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China implements tire labelling provisions
Added: 19 Sep 2016
Beijing – The China Rubber Industry Association has issued the country’s first tire labelling admin…

Goodyear moves to improve shareholder yield - draft
Added: 16 Sep 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Goodyear is raising its quarterly dividend by 3 cents per share, starting w…

CRIA mobilising Chinese tire makers to fight US tariffs
Added: 16 Sep 2016
Beijing – The China Rubber Industries Association (CRIA) is organising local Chinese tire makers fo…

Bioplastics cones to help Thai rubber trees grow
Added: 15 Sep 2016
Bangkok - Corbion, Global Bio-Polymers and Maxrich are developing a biodegradable root growth conta…

Dutch carbon black company appoints sales executives
Added: 15 Sep 2016
Nederweert, The Netherlands – Black Bear has appointed two senior executives Ad van Oorschot and Se…

Ukraine’s Antonov seeking tire suppliers
Added: 15 Sep 2016
Kiev – Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov has severed ties with all Russian suppliers, and is …

IRSG appoints new boss
Added: 15 Sep 2016
Singapore – The International Rubber Study Group, IRSG, has appointed Salvatore Pinizzotto as its n…

Bridgestone completes first Russia tire plant
Added: 15 Sep 2016
Ulyanovsk, Russia – Bridgestone has completed the construction its first plant in the Russia/CIS re…

Get connected with TPEs
Added: 15 Sep 2016
London – Thermoplastic elastomers can help designers match aesthetics and functionality in the Inte…

Rema Tip Top takes over conveyor belt maker
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Poing, Germany – Rema Tip Top has fully acquired the Cobra Group/Depreux, a manufacturer of conveyo…

Solvay scientist wins award for energy-saving tires
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Brussels – Belgian chemicals producer Solvay SA researcher Sylvaine Neveu has won the Irène Joliot-…

Report: Data gap delays EU probe into Dow-DuPont merger
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Midland Michigan – The European Union has suspended an 11 Jan deadline to complete its investigatio…

US masks orders to continue for Avon
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber’s protection and defence business expects continued orders for military …

Chemicals trio to produce butadiene derivatives in Thailand
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Tokyo – Kuraray Co., PTT Global Chemical Public Co. and Sumitomo Corp. have agreed to carry out a j…

Goodyear eyes investment in US truck and earthmover factory
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Topeka, Kansas – Goodyear is considering making “strategic investments” in its Topeka truck and ear…

Chem-Trend acquires release agents supplier
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Troy, Michigan – Chem-Trend has acquired Huron Technologies Inc. – a supplier of customised mould r…

UK growth forecasts downgraded as uncertainty hits investment
Added: 13 Sep 2016
London - In its first economic forecast since the European Union referendum, the British Chambers o…

Aliapur needs transport for 300kt of scrap tires
Added: 13 Sep 2016
Lyon, France – French tire recovery company Aliapur is inviting tenders from road hauliers for the …

Sibur-Reliance rubber JV takes one step closer to start-up
Added: 13 Sep 2016
Jamnagar, India – A rubber joint venture between India’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Russia’s…

OCI starts up carbon black plant in China
Added: 13 Sep 2016
Zaozhuang, Shandong – South Korean chemicals company OCI has started an 80 kilotonne per annum (kpt…