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Press release: Cabot launches new low PAH carbon black products

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

“We take protection of our intellectual property very seriously and Momentive will vigorously enforce those rights to the fullest extent of the law,” said Stephen Psutka, Momentive interim general counsel.

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

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…

Cooper Tire invests in dealership centres in China

Cooper Tire invests in dealership centres in China

Added: 17 Jul 2015

Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is aiming to expand its presence in China by teaming up wi…

Conti recalls ContiProContact tires for second time in July

Conti recalls ContiProContact tires for second time in July

Added: 17 Jul 2015

San Luis Potosi, Mexico – Continental Tires the Americas LLC is recalling 8,467 ContiProContact rep…

Hankook advances non-pneumatic, urethane tire

Hankook advances non-pneumatic, urethane tire

Added: 16 Jul 2015

Seoul, South Korea — Hankook Tire Co. Ltd has completed ride and handling tests for its latest non-…

Carlstar acquires flat-free PU tire maker

Carlstar acquires flat-free PU tire maker

Added: 16 Jul 2015

Franklin, Tennessee – Speciality tire and wheel producer Carlstar Group LLC has acquired Marathon I…

Uptrend continues in EU car demand

Uptrend continues in EU car demand

Added: 16 Jul 2015

Brussels – Demand for new passenger cars continued its uptrend in the month of June in the EU, regi…

Blasts at LyondellBasell treated as “criminal acts”

Blasts at LyondellBasell treated as “criminal acts”

Added: 16 Jul 2015

London – Two explosions on 13 July, which caused a major fire at a petrochemical plant operated by …

The ITC vote makes final the antidumping and countervailing duties levied earlier by the US Department of Commerce, although those duties are retroactive to as early as 29 Oct 2014.

US affirms duties on Chinese tires

Added: 15 Jul 2015

Washington — The US tire manufacturing industry is suffering material injury because of passenger a…

Polymer-Technik compounding plant for Mexico

Polymer-Technik compounding plant for Mexico

Added: 14 Jul 2015

Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany – Polymer -Technik Elbe GmbH is to construct a new compounding faci…

Former Delphi exec to head auto interiors supplier IAC

Former Delphi exec to head auto interiors supplier IAC

Added: 14 Jul 2015

Maumee, Ohio – Jim Kamsickas, the CEO of International Automotive Components Group, is leaving his …

Nuclear deal can boost Iran tire industry

Nuclear deal can boost Iran tire industry

Added: 14 Jul 2015

London – A nuclear agreement between Iran and the West has been welcomed by industry leaders in the…