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Hexpol buys UK rubber compounder Berwin
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Manchester, UK – Swedish group Hexpol AB has acquired Manchester-based compounder Berwin Group for…
Orion in talks with workers over French closure
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has begun consultations with the works council at its Ambѐs, …
Pirelli breaks ground on Mexican expansion
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Silao, Mexico – Pirelli Tyre SpA has broken ground on a $200 million (€176 million) expansion of ti…
Analysis: No recovery yet in sight for NR prices
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Article published in May/June issue of ERJ
London - After five years of steep decline, some green sh…
Koetz: EU must enforce existing tire rules before creating new ones
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Essen, Germany – The increasing burden of EU regulation and high cost structure are making it diffi…
Analysis: VW offers its vision of Industry 4.0
Added: 4 Jun 2016
Shanghai, China — For German car-maker Volkswagen AG, one of the visions for Industry 4.0 includes …
Trelleborg to provide seals, gaskets for tunnel in Sweden
Added: 4 Jun 2016
Goeteborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has been awarded the contract to supply gaskets and seals to the …
Chemours refutes Citron Research report
Added: 3 Jun 2016
Wilmington, Delaware - Chemours Co. has “strongly” refuted a 2 June report by shares analysis firm …
US launches online tire recall search tool
Added: 3 Jun 2016
Washington – The Rubber Manufacturers Association has launched an online tire recall search tool co…
US recycling company to build new plant
Added: 3 Jun 2016
Columbia, South Carolina – Rubber and plastics recycler Viva Holdings Group Inc. is planning to bui…
Goodyear begins modernisation project at US plant
Added: 3 Jun 2016
Lawton, Oklahoma – Goodyear has stated a modernisation project at its Lawton, Oklahoma tire plant t…
ACEA forecasts increased car registrations growth
Added: 3 Jun 2016
Brussels – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) revised its forecast for 2016 …
Analysis: Tire Cologne versus Reifen / Automechanika
Added: 3 Jun 2016
-London – Walking through to west entrance at Messe Essen to last week's Reifen expo, the first thi…
UK chemicals group urges SMEs to prepare for REACH III
Added: 2 Jun 2016
London – Smaller companies in the UK chemicals industry must start preparing for changes to REACH –…
UK chemical makers eye shale-gas “revolution”
Added: 2 Jun 2016
London – A recent decision by North Yorkshire County Council to allow fracking to be restarted in t…
Sabic in China coal-to-chemicals joint venture
Added: 2 Jun 2016
Riyadh – Sabic and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd (SNCG) are studying plans to jointly…
Sumitomo Chemical introduces new SSBR grades in Europe
Added: 2 Jun 2016
Machelen, Belgium – Sumitomo Chemical Europe is introducing new speciality grades of solution styre…
Dow completes takeover of Dow Corning
Added: 2 Jun 2016
Midland, Michgan – Dow Chemical Co. completed the transaction to restructure the ownership of Dow C…
Biting back at “bad science”
Added: 2 Jun 2016
Among food manufacturers there is a joke that, in England, if you are ever accused of poisoning som…
Iran petchem plans include rubber-industry focus
Added: 2 Jun 2016
Tehran – Iran is progressing plans to develop its downstream petrochemicals industry, including ope…
