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DKT: TARRC/Rubber Consultants show the way
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Nuremberg, Germany – TARRC/Rubber Consultants will highlight their expertise in the fields of elast…
Indorama aims to lead European tire cord business with Czech acquisition
Added: 2 Jul 2018
Bangkok – Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd (IVL) has reached an agreement to acquire Czech tire cor…
DKT 2018: Exhibition and conference news
Added: 1 Jul 2018
DKT: Rubber industry exhibition and conference
The DKT (Deutsche Kautschuk Tagung) rubber industry e…
Updated: BKT aims to take a ‘giant’ step forward
Added: 29 Jun 2018
As part of this, the company aims to achieve a 4% market share in the all-steel radial segment of t…
Freudenberg develops CO2 seals for power industry
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has developed two new seals to for elect…
Continental Carbon ups utilisation rate on growing demand
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Taiwan – Taiwan’s leading carbon black supplier Continental Carbon has been upping its capacity uti…
Cooper Standard breaks ground on mixing facility in Mexico
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Aguascalientes, Mexico – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. will build a 100,000-sq.-ft. mixing facili…
Evonik expanding tire silica capacity
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries is to increase production capacity for precipitated silica at it…
Tokai Carbon to acquire Sid Richardson
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Fort Worth, Texas – Japanese carbon black firm Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. has entered into an agreement …
EU chemical makers in renewable-energy link-up
Added: 29 Jun 2018
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has signed an MoU to collaborate on the R…
Automotive: Electrification shaking up the supply chain
Added: 29 Jun 2018
It wasn't actually a live animal but the infamous "moose test" conducted by Swedish journalists in …
Italian domestic machinery market continues growth
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Linz, Austria - The recovery in the Italian rubber & plastic domestic market is fully underway, acc…
Conti in alliance to advance VW autonomous technology
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Munich, Germany – Volkswagen Group of America and four major suppliers have formed an alliance to w…
Freudenberg improves prospects for refugees
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Weinheim, Germany - Integrating refugees into the labour market is a vital task for policy makers,…
Evonik cutting 1,000 jobs to reduce costs
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Essen, Germany – German speciality chemicals firm Evonik AG is to cut up to 1,000 jobs globally by …
BMW adds Bridgestone, Hankook tires to X3 OE fitments
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Spartanburg, South Carolina – BMW AG has spec'd three Bridgestone-brand and three Hankook-brand tir…
Michelin cites Lehigh as critical retread business supplier
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Greenville, South Carolina — Michelin North America Inc.'s drive to increase the "sustainable mater…
Yokohama wins counterfeit-wheels battle in China
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has managed to eliminate sales of counterfeit versions of its alumi…
Chemicals agency adds rubber additive to SVHCs list
Added: 28 Jun 2018
Helsinki – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) to a 'candi…
Covestro’s sustainability chief Richard Northcote dies
Added: 27 Jun 2018
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro AG has announced the news that its chief sustainability officer Rich…
