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US Zinc to raise spot premium prices for zinc oxide
Added: 31 Aug 2016
Houston, Texas – US Zinc has increased spot premium prices for all grades of zinc oxide as of 15 Se…
Yokohama to open largest overseas R&D centre in US
Added: 31 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is to start up a tire research & development centre in North Carol…
Report: Mexico plant “a big deal” for Michelin
Added: 30 Aug 2016
LEÓN, Mexico – Group Michelin has started construction in Mexico of its 21st factory in North Ameri…
Sibur TPEs spur rubber business growth
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Sales volumes rose by 7.6 percent to 228,600 tonnes, which the Russian petrochemicals company said …
US affirms anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Washington - The US Department of Commerce has made an affirmative preliminary determination in the…
SRI earnings up despite lower sales
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) reported a 5.2-percent improvement in operating…
Michelin buying Brazilian cycle tire maker
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Paris — Group Michelin is acquiring Levorin Pneus e Camaras, a Brazilian manufacturer of bicycle an…
Cooper Standard opens new India HQ
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Pune, India – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. celebrated the opening of its new India headquarters …
US Zinc to raise spot premium prices for zinc oxide
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Houston, Texas – US Zinc has increased spot premium prices for all grades of zinc oxide as of 15 Se…
Taiwan machinery makers aim for emerging markets
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Taipei, Taiwan — In the face of slackening demand from mainland China, enterprising Taiwanese machi…
The Bosnian businessman who shut down VW in Europe
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Emden, Germany — Nijaz Hastor began his career building Volkswagens in a factory in Slovenia. This …
Hainan Rubber posts drop in net losses
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Haikou, China – China’s largest natural rubber maker Hainan Rubber Group reported a drop in net los…
DRAFT Analysis: Chinese slowdown still weighs on tire machinery sector
Added: 26 Aug 2016
London – The slump in China’s tire-making industry – following the imposition of US-import duties o…
WWF lauds Michelin’s sustainable rubber policy
Added: 26 Aug 2016
Gland, Switzerland — The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is commending Group Michelin for adopting a “zer…
Emissions concerns drive fluoroelastomers’ market growth – study
Added: 26 Aug 2016
Hyderabad, India – The fluoroelastomers market is set to grow at a CAGR of 4.0 percent during the p…
VW plant to resume production as supplier dispute ends
Added: 26 Aug 2016
Emden, Germany — Regular series production at Volkswagen’s Emden site will begin again on 29 Aug fo…
ANRPC: Rubber prices stuck at ‘ground-zero’
Added: 26 Aug 2016
Kuala Lumpur – There has been no significant strengthening in natural rubber (NR) pricing despite …
SSBR surge buoys JSR's elastomers business
Added: 25 Aug 2016
Tokyo – JSR Corp.’s elastomers unit has posted a 7-percent, year-on-year increase in operating inco…
VMI owner expects orders to recover after Q2 China woes
Added: 25 Aug 2016
Haaksbergen, The Netherlands – TKH Group NV, the parent company of tire-building machinery maker VM…
Malaysian glove-maker delays plant start-up
Added: 25 Aug 2016
Kuala Lumpur – Hartalega Holdings Bhd is delaying the planned comissioning of two production facili…
