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Taiwan mobile phones moulder moves into LSR
Added: 18 Oct 2015
Friedrichshafen, Germany — Electronics injection moulder Jabil Green Point, known for moulding plas…
Iran breaks ground on €255m synthetic rubber project
Added: 18 Oct 2015
Assaluyeh, Iran – Sadaf Petrochemicals has broken ground on an emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E…
China tire-makers cutting back as US duties hit home
Added: 18 Oct 2015
Beijing – Chinese tire makers, particularly many of the smaller players, have cut back production f…
Orion to takeover Evonik-led carbon black JV
Added: 16 Oct 2015
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA is to acquire Evonik’s 52-percent percent stake and DEG’s …
UK start-up cuts robotics costs by 90%
Added: 15 Oct 2015
London – Automata Technologies has developed a lightweight robotic arm, called Eva, featuring plug-…
ChemChina deal to trigger loan repayments – Pirelli
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Milan, Italy – China National Chemical Co.’s pending takeover of majority control of Pirelli & C. S…
Yokohama advancing tire aerodynamics technology
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Tokyo –Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd, has made new advances in tire aerodynamics technology that control …
Trelleborg: Rubber technology can help counter oil & gas decline
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Oil & gas operators should look more to rubber technology as they seek to coun…
Chinese machinery makers target India
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Beijing - China’s rubber machinery exports rose 21.3 percent to €104 million in the first half of 2…
Thailand to downsize rubber plantations - report
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Bangkok – The Thai government is planning to downsize some rubber plantations in the face of a seve…
Freudenberg launches silicones restructuring
Added: 15 Oct 2015
Ohringen, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is reorganising a number of its business units…
Bridgestone’s retread facilities secure Maxi fleet deal
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Bourne, UK – Bridgestone has secured a fleet deal with Maxi Haulage supplying tires from its Bourn,…
Michelin upgrades major technology centre
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has completed the first phase of an upgrade project at its Lado…
Chinese tire maker to be acquired by local mining company
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Shandong, China – Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources has signed a contract…
Report expects growth in Asia Pacific conveyor belting market
Added: 14 Oct 2015
London – Asia Pacific dominates global demand for conveyor belts and the trend is anticipated to co…
Kraiburg expanding in Germany, opening US office
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Friedrichshafen, Germany — German materials firm Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co KG plans to add compounding…
ChemChina’s Pirelli holding hits 87%
Added: 14 Oct 2015
Milan, Italy — China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) either has purchased or secured purchase a…
Goodyear UK confirms closure
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Wolverhampton, UK – Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd has confirmed the closure of its mixing and retrea…
Pirelli gets F1 contract renewal - report
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Sochi, Russia — The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has renewed Pirelli Tyre SpA’s …
Bekaert reopens US bead wire plant
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Rome, Georgia – Bekaert has reopened its bead wire production plant in Rome, Georgia, US on 7 Oct.
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