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Conti boss rejects Brexit as “going it alone”
Added: 27 Jun 2016
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s CEO Dr Elmar Degenhart has described the result of the UK’s ref…
UK rubber firms merge
Added: 27 Jun 2016
Rochdale, UK – Institutional investor Hughes Armstrong Industries has bought Lancashire-based Leyla…
The UK votes to leave the European Union
Added: 24 Jun 2016
London - The UK must now begin two years of exit negotiations with the European Parliament.
David Ca…
Biesterfeld sets up performance rubber division
Added: 24 Jun 2016
Hamburg, Germany – The Biesterfeld group has set up its dedicated performance rubber business, with…
Sri Lanka to build new tire plant
Added: 24 Jun 2016
Colombo – Sri Lanka has approved a proposal to establish a 3-million-unit tire plat in the country,…
Wacker expands silicones production
Added: 24 Jun 2016
Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its silicone elastomer production capacity in Jinch…
Analysis: Is labelling scheme backfiring on European tire makers?
Added: 24 Jun 2016
London - As with so many other EU regulatory initiatives in the fields of health, safety and enviro…
UK chemical industry reacts to Brexit decision
Added: 24 Jun 2016
London – The UK’s Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has reacted to the vote by Britain to leave…
Conti appoints new truck tire boss
Added: 22 Jun 2016
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has appointed Klaus Kreipe as the new head of original equipment …
Pirelli restructures industrial tire business
Added: 22 Jun 2016
London – Pirelli has merged its Europe and Middle East & Africa industrial tire businesses to form …
Linglong to launch IPO for PCR tire upgrade project
Added: 22 Jun 2016
Yantai, China – Shandong Linglong Tyre is to launch its IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the com…
ZC Rubber ramping up Thai plant
Added: 22 Jun 2016
Rayong, Thailand – Zhongce Rubber (Thailand) Co. Ltd. continues to ramp up production of car and tr…
Goodyear employees charged with fraud in US
Added: 22 Jun 2016
Cleveland, Ohio - Two Chinese nationals have been charged in federal court in Cleveland with defrau…
Eni, SK Capital talks fail over Versalis
Added: 22 Jun 2016
Milan, Italy – Talks between Italian energy giant Eni and US investment fund SK Capital over the sa…
FBI: Vehicles 'increasingly vulnerable' to remote access
Added: 21 Jun 2016
Washington, DC — The FBI is warning auto makers, motorists and auto repair shops that many of the v…
Data helps US moulder improve LSR production
Added: 21 Jun 2016
Akron, Ohio—Two manufacturing engineers at liquid silicone rubber moulder PTG Silicones Inc. outlin…
Iran close to awarding tire plant project
Added: 21 Jun 2016
Tehran – Iran is in the final stage of talks to award a contract for a greenfield 500,000-tonne/yea…
Sibur SR prices under pressure despite higher volumes
Added: 21 Jun 2016
Moscow, Russia – Sibur achieved a 7.3-percent, year-on-year increase in volume sales of synthetic r…
Toyo joins IRSG sustainable rubber scheme
Added: 21 Jun 2016
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. has announced that it has voluntarily joined in the Sustainab…
Camber Ridge trials 'non-traditional' tire testing facility
Added: 21 Jun 2016
Charlotte, North Carolina – Camber Ridge LLC, a technology firm headed by a former college professo…
