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HF names new managing director

HF names new managing director

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Hamburg, Germany – The Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (HF group) has appointed Jörn Seever…

Zeon launches new HNBR materials technology

Zeon launches new HNBR materials technology

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Duesseldorf, Germany – Zeon has developed a new high-performance hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rub…

Interview: Henniges exec Williams discusses firm's plans

Interview: Henniges exec Williams discusses firm's plans

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Auburn Hills, Michigan – While Larry Williams doesn't hold the CEO title, he's definitely the offic…

Trelleborg introduces pre-bend rubber dredging hose in China

Trelleborg introduces pre-bend rubber dredging hose in China

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has started manufacturing pre-bend …

ChemChina, Rosneft start petchem feasibility study

ChemChina, Rosneft start petchem feasibility study

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Beijing – China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) and Russia’s Rosneft have signed heads of agree…

Conti boss rejects Brexit as “going it alone”

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

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

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

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

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

Wacker expands silicones production

Added: 24 Jun 2016

Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its silicone elastomer production capacity in Jinch…

And, as if to add insult to injury, it now seems that the EU labelling scheme is also giving a boost to importers of cheap tires into the region.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…