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EU largest synthetic latex polymers market – report
Added: 9 Sep 2015
Parsippany, New Jersey – While Europe is the largest market for latex polymers, the Commonwealth of…
Local MP “disappointed” by Zeon closure in Wales
Added: 9 Sep 2015
London – Welsh MP Jane Hutt has expressed her disappointment over the planned closure of Zeon Chemi…
China’s AVIC buys Henniges
Added: 9 Sep 2015
Greenwich, Connecticut – Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) has completed the purchase of vehi…
Hankook to employ over 1,000 staff for US plant
Added: 9 Sep 2015
Clarksville, Tennessee – Hankook Tire is intending to employ over 1,000 new staff for its new plant…
Green light for ChemChina’s takeover of Pirelli
Added: 9 Sep 2015
Milan, Italy – The Italian stock exchange authority Consob has approved China National Chemical Cor…
Datwyler completes acquisition of Origom
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Altdorf, Switzerland – Dätwyler Holding Inc. completed its previously announced acquisition of Orig…
UK new car market continues uptrend
Added: 8 Sep 2015
London – UK new car market recorded its 42nd consecutive month of growth in August, according to fi…
Hitachi opens new UK train factory
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Newton Aycliffe, UK – Hitachi has opened a new £82-million (€112 million) rail manufacturing facili…
Post-fire Teknor Apex predicts TPE growth in Europe
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Teknor Apex anticipates growth for its thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) bu…
ContiTech to build new belting plant
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Jorf Lasfar, Morocco – ContiTech AG, a subsidiary of the Continental Corp., has started the constru…
Kumho to unveil EV tires at Frankfurt show
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Frankfurt, Germany – Korean tire maker Kumho is a unveil a tire developed for electric vehicles (EV…
Toyoda Gosei develops "capless" fuel filler
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Kiyosu, Japan - Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd. has developed and started the mass production of a ‘capless fu…
Lanxess expands US distribution pact with RD Abbott
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Cerritos, California — RD Abbott Co Inc. has received expanded distribution agreements with two bus…
Gazprom, Sibur commission new gas processing plant
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia – Gazprom Neft and Sibur have commissioned the newly built Yuzhno-Priobskiy…
Covestro tables IPO plan
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Leverkusen, Germany — Bayer’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Covestro AG (formerly the firm’s Mat…
KV Rollers sets out expansion plans
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Cwmbran, UK – KV Rollers, a maker of rollers for print and industrial applications has recently inv…
ChemChina to acquire majority stake in Rosneft's petchem project
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Moscow – Russian oil firm Rosneft and China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) have signed a memor…
Zeon develops new biomass rubber tech
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Tokyo – In a joint research with Japan’s National Research and Development Agency (RIKEN) and Yokoh…
Momentive to pioneer virtual LSR demo at Fakuma
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Waterford, New York – Momentive Performance Materials Inc. will feature the first ever virtual liq…
European Tire Market - Supplier Survey
Added: 6 Sep 2015
The Sept/Oct issue of ERJ magazine will include our annual European Tire Report, which includes in-…
