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Local MP “disappointed” by Zeon closure in Wales

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

In addition to the adjacent OCP group, the plant in Jorf Lasfar will also supply customers in the Maghreb and in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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

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…

According to the Japanese auto parts manufacture, with the new filler, the vehicle can be refuelled by inserting the refuelling nozzle directly into a gas tank, without the need to remove or replace a cap.

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

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

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

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

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

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-…

Nissan to invest €136m in UK plant

Nissan to invest €136m in UK plant

Added: 3 Sep 2015

London – Car giant Nissan is to build its next generation Juke model at its Sunderland plant as par…