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Cabot JV to build fumed silica plant in China
Added: 13 Sep 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp is to form a joint venture (JV) with Inner Mongolia Hengyecheng …

Concarb expands partnership with RD Abbott
Added: 12 Sep 2016
Medicine Hat, Alberta – Cancarb Ltd has named the RD Abbott Co. Inc as Cancarb’s agent for Thermax …

ZC Rubber opening two-wheeler tire plant
Added: 12 Sep 2016
Zhejiang, China – China’s Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. is preparing to start production at its new…

Semperit finance boss opts to depart
Added: 12 Sep 2016
Vienna – Semperit CFO Johannes Schmidt-Schultes has informed the company he will not be available f…

Triangle launches IPO to improve global presence
Added: 12 Sep 2016
Franklin, Tennessee – Triangle Tire has launched an initial public offering (IPO) at the Shanghai S…

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 …