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Automotive elastomer market to grow 6% by 2022 - report

Automotive elastomer market to grow 6% by 2022 - report

Added: 5 Jul 2016

New York – The global automotive elastomers market was valued at $9.238 billion (€8,286 billion) in…

German rubber chief warns against recent market developments

German rubber chief warns against recent market developments

Added: 5 Jul 2016

Dusseldorf, Germany – The European rubber sector will have to keep an eye the developments within t…

Omsk Carbon plant start-up delayed

Omsk Carbon plant start-up delayed

Added: 5 Jul 2016

Mogilev, Belarus – Omsk Carbon has delayed the start-up of its new carbon black production plant in…

WDK: German rubber industry on flat growth track

WDK: German rubber industry on flat growth track

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Frankfurt am Main, Germany – Germany’s rubber industry managed to grow sales by 2.2-percent, to €11…

Trelleborg completes purchase of silicone manufacturer

Trelleborg completes purchase of silicone manufacturer

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Tusin, California – Trelleborg completed the acquisition of the US-based Silicone Fabricators Inc. …

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Datwyler steps up pharma rubber production in Asia

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Satara, India – Datwyler Scheiz AG is building a new pharmaceutical rubber component plant in Satar…

Yokohama completes ATG purchase, names chairman

Yokohama completes ATG purchase, names chairman

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Tokyo – Following the completion of its $1.18-billion (€1.06-billion) deal to purchase Alliance Tir…

Kenda seeks OE credibility with US technical centre

Kenda seeks OE credibility with US technical centre

Added: 4 Jul 2016

North Canton, Ohio – Among the reasons that American Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd cites for open…

Mining shares start to rally

Mining shares start to rally

Added: 4 Jul 2016

London – Light is emerging at the end of the tunnel for suppliers of conveyor belts and other rubbe…

The conveyor belt is already in use, connecting a limestone mine in south eastern Brazil with a cement plant owned by LafargeHolcim, the world’s largest producer of construction materials.

Conveyor belt maker Semperit takes to the sky

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Vienna – Semperit has introduced a “completely new system” for bulk transportation over long distan…

Continental acquires Bandvulc

Continental acquires Bandvulc

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Hanover, Germany - Continental Tyre Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Continental AG, has acquire…

Michelin to build €450m tire plant in Mexico

Michelin to build €450m tire plant in Mexico

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Clermont-Ferrand, France –Michelin has confirmed its plans to build a tire-production facility in c…

Interview: Giti preparing to expand R&D centre

Interview: Giti preparing to expand R&D centre

Added: 3 Jul 2016

Uniontown, Ohio – Giti Tire Group's North American research and development centre, which opened a …

Kuraray ditches Marubeni to sell elastomers directly in Europe

Kuraray ditches Marubeni to sell elastomers directly in Europe

Added: 1 Jul 2016

Hattersheim, Germany – The Japanese speciality chemical company Kuraray has taken over the sales of…

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Marangoni to provide Sri Lanka tire plant technology

Added: 1 Jul 2016

Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni has dismissed media reports suggesting that it plans to build a $75-mil…

Analysis: Brexit uncertainty looms over UK tire & rubber sector

Analysis: Brexit uncertainty looms over UK tire & rubber sector

Added: 1 Jul 2016

London – It has been a week since the UK narrowly voted to leave the EU – or Brexit – in a nationwi…

UK industry leader weighs up the perils of Brexit

Added: 1 Jul 2016

This pre-referendum article by Dr Stan Higgins, chief executive of influential English regional ind…

Former Goodyear CEO Gault dies

Former Goodyear CEO Gault dies

Added: 30 Jun 2016

Wooster, Ohio — Stanley C. Gault, former head of both Goodyear and Rubbermaid Inc. died June 29 at …

Dow Corning UK to lose 115 jobs in global cuts

Dow Corning UK to lose 115 jobs in global cuts

Added: 30 Jun 2016

Barry, UK – Employees at the Dow Corning’s factory in Barry, Wales, are in talks with management co…

VMI wins patent lawsuit against Chinese firm

VMI wins patent lawsuit against Chinese firm

Added: 30 Jun 2016

Epe, The Netherlands – VMI has claimed “a huge victory” in its fight against patent infringement, w…