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DuPont consolidates polymers business
Added: 3 Nov 2015
Wilmington, Delaware – DuPont is consolidating its Packaging & Industrial Polymers business with it…
Flexan expands China manufacturing to meet growing demand
Added: 3 Nov 2015
Chicago, Illinois – Flexan has expanded its China manufacturing capabilities by adding new technolo…
Sumitomo unveils new tire technologies in Tokyo
Added: 2 Nov 2015
Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has developed two tire technologies that offer extend…
Goodyear earnings up 68% despite sales decline
Added: 2 Nov 2015
Akron, Ohio — Demand for higher value products helped Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.to shrug off sales…
Industry must tame rubber moulding complexity
Added: 2 Nov 2015
Ternitz, Austria – The increasing use of electronics and software in all aspects of the rubber inje…
Marangoni expands retreading in Canary Islands
Added: 2 Nov 2015
El Goro, Spain – Marangoni Retreading Systems has entered into a partnership agreement with Spanish…
Apollo Tyres boss warns over cheap imports as sales wane
Added: 30 Oct 2015
Gurgaon, India - Apollo chairman Onkar Kanwar has called for action by the Indian government to ste…
Feedstock prices hobble Orion carbon black business
Added: 29 Oct 2015
Senningerberg, Luxembourg - Orion Engineered Carbons SA saw a significant decline in sales and earn…
Phosphate market prompts expansion for ContiTech belt unit
Added: 29 Oct 2015
Jorf Lasfar, Morocco—ContiTech AG is expanding its conveyor belt operation in Morocco to handle a g…
Forests council cuts off Vietnam Rubber Group
Added: 29 Oct 2015
Bonn, Germany – The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which promotes responsible forest management …
ETRMA wants clarity from EU Circular Economy Package
Added: 29 Oct 2015
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) wants to see stronger an…
Ex-Pirelli CEO Gori joins Apollo Tyres
Added: 28 Oct 2015
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres has hired former Pirelli CEO Francesco Gori as an adviser for strateg…
Hexpol continues on growth track
Added: 28 Oct 2015
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol has registered a 20-percent rise in its third quarter sales, up to SEK2,772 …
Bridgestone to buy TireConnect
Added: 28 Oct 2015
Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Americas has struck a deal to buy TireConnect Systems, a Canadia…
Petlas to open US sales office
Added: 28 Oct 2015
Kirsehir, Turkey – Turkey’s Petlas Tire Industry and Trade Co. is planning to establish a US sales …
Shale gas environmental benefits ‘underestimated’
Added: 28 Oct 2015
London - A report published by the London-based Centre for Policy Studies has claimed that previous…
Apollo Tyres opens new outlets in Jordan
Added: 27 Oct 2015
Amman, Jordan – Apollo Tyres has inaugurated two new Apollo Zone branded retail outlets in Amman, t…
Cheng Shin to build plant in India
Added: 27 Oct 2015
Gujarat, India — Taiwan’s Cheng Shin Rubber Co. Ltd. is planning to build a plant in India to make …
Chinese company building new carbon black plant
Added: 27 Oct 2015
Hami, China – Hami Dolphin Technology has started construction of its 10kT/year specialty carbon bl…
Industry leaders connect at “historic” recycling meeting
Added: 27 Oct 2015
Prague – Leaders of the main industry associations representing tire recyclers and tire manufacture…
