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German machinery makers forecast market slowdown
Added: 10 Aug 2016
Frankfurt , Germany – German machinery companies have modified down their sales growth forecasts fo…
DRAFT Covestro fashion to shine at K show
Added: 10 Aug 2016
Leverkusen, Germany – A dress has been made from the system, which comprises a flexible and formabl…
Trinseo ups latex and rubber earnings, sells Brazil unit
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Berwyn, Pennsylvania - Trinseo has reported a 6-percent fall in revenues at its latex business for…
DRAFT Yokohama hose for Toyota turbo engines
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber is to supply PTFE hose piping for use in the oil supply lines of turbo-die…
Kanwar: Europe, branding, retail key to future of Apollo
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Kochi, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has just completed a “watershed” financial year, chairman Onkar S …
Nokian Tyres posts lower sales and earnings
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plc has reported a 0.7-percent fall in operating profit to €128.0 mil…
Report: LG Chem to build new elastomers plant
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Seoul – LG Chem is to build a new elastomer plant with a production capacity of 200 kilotonnes per …
Titan reports lower Q2 sales and income
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Quincy, Illinois – Titan International Inc. reported a 46.7-percent drop in income from operations …
Retreader Vacu-Lug tracking routes to success, post-Brexit
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Lincolnshire, UK – In the wake of “Brexit,” where the citizens of the UK voted for the nation to l…
Volvo approves Enviro’s recycled carbon black
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Gothenburg, Sweden – Volvo Car Corp. has approved the use of recycled carbon black in chassis plugs…
Orion aims to offset impact of carbon-black feedstock costs
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons expects a bounce-back in earnings at its Rubber Carbon Black …
Sumitomo to double capacity at US tire plant
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI) is to double production capacity for passenger car and…
Draft Yokohama Conveyor Belt to write up pix on email
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Yokohama launches conveyor belt cover compound “Tuftex α” for mining and port customers】
Tokyo – The…
Can anyone solve rubber bale mystery?
Added: 8 Aug 2016
London – Readers of PRW have once again been asked to help solve the mystery of objects being washe…
Conti prepares ground for further expansion in China
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Hanover, Germany — Continental AG has secured an option to buy a plot of land adjacent to its tire …
Food sector taking chances with cheap imported seals
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Wolverhampton, UK - The food industry needs to do more to ensure its supply chain is using the righ…
Sumitomo, Zeon unveil SBR joint venture plan
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Tokyo - Zeon Corp. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. are planning a joint study on the possible consolidati…
UK chemical makers more upbeat after Brexit vote
Added: 5 Aug 2016
London – Having warned about severe, potential downsides for business before the referendum, UK che…
Analysis: Natural rubber prices in retreat
Added: 5 Aug 2016
London – Despite price gains in some Asian markets during July, most pointers suggested that natura…
Sentury 'eyeing two US states' for new tire plant
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Memphis, Tennessee — Local media in Georgia and Tennessee are reporting that China’s Qingdao Sentur…
