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Trelleborg expects "major structural changes" in 2016

Added: 4 Feb 2016

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg has signalled that 2016 is likely to bring “major structural change…

Continental restructures EMEA truck tire unit

Continental restructures EMEA truck tire unit

Added: 4 Feb 2016

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s truck tires replacement business in the (Europe, Middle East, A…

Hainan Rubber estimates €137m net loss in 2015

Added: 4 Feb 2016

Haikou, China – Hainan Rubber Group, China’s largest natural rubber maker, posted its 2015 performa…

REMA acquires conveyor belt firm in Norway

REMA acquires conveyor belt firm in Norway

Added: 4 Feb 2016

Poing, Germany – REMA Tip Top has recently acquired Flexpro AS, a Norway-based company specialising…

Malaysia to rubberise 1,000km of roads

Malaysia to rubberise 1,000km of roads

Added: 4 Feb 2016

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia plans to ‘rubberise’ some 1,000km of its roads beginning this year, the cou…

Asahi Kasei reports increased rubber shipments

Asahi Kasei reports increased rubber shipments

Added: 4 Feb 2016

Tokyo –Asahi Kasei has reported improved sales and earnings at its performance polymers unit in its…

Nokian weatherproof tire wins "L‘argus" test

Nokian weatherproof tire wins "L‘argus" test

Added: 4 Feb 2016

Nokia, Finland – Nokian’s Weatherproof all-weather tire has recently won an all-season tire test by…

Zeon claims to be the world’s number one manufacturer of speciality rubber for applications such as automotive radiator hoses, fuel hoses, fan belts and oil seals.

Refocused Zeon grows rubber earnings by 20%

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Tokyo – Zeon Corp.'s elastomers business has notched up a 20-percent year-on-year rise in operating…

Cabot CEO extends leave of absence

Cabot CEO extends leave of absence

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp.’s chief executive officer Patrick Prevost is not yet “ready” to…

Huber acquires Martinswerk to add to fire-retardant portfolio

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Atlanta, Georgia – JM Huber Corp., through its Huber Engineered Materials (HEM) division, has acqui…

“Tego RC silicones are applied invisibly to the top of the print and make release liners superfluous,” explained Evonik in a press release on 17 Jan.

Evonik develops silicone liner-less labels

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Essen, Germany – German speciality chemicals company Evonik Industries has developed “liner-less la…

Kumho appoints ‘Europe expert’ as new CEO

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Seoul –Kumho Tire has appointed 61-year-old Han-Seob Lee as its new chief executive officerwith imm…

Cooper Standard opens new China facilities, says confident in market

Cooper Standard opens new China facilities, says confident in market

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Chongqing, China - Cooper-Standard Holdings, the parent company of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. …

Tire, rubber markets buoy Teijin to Q3

Tire, rubber markets buoy Teijin to Q3

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Tokyo – Teijin has reported that sales of its Twaron-brand para-aramid fibres “expanded firmly” for…

Liveris retiring; Fitterling named president of Dow Chemical

Liveris retiring; Fitterling named president of Dow Chemical

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. boss Andrew Liveris announced that he is retiring during a 2 F…

Tokyo rubber prices slip further on oil decline

Tokyo rubber prices slip further on oil decline

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Tokyo – Rubber was among a batch of commodities to take a cue from declining oil prices, amid activ…

Manuli extends position in South America

Manuli extends position in South America

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Fluiconnecto by Manuli, part of Manuli Rubber Industries (MRI) has rec…

French group to share green-rubber findings

French group to share green-rubber findings

Added: 3 Feb 2016

Vitry-sur-Seine, France – The French Rubber and Plastics Research and Testing Laboratory (LRCCP) is…

Continental scouting for new HQ location

Continental scouting for new HQ location

Added: 2 Feb 2016

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is scouting for locations to move its corporate function to a new…

“The Spartanburg facility is one of the most automated manufacturing facilities in the agricultural industry. This enables us to guarantee the highest standard of production to customers across the North American market, which we are confident, will allow us to replicate the phenomenal ramp-up of our Xingtai facility in China,” said Paolo Pompei, president of agricultural and forestry tires at Trelleborg Wheel Systems.

Trelleborg opens US agriculture tire plant

Added: 2 Feb 2016

Spartanburg, South Carolina – Trelleborg Wheel Systems cut the ribbon on its first North American t…