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Update: Sales rise steadies EU tire markets in first half
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Brussels – Sales of tires in the European Union in June were boosted by a 14.6 –percent year-on-yea…
Chinese agency protests duties against tires
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Beijing —China’s Ministry of Commerce is urging the US government to reconsider the recent decision…
Businessman prosecuted after worker loses forearm in tire-shredding machine
Added: 21 Jul 2015
London – A Kent businessman has been sentenced after a worker lost his right forearm when it got ca…
Johnson Matthey, Rennovia open bio-feedstock mini-plant
Added: 21 Jul 2015
London – Johnson Matthey Process Technologies and Rennovia have started-up a mini-plant to make glu…
Natural rubber prices stop falling
Added: 21 Jul 2015
London – It might not have been by much but, after several weeks of market declines, the set of nat…
Report: Yokohama to ramp up tire production in India
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Chennai, India – Yokohama is planning to ramp up production capacity at its Haryana, India plant an…
New automotive TPOs venture in China
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Singapore –R&P Ltd and Shanghai Hop Zenith Chemical Trading Co. Ltd, have signed a memorandum of un…
Hexpol reports large rise in profits
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Eupen, Belgium – Hexpol Group has posted a 39-percent rise in its first half-year profits thanks to…
Hankook appoints new EU marketing director
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook has appointed Antal Takacs as marketing director at its European HQ…
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Versalis, Reliance target China rubber market
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Milan, Italy – Shanghai-based VersalisPacific Trading, a 100-percent subsidiary of Versalis, has si…
Press release: Cabot launches new low PAH carbon black products
Added: 21 Jul 2015
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corporation has announced the launch of a new series of low polycycli…
ERJ Survey: Readers bullish about prospects for Chinese tire sector
Added: 20 Jul 2015
London - Despite the pressures facing the Chinese tire manufacturing sector, 41 percent of responde…
US tire industry facing carbon black shortage
Added: 20 Jul 2015
Hilton Head, South Carolina — By 2020, the US tire industry will face a significant shortage of car…
Hainan develops new rubber for military aircraft tires
Added: 20 Jul 2015
Hainan, China - Military aircraft tires using a new natural rubber material jointly developed by Ha…
Chelsea football club to sport Yokohama Tyres logo
Added: 20 Jul 2015
Tokyo ‒ English Premier League champions Chelsea Football Club has unveiled a new jersey bearing a&…
DRAFT Ineos and Sinopec move towards patent resolution
Added: 20 Jul 2015
London - Chemicals giant Ineos and Chinese state-owned oil and petrochemical giant Sinopec are repo…
Trelleborg nets rail suspension order on Crossrail
Added: 20 Jul 2015
London – Trelleborg’s industrial anti-vibration solutions operation is to supply rail suspension so…
Press release: Dow Corning to showcase range silicone coatings at Labelexpo Europe 2015
Added: 18 Jul 2015
Brussels: Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, will …
Momentive files patent lawsuit against Chinese firms
Added: 17 Jul 2015
Waterford, New York – Momentive Performance Materials Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit …
Germany fines rubber equipment arms suppliers for price-fixing
Added: 17 Jul 2015
Bonn, Germany - The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) has imposed fines totalling €1.3 milli…
