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Orion to close French plant by year-end

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…

Tanzania to build new tire factory – report

Tanzania to build new tire factory – report

Added: 19 Aug 2016

Dodoma, Tanzania – A senior Tanzanian official has ruled out reports about revamping the 1969 Gener…

Wacker silicones business posts 21% growth in Q2

Wacker silicones business posts 21% growth in Q2

Added: 18 Aug 2016

Munich, Germany – Wacker AG’s silicones business has posted a 21-percent growth in earnings in Q2 2…

Shin-Etsu posts strong silicones business in 2016 - DRAFT

Shin-Etsu posts strong silicones business in 2016 - DRAFT

Added: 18 Aug 2016

Tokyo – Japan’s Shin-Etsu has reported a strong performance by its silicones business in its 2016 f…

Conti expanding dandelion rubber research facility

Conti expanding dandelion rubber research facility

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Hanover, Germany  -  Continental is to expand its ‘tires from Taraxagum dandelion rubber’ project b…

Polish company takes over Qingdao Meteor Rubber & Plastics

Polish company takes over Qingdao Meteor Rubber & Plastics

Added: 17 Aug 2016

London - Polish manufacturer Sanok Rubber Company has signed a deal to become the sole shareholder …

China slowdown hits Taiwan plastics & rubber machinery exports

China slowdown hits Taiwan plastics & rubber machinery exports

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Taiwan – The plastics and rubber machinery industry in Taiwan has seen exports drop by more than 10…

Update: Goodyear confirms fourth fatality at Danville tire plant

Update: Goodyear confirms fourth fatality at Danville tire plant

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Akron, Ohio — Goodyear has confirmed that another employee has died in an accident at its tire plan…

Hankook reports 54% rise in Q2 earnings

Hankook reports 54% rise in Q2 earnings

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Seoul – South Korean tire-maker Hankook has posted a strong second quarter, with operating profit s…

Trelleborg acquires German AVS company

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg is acquiring Freudenberg-owned manufacturer of vibration control co…

Michelin settles patent lawsuit case in US

Michelin settles patent lawsuit case in US

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America, Inc., has reached “favourable settlement agree…

Abbott, Kraton sign distribution agreement

Abbott, Kraton sign distribution agreement

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Cerritos, California - RD Abbott Co. Inc. has signed an agreement with Kraton Performance Polymers …

Freudenberg Medical appoints new CEO

Freudenberg Medical appoints new CEO

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Carpinteria, California – Freudenberg Medical has appointed Max Gisbert Kley as its chief executive…

Press release: Yokohama launches new conveyor belt cover compound “Tuftex α”

Press release: Yokohama launches new conveyor belt cover compound “Tuftex α”

Added: 17 Aug 2016

Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its the launch of “Tuftex α”, our newes…

Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast by 13% on Yen, lower sales

Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast by 13% on Yen, lower sales

Added: 16 Aug 2016

Tokyo – Bridgestone has downgraded its projections for its fiscal year to 31 Dec as a result of rec…

Sri Trang: Buyers beware of under-the-weather rubber tappers!

Sri Trang: Buyers beware of under-the-weather rubber tappers!

Added: 16 Aug 2016

Bangkok – The continuing slump in natural rubber (NR) prices could be storing up problems for buyer…

Forbo cautious despite first-half gains

Added: 16 Aug 2016

Baar, Switzerland –  Forbo Group – a Swiss-based maker of floor coverings, adhesives, power transmi…

Cooper Standard buying AMI fuel and brake business

Cooper Standard buying AMI fuel and brake business

Added: 16 Aug 2016

Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard is acquiring the automotive fuel and brake business of AMI Industr…

USW, Titan lose anti-dumping case against Indian OTR tires

USW, Titan lose anti-dumping case against Indian OTR tires

Added: 16 Aug 2016

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The US Department of Commerce (USDOC)  has rejected a petition for anti-…

Fourth fatality at Goodyear Danville plant

Fourth fatality at Goodyear Danville plant

Added: 16 Aug 2016

Danville, Virginia — Goodyear has confirmed that another employee has died in an accident at its ti…