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Pirelli plant keeps running amid UK floods
Added: 8 Dec 2015
Carlisle, UK – Flash flooding in north west England has not had a significant impact on production…

Goodyear announces offering of €250m European notes
Added: 8 Dec 2015
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe (GDTE) is sen to launch a private offering of €250 milli…

Anglo American cuts add to belt makers’ woes
Added: 8 Dec 2015
London – Global mining giant Anglo American has announced a series of swingeing cutbacks, piling fu…

Chemours trims workforce by 400
Added: 8 Dec 2015
Wilmington, Delaware – Newly formed Chemours Co. is cutting its global workforce by around 400 posi…

Sabic, ExxonMobil set to start elastomers plant - report
Added: 8 Dec 2015
London – Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) and ExxonMobil Chemical are scheduled to officially i…

BKT building R&D centre for OTR tires
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Bhuj, India – Balkrishna Industries Ltd is building a 32,000-sq.-ft. research and development cente…

Mesnac to raise €183m for smart manufacturing facilities
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Qingdao, China – Mesnac has announced its plan to raise 1.27 billion yuan (€183 million) through pr…

ContiTech switching from silicone hose to plastics at US site
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Somersworth, New Hampshire – ContiTech Mobile Fluid Systems is restructuring its plant in Somerswor…

Chennai floods hamper JK Tyre production, damage site
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Sriperumbadur, India - JK Tyre & Industries Ltd is the second Indian tire-maker to have its product…

Producers to set up rubber market by June 2016
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Jakarta – Major natural rubber producers, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, have agreed to open a r…

EU climate initiative to study turning CO2 into rubber
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Paris – A European Union initiative for climate innovation, Climate-KIC, is looking into using carb…

ABB advances X-ray monitoring of rubber seals
Added: 7 Dec 2015
London – ABB is developing x-ray analysis to monitor the condition of O-ring seals as part of a non…

New US law sets tighter tire regulations
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Washington – The US Senate has passed a five-year, $305-billion (€282-billion) surface transportati…

Press Release: Kuraray develops new photocurable elastomer
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Tokyo – Japanese chemicals company Kuraray has developed a new photocurable elastomer, the company …

New kid on the black
Added: 7 Dec 2015
Based on article published in the November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.
The d…

Interview: The dispersion games
Added: 6 Dec 2015
Based on article published in the November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.
New Y…

Trelleborg sealing operation expands test facilities
Added: 4 Dec 2015
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, a business unit of Trelleborg AB, has expanded …

Goodyear appoints new EMEA boss
Added: 4 Dec 2015
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear has appointed Jean-Claude Kihn as president of its Europe, Middle East and A…

Analysis: All roads lead south east
Added: 3 Dec 2015
Based on article by Zivojin Sekulic of GAJ d.o.o, published in the November/December issue of Europ…

Opinion: Open up to close skills gap
Added: 3 Dec 2015
Based on article published in the November/December issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.
That …