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Rubber product trade deficit grows in US again
Added: 6 Jul 2016
Washington – The rubber product trade situation has started 2016 the same way as it ended 2015 – wi…

Parker Hannifin acquires two businesses
Added: 6 Jul 2016
Mayfield Heights, Ohio – Parker Hannifin Corp. of Mayfield Heights has acquired Jager Automobil-Tec…

Strike ends at Orion French site
Added: 6 Jul 2016
Ambѐs, France – A strike against the possible closure of Orion Engineered Carbons’ production plant…

ContiTech, Henkel teaming up in printing goods sector
Added: 5 Jul 2016
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech Elastomer Coatings has entered into a cooperation agreement with Henke…

Brazil to hand out “forest-friendly” condoms at Rio Olympics
Added: 5 Jul 2016
Xapuri, Brazil – The Brazilian government is planning to hand out 9 million free condoms during the…

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
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
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
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
Added: 4 Jul 2016
Tusin, California – Trelleborg completed the acquisition of the US-based Silicone Fabricators Inc. …

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
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
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
Added: 4 Jul 2016
London – Light is emerging at the end of the tunnel for suppliers of conveyor belts and other rubbe…

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
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
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
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
Added: 1 Jul 2016
Hattersheim, Germany – The Japanese speciality chemical company Kuraray has taken over the sales of…

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…