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NR production falls by 0.7% in first half - report
Added: 27 Jul 2015
Bangkok – Natural rubber production fell by 0.7 percent in the first half of 2015, according to th…
Parker to close two facilities, restructure unit
Added: 24 Jul 2015
Mayfield Heights, Ohio – Parker Hannifin Corp.’s Engineered Materials Group is making big changes a…
EC approves €117m investment aid for Nexen Czech plant
Added: 24 Jul 2015
Brussels - The European Commission (EC) has approved regional investment aid of nearly €117million …
Marcelo Odebrecht indicted, Braskem to name new chairman
Added: 23 Jul 2015
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazilian petrochemicals and polymers maker Braskem SA will hold an extraordina…
Lanxess set to beat market forecast with strong Q2 results
Added: 23 Jul 2015
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess AG is set to “exceed current market expectations” with its second quarte…
Evonik opens new innovation centre in US
Added: 23 Jul 2015
Richmond, Virginia – German speciality chemicals company Evonik Industries inaugurated its Richmond…
Giti debuts new tires
Added: 23 Jul 2015
Rancho Cucamonga, California – Giti Tire (USA) Ltd is introducing the GT Radial GDR619 regional dri…
DESMA opens new factory in China
Added: 22 Jul 2015
Wuxi, China – German rubber machinery producer DESMA has inaugurated a new facility in Wuxi, near t…
Guilin Rubber Machinery claims ‘smart’ vulcanisation first in China
Added: 22 Jul 2015
Guilin, China – Guilin Rubber Machinery has launched a home-grown smart logistics system for vulcan…
Tire recyclers’ Flex in the city
Added: 22 Jul 2015
Treviso, Italy – The European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) – in cooperation with the Italian N…
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…
