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DuPont plans to cut more than 5,000 jobs
Added: 2 Jan 2016
Wilmington, Delaware.—The new year might not bring much cheer to DuPont Co.’s work force and resear…
GRTE 2016 offers free book on “Rubber Mixing”
Added: 1 Jan 2016
TechnoBiz and China United Rubber Corporation are jointly organizing the third edition of "GRTE 201…
Lanxess ups prices for chloroprene rubber, adhesives
Added: 21 Dec 2015
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess’ high performance elastomers business unit is to raise its prices for ch…
Automotive rubber mouldings market on a roll
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Dublin – Demand for automotive rubber moulded components is set to grow at a CAGR of 5.20 percent f…
Updated - China buys 200kt of Thai rubber as talks continue
Added: 18 Dec 2015
London – Sinochem has signed an agreement with the Rubber Authority of Thailand to purchase 200 kil…
Henniges appoints interim CEO
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Auburn Hills, Michigan – Larry Williams, chief financial officer of Henniges Automotive Inc., will …
MRF to set up greenfield tire plant in Gujarat
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Ahmedabad, India – Indian tire maker MRF is set to build a greenfield tire manufacturing plant in G…
Falken expands European CV product range
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Offenbach/Main, Germany – Falken Tyre Europe will add two new tires to its European product range a…
BKT adds 51-inch tire to OTR portfolio
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Bhuj, India – Balkrishna Industries Ltd.’s steady move into the giant radial off-the-road sector wi…
VW hires Feinberg to handle diesel emissions claims
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Washington – Volkswagen of America has hired attorney and compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg to h…
PanAridus earns first patent for guayule harvesting
Added: 18 Dec 2015
Casa Grande, Arizona – Guayule agronomics firm PanAridus LLC has received its 10th patent from the …
Blackstone and Kirkbi to acquire Armacell
Added: 18 Dec 2015
London – Private equity funds managed by Blackstone and Kirkbi AS are to acquire Armacell, a maker …
Sinopec takes over 10% share of Sibur
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Moscow – China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), has completed its 10 percent minority in…
UK awards 21 new shale gas licenses to Ineos
Added: 17 Dec 2015
London – A day after the parliament approved controversial plans to allow fracking beneath national…
Analysis: Merger brings industry giants together
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Michigan, and DuPont, based in Wilmington, Delaware are coming togethe…
Rosneft, Sinopec mull polymer JV
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Moscow - Rosneft and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) signed a memorandum of understanding…
Evonik finds enzymatic route to 1-alkenes
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Essen, Germany – Evonik and researchers at the University of Graz have found a biological route to …
Press release: Trelleborg to showcase low friction seal material
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – An innovative seal material designed to accelerate performance in motorsport i…
Tire maker advances mind-reading technology
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Among the eye-catching technologies to emerge this year was a futuristic tire concept developed by …
Tire investments in the pipeline
Added: 17 Dec 2015
As the year 2015 draws to a close, ERJ looks at tire-plant investments and expansion projects annou…
