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Guizhou Tire to open new speciality tire plants in 2017
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Guizhou, China - Guizhou Tire is building a new speciality tire project including the relocation of…

Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery’s main shareholder to sell 30% stake
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Liaoning, China – Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery (DRPM)’s controlling shareholder Dalian State-…

Trinseo to commercialise Nd-BR production in 2016
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Horgen, Switzerland – Trinseo is set to commercialise its neodymium butadiene rubber (Nd-BR) offeri…

Global Bioenergies advances bio-isobutene process
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Evry, France – Global Bioenergies has produced isobutene – a monomer used in the production of buty…

Evonik seeks buyer or partner for acrylics business
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Essen, Germany - Speciality chemicals maker Evonik Industries AG is looking to sell off or find a p…

Goodyear changes leadership in Asia Pacific unit
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has appointed Chris Delaney as president-elect of its Asia…

Ferrari’s Vettel disappointed with F1 tire burst
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium – Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has expressed his disappointment with the t…

Belshina to double tire exports to Pakistan in 2015 - report
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Minsk – OAO Belshina expects to double its supply of tires to Pakistan this year, the company’s gen…

Michelin Agriculture 'best supplier' for CNH Industrial
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin Agriculture has earned the 2015 "best supplier award," from a…

Versalis dismisses reports of deal in Iran
Added: 24 Aug 2015
London – Italian speciality rubber company Versalis has dismissed reports that it has signed a tech…

Sumitomo's earnings drop for first half
Added: 24 Aug 2015
Kobe, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd suffered drops in operating and net income during the …

Weak peso causing some concern amidst growth in Mexico
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Mexico City — A 25-percent drop in the value of the Mexican peso against the US dollar since the st…

Freudenberg Medical buys majority stake in Hemoteq
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Carpinteria, California – Freudenberg Medical, a California-based maker of specialty components and…

Rosneft plans giant cracker complex in Russia
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Moscow - Russian oil giant Rosneft Group is pressing ahead with a huge joint venture petrochemicals…

SIPH reports “stable” trading conditions in NR markets
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Courbevoie, France - Société Internationale de Plantations d’Hévéas (SIPH) achieved sales from rubb…

Goodyear appoints new VP
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co has appointed Peter Rapin as vice president and treasurer, …

OEM approvals for Continental passenger and light truck tires
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has obtained a number of OEM approvals from automotive manufactur…

Green Rubber Global signs €7m deal for new machinery
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Kuala Lumpur - Green Rubber Global has signed a €7million agreement with YMS Process Engineering Pt…

Conti partners global NCAP 'stop the crash' campaign
Added: 21 Aug 2015
Hannover, Germany – Continental AG’s various divisions, including the tire division, are joining a …

Potential safety hazards previously found at Tianjin explosion site
Added: 20 Aug 2015
Tianjin, China – Potential safety hazards in storage stations at the Tianjin Port had been revealed…