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VMI, Safe-Run in patent-infringement dispute
Added: 12 Sep 2016
Epe, The Netherlands / Suzhou, China – VMI is taking legal steps against alleged patent-infringemen…
Sentury to build US plant in Georgia
Added: 12 Sep 2016
Lagrange, Georgia – China’s Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd. has selected LaGrange in southwest Georgi…
Analysis: NR pricing takes one step forward, two steps back
Added: 9 Sep 2016
London - Far East natural rubber traders painted a mixed picture in the August, with signs of impro…
Report: US carbon black market on five-year growth track
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Dublin – The US carbon black market is on track to grow at a CAGR of 4.2 percent from 2016 to 2021,…
Cabot introduces new weather stripping carbon blacks in Asia
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Shanghai, China – Cabot Corp. is introducing three carbon black products specifically for weather s…
Report: Silicone elastomers demand to hit €7bn by 2021
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Pune, India – Global demand for silicone elastomers is set to grow at a projected CAGR of 6.49 perc…
Trelleborg buys US seals distributor
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg has finalised the acquisition of privately owned US-based Anderson …
HM Royal to distribute Wacker's LSR
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Adrian, Michigan – Wacker Chemical Corp. has selected HM Royal Inc. as distributor for its Elastosi…
Interview: Sumitomo ramping up Falken production in US
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Banff, Alberta - After Sumitomo Rubber Industries Inc. dissolved its 16-year alliance with Goodyear…
Fenner helped by weaker sterling
Added: 8 Sep 2016
London – The fall in the value of sterling since the Brexit vote has been helpful to Fenner PLC, th…
US sets deadline to request hearing on antidumping case
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Washington – Interested parties have until 6 Oct to submit requests for a hearing on the US Commerc…
Kenya tire maker to shut down Nairobi plant
Added: 7 Sep 2016
Nairobi – Kenya’s Sameer Africa Ltd, which produces Yana-branded tires, is closing its plant in the…
UK tire prices up 5% since Brexit
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Silverstone, UK – The UK referendum decision to exit the European Union in June has not had a majo…
Iran breaks ground on fourth greenfield tire plant
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Kermanshah, Iran – Iran has broken ground on its fourth greenfield tire production plant in the wes…
Prisma Colour acquires two new businesses in UK
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Glossop, UK – Prisma Colour, a UK-based supplier of colouring solutions to the rubber and silicone …
Maxxis targets higher position among top 10 tire makers
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Silverstone, UK – Cheng Shin Rubber Co. Ltd /Maxxis International is looking to advance its positio…
Arkema invests in bio-sourced TPEs
Added: 6 Sep 2016
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania – Speciality chemicals company Arkema is investing to expand the capabiliti…
Hutchinson building new plant in Czech Republic
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Rokycany, Czech Republic – French rubber parts supplier Hutchinson is building a new industrial pla…
ContiTech closes Turkish hose plant
Added: 5 Sep 2016
London – ContiTech has confirmed the closure of a marine- and mining- hose production plant in Çerk…
Kenya tire maker to shut down - report
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Nairobi – Kenya’s Sameer Africa Ltd, which produces Yana-branded tires, is closing its plant in the…
