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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…
Vystar executive touts advances for low protein latex
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Akron, Ohio — Vystar Corp. has made significant headway in the development of a formulation for ult…
Sinopec to become a strategic investor in Sibur
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Beijing – Chinese energy and chemicals major China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) is to become a str…
Amerityre posts first-ever quarterly profit
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Boulder City, Nevada – Polyurethane tire producer Amerityre Corp. has reported the first profitabl…
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres talks business with UK minister
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Birmingham, UK – UK business minister Anna Soubry visited Birmingham to hear how Dunlop Aircraft Ty…
Pirelli blames debris for Spa tire blow-outs
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Milan, Italy – Pirelli has concluded that there were no structural problems in its tires used at th…
BMS officially changes name to Covestro
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro, the new name for Bayer’s former MaterialScience business, was offic…
Elastomer focus at new UK polymer centre
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Coventry, UK – The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick has established a…
UK rubber manufacturers tied up in 'green' tape
Added: 2 Sep 2015
London – Companies in the rubber manufacturing sector are among those most affected by the burden o…
IRCo appoints new CEO
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Bangkok – Salmiah Ahmad has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of International Rubb…
Omsk Carbon sets up European HQ
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Waltrop, Germany – Omsk Carbon has signaled its European expansion plans by upgrading the status of…
BMS officially changes name to Covestro
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro AG, the former Bayer MaterialScience business, has officially adopte…
Desma advances remote-monitoring security
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Fridingen, Germany – Injection moulding machinery maker Desma has developed networking technology t…
Hankook to unveil advanced winter tires in Frankfurt
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook will present a series of tire innovations including an “entirely n…
Dow ‘to stay and grow’ in rubber business
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Nuremberg, Germany – Market development in the rubber industry has been ”very positive” this year …
Conti invests in A-Z tire mould operation
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has invested in new foundry facilities at A-Z Formen- und Maschin…
Rubber revenue hikes at Nizhnekamskneftekhim H1
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Moscow – Russian synthetic rubber and plastics manufacturer, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, has posted a str…
TRP Sealing Systems starts up plant in China
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Hereford , UK – TRP Sealing Systems Ltd has opened a new manufacturing facility in China, the Heref…
Evonik starts up advanced C4 plants in Germany
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Essen/Marl, Germany – Evonik Industries has started up new production facilities for C4-based produ…
Orion appoints new carbon black leader
Added: 1 Sep 2015
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has appointed Erik Thiry as senior vice president, rubber …
