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German machinery makers eye record 2016
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Frankfurt, Germany – The German plastics and rubber machinery sector is on track to achieve its hig…
Michelin CEO proposes ‘innovation incubator’
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Detroit, Michigan – Group Michelin CEO Jean Dominique Senard is pushing for his company to tap into…
China summit to pour oil on troubled waters
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Hangzhou, China – Chinese tire and rubber makers are hoping for an upturn in fortunes after the pro…
Smithers appoints president for two units
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Akron, Ohio – The Smithers Group has appointed Nathaniel Leonard as president for Smithers Rapra an…
ContiTech to expand US industrial hose plant
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Mount Pleasant, Iowa—The ContiTech business unit of Continental A.G. plans to spend $7.2 million (€…
TST makes shares pledge, signs machinery deal
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Tianjin, China – Chinese machinery maker TST on 9 Jan issued a statement disclosing the pledging of…
Titan, USW seek duties on imported OTR tires
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Washington – Titan International Inc. and the United Steelworkers union have filed petitions with t…
Continental posts 14% rise in sales for 2015
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has posted a 14 percent rise in sales in the company’s preliminar…
ChemChina in €925m swoop for KraussMaffei
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Munich, Germany – German plastics and rubber machinery maker KraussMaffei Group (KM) has been bough…
Toxic smoke alert in Melbourne tire fire
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Melbourne, Australia – Over 100 fire fighters fought a large fire in the Broadmeadows district of M…
Cefic names new director general
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Brussels – Marco Mensink will take over as the new director general of the European Chemical Indust…
Trelleborg opens oilfield seal inspection facility
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Barendrecht, The Netherlands – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened a climate-controlled swivel …
ZC Rubber adds TBR to Thai plant
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Rayong, Thailand – China’s Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. has launched radial truck/bus tire product…
Iran set to break ground on €200m tire plant
Added: 11 Jan 2016
London – Iran’s Sabalan Tire Co. plans to break ground soon on a €200-million radial tire plant in …
Hankook recalls 47,000 tires in US
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Washington – Hankook Tire America Corp. is recalling 46,988 Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2 tires for pos…
Kraiburg gears up to meet new TPE demands
Added: 10 Jan 2016
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE has started full-scale production of advanced compounds from i…
PPG to increase US precipitated silica capacity
Added: 8 Jan 2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – PPG Industries is increasing precipitated silica production capacity at …
Triangle Tyre passes Chinese IPO review
Added: 8 Jan 2016
Beijing – Triangle Tyre, one of China’s largest tire makers, passed China Securities Regulatory Com…
Lanxess says rubber JV approvals on track
Added: 7 Jan 2016
London – German speciality chemicals company Lanxess is expecting to complete the approvals process…
Versalis to distribute Eni rubber process oils in Asia
Added: 7 Jan 2016
Milan, Italy – Versalis Pacific Trading (Shanghai), a Versalis subsidiary in Asia, has started dist…
