develo…

DKT 2018 opens with 'growth through innovation' message
Added: 3 Jul 2018
Nuremberg, Germany - The DKT 2018 rubber and elastomers industry trade fair opened with a lively mi…

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Added: 3 Jul 2018
DKT 2018 opens with 'growth through innovation' message
Nuremberg, Germany - The DKT 2018 rubber and…

Birla Carbon renames entities globally
Added: 3 Jul 2018
Marietta, Georgia – Leading carbon black supplier Birla Carbon, part of Aditya Birla Group, has ren…

Doublestar wins partial summary judgment against Toyo
Added: 3 Jul 2018
Los Angeles, California – A judge before the US District Court for the Central District of Californ…

Enviro to build tire recycling plant in US
Added: 3 Jul 2018
Gothenburg, Sweden – Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB will be building a tire recycling plant in the …

Conti reshuffles tire division managers
Added: 3 Jul 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is reorganising the top management of its Tire Division, with Chr…

Update: China’s Anlun expands carbon black capacity
Added: 3 Jul 2018
Yuncheng, China – Carbon black maker Anlun Chemical is expanding its capacity and plans to build it…

Nizhnekamsk investigated for rubber pricing monopoly
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Moscow - Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has started a criminal case against Tatarstan-based …

Bridgestone to end passenger, light truck tire distribution with ATD
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Nashville, Tennessee — Bridgestone Americas Inc. has notified American Tire Distributors Inc. (ATD)…

Wanli puts US plant plans on hold
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Guangzhou, China — China's Guangzhou Vanlead Group Co. Ltd. has put on hold indefinitely plans it a…

Mesnac makes two senior appointments
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Qingdao, China – Mesnac appointed its chief financial officer He Ning as new chairman in June upon …

DKT: Arlanxeo spotlights high-molecular EPDM grades
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Nuremberg, Germany – Arlanxeo will present a recently introduced Keltan EPDM grade and outline its …

DKT: Dow to show new dimensions
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Nürnberg, Germany –Dow Performance Silicones is presenting Silastic silicone and fluorosilicone rub…

DKT 2018 Machinery: Exhibition and conference preview
Added: 2 Jul 2018
DKT: Rubber industry exhibition and conference
The DKT (Deutsche Kautschuk Tagung) rubber industry e…