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Bright spots buoy tire-machinery makers
Added: 9 Oct 2015
Suppliers note increasing demand for more automated, high-tech equipment amid mixed signals from th…

Versalis to present paper at International Elastomer Conference
Added: 9 Oct 2015
Cleveland, Ohio — Italian firm Versalis SpA is presenting a paper on elastomer behavior during the …

Opinion: May I.4 be with you
Added: 9 Oct 2015
A move to change attitudes to Industry 4.0 in the rubber industry was the focus of the Postscript a…

Viewpoint: Mesnac VP reviews tire machinery market in Europe
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Trevor Xu, EU region vice president at Mesnac, gave his views on the current state of the European …

DRAFT Tire sector to drive US carbon black market
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Burnaby, Canada – The carbon black market in the US is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.5 percent du…

Interview: Lehigh on global mission
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Lehigh Technologies is expanding its crumb rubber business outside the US with a plant currently be…

Michelin tires hit record mileage
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Eccles, Manchester-based haulier Olivers Transport has hit a new record-high m…

Hankook launches new winter tire
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire Europe has introduced its new winter tire – Winter i*cept RS2 …

URP opens machinery plant in China
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Altdorf, Germany/Corbas, France – The United Rubber & Plastic Machinery (URP) has officially opened…

Rubber industry “uncool” for young talent
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Brussels – The European tire and rubber manufacturing sector is facing an increasing challenge in m…

Dutch reclaim company expands
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Rubber reclaim producer Rubber Resources BV, based in Maastricht, has…

Cooper launches three new tires
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire Europe has launched three new tires, including SUV and off-the-road tire…

Kenda to build second Vietnam plant
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Dong Nai Province, Vietnam – Taiwan’s Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. is expanding again, with pla…

US industrial rubber product demand to exceed €22bn
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Cleveland, Ohio - Demand for industrial rubber products in the US is to set expand 3.4 percent a y…

Orgkhim confirms location for Malaysia plant
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia – Orgkhim subsidiary – Norman Process Oils Malaysia Plant Sdn. Bhd. – has…

Omsk Carbon set to open US base
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Omsk, Russia – Just over a year after setting up an officein Ontario,Canada Omsk Carbon is planning…

Covestro shares get off to a good start
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Frankfurt, Germany – The share price of Covestro rose by 10 percent soon after listing on the Frank…

Yokohama opens US tire plant
Added: 6 Oct 2015
West Point, Mississippi – Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM) opened its $300 million (€…

DuPont chief executive retiring
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Wilmington, Delaware – Ellen Kullman is stepping down as CEO and chairman of DuPont Co. on 16 Oct, …

Conti launches construction tire range
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Hanover, Germany – Making good on a strategic initiative announced three years ago, Continental A.G…