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Bridgestone, Michelin, Pirelli earn Ford supplier honours
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Dearborn, Michigan — Latin American subsidiaries of Bridgestone, Michelin and Pirelli & C. SpA rece…
Kraton increases styrenic copolymer prices
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp. has issued a general price increase of $200 (€172) per tonne for all …
Goodyear-Bridgestone tire venture clears regulatory hurdles
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Atlanta, Georgia – TireHub LLC, the Goodyear-Bridgestone Americas Inc. joint tire distribution vent…
MOL investing in new naphtha-to-olefins technology
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Budapest - Hungary’s energy company MOL Group has entered into a strategic partnership with the Net…
Private equity firm EQT acquiring Azelis
Added: 22 Jun 2018
Stockholm - Swedish private equity group EQT is in exclusive discussions to acquire speciality chem…
VMI takes batch-offs to a higher level
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Epe, The Netherlands – VMI has recently added a vertical pallet transporter with high handling capa…
ETRMA joins hazardous substances initiative
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Brussels – The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETMRA) has joined a campaign to e…
Q&A: Game Changing Technologies for tire of future
Added: 21 Jun 2018
To gain insight into how the tire industry perceives the tire of tomorrow, ERJ’s sister magazine, R…
German automakers ‘willing to drop all tariffs with US’
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Munich, Germany – German automakers are willing to abandon car tariffs between the EU and the US in…
Euromap warns of slow-down following “unusually long” boom
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Linz, Austria - Due to full order books, Euromap expects a growth rate of 2% for European plastics …
Marangoni raising prices in wake of Chinese import duties
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems is increasing prices for rubber materials used to re…
ExxonMobil starts up Singapore tire rubber plant
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Singapore – ExxonMobil has started production of halobutyl rubber at its integrated manufacturing c…
Tristone breaks ground on US production plant
Added: 21 Jun 2018
It launched the construction of a new plant, the company's first on US soil, in Mooresville with a …
Japanese authorities raid Kobe Steel offices
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Kobe Steel Ltd has confirmed that its premises have been raided by Japanese investigation a…
Kuraray establishes JV for butadiene derivatives
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Kuraray Co. Ltd has entered a joint venture agreement with Thai petrochemical company PTT G…
BRV: German HGV tire segment back on track
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Bonn, Germany –German sales of tires for heavy-goods vehicles (HGVs) last year stabilised at around…
Nizhnekamskneftekhim starts up 160ktpa isobutylene plant
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Nizhnekamsk, Russia – Tatarstan-based petrochemicals supplier PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim has started…
Zeon raises TPE prices
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Zeon Corp. is increasing the prices for thermoplastic elastomer and hydrocarbon resins glob…
China’s trade body disputes European TBR tariffs
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Beijing – China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has issued its response to the European Commissi…
Cimcorp appoints new tire sales manager in China
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp Oy, manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic handling solutions, ha…
