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Rockwell helps Chinese tire-maker advance project in US
Added: 25 Aug 2016
Shanghai, China – Rockwell Automation has helped an unnamed Chinese tire manufacturer build a plant…
PU elastane leader Huafon debuts with upstream materials
Added: 24 Aug 2016
Shanghai, China – China’s largest PU elastane maker Huafon, with other businesses in shoe sole and …
Distributor Weber & Schaer takes over Polymer-Service PSG
Added: 24 Aug 2016
Hamburg, Germany – Weber & Schaer GmbH & Co. KG (W&S) is acquiring a majority stake in distributor …
EBRD agrees loan package for second Brisa tire plant
Added: 24 Aug 2016
London – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a $150-million (€…
Report: Uncertainty looms over carbon black market in Europe
Added: 24 Aug 2016
Article published in ERJ’s July/August issue:
London – Price-rises and closures mark the most recent…
Semperit pegged back by medical-sector decline
Added: 23 Aug 2016
Vienna – Amid “difficult” first-half trading conditions, Austrian group Semperit AG saw earnings (E…
US auto supplier adds thermoplastic parts production unit
Added: 23 Aug 2016
Hiram, Ohio – Mantaline Corp., a US supplier to the automotive industry and commercial vehicle mark…
Sentury starts electrostatic tire project
Added: 23 Aug 2016
Qingdao, China – Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd. and Huagao Graphene Technology Corp. have signed an …
TST expects recovery after 32% drop in revenues
Added: 23 Aug 2016
Tianjin, China – Machinery maker TST reported a 32 percent drop in half-year revenue to 126 million…
Safic-Alcan sets up Mexico subsidiary
Added: 23 Aug 2016
Mexico City – Safic-Alcan, through its subsidiary ChemSpec Ltd, has set up a Mexican distribution o…
Michelin breaks ground on Mexican car tire plant
Added: 23 Aug 2016
León, Guanajuato – Michelin has held an official ground-breaking for its 69th plant to be built at …
France tire market to grow at 6% to 2021 - report
Added: 23 Aug 2016
New York – The French tire market is set to grow at a CAGR of over 6 percent through 2021, accordin…
Chinese carbon black maker Black Cat posts net loss
Added: 22 Aug 2016
Jingdezhen, China – Jiangxi Black Cat, China’s largest carbon black maker, posted 57 million yuan (…
Bridgestone breaks ground on Canadian plant expansion
Added: 22 Aug 2016
Joliette, Quebec – Bridgestone Canada Inc. has broken ground on the previously announced $250 milli…
Continental sees ASEAN region as “very interesting” for growth
Added: 22 Aug 2016
London – Continental AG has set its sights on growth in the ASEAN region, the firm has revealed.
How…
Japan turns over €53m natural rubber plant to Philippines
Added: 22 Aug 2016
Manila, Philippines – Japan has turned over a natural rubber processing plant to the Philippines, a…
Automotive suppliers top $10 billion with first half merger activities
Added: 22 Aug 2016
Traverse City, Michigan – Seemingly unworried about wobbly global markets, automotive suppliers are…
Mesnac reports historic operating loss in H1 2016
Added: 19 Aug 2016
Qingdao, China – Mesnac reported an operating loss of 63 million yuan (€8.4 million) for the first …
Opinion: Goodyear must be open about Danville
Added: 19 Aug 2016
London – Goodyear this week confirmed that there had been another fatality at its tire plant in Dan…
Orion to close French plant by year-end
Added: 19 Aug 2016
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has confirmed that the company’s French subsidiary will close…
