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"In the course of travels in Central and South America in 1866-7 and 1869-70, Sir Henry Wickham, the British planter and entrepreneur, became keenly interested in rubber and, in fact, returned to South America in 1871 to establish his own plantation.

ERJ Archives - 100-year anniversary

Added: 6 Jul 2015

In its 100th anniversary edition published in June 1982, ERJ paid tribute to a number of scientists…

Trelleborg's new seal to reduce risk of concrete ingress for integrated pipes

Trelleborg's new seal to reduce risk of concrete ingress for integrated pipes

Added: 6 Jul 2015

Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg’s pipe seals operation has developed a new integrated concrete pipe…

China expansion part of Continental's master plan

China expansion part of Continental's master plan

Added: 5 Jul 2015

Hanover, Germany—Continental AG's Tire Division is investing about $280 million during a four-year …

Any new technology will be jointly licensed by Versalis and EVE.

Versalis, Chinese firms to develop “innovative” green tires

Added: 3 Jul 2015

Milan, Italy – Versalis (Eni), and two Mesnac companies; Ecombine and EVE Rubber Institute; have ag…

IISRP adds two new members

IISRP adds two new members

Added: 2 Jul 2015

Houston, Texas – The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has chosen two n…

China’s AVIC to buy Henniges

China’s AVIC to buy Henniges

Added: 2 Jul 2015

London – China’s state-run  aerospace company Aviation Industry Corp (AVIC) has reportedly agreed t…

Sumitomo said in 2012 when the partners announced their venture that it would serve as a strategic base for both production and sales of tires bound for the Middle East, North Africa and Russia, as well as for markets in Europe.

SRI opens JV tire plant in Turkey

Added: 2 Jul 2015

Çankiri, Turkey — Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) and Turkey’s Abdulkadir Ozcan Otomo…

Solvay starts production at Poland site

Solvay starts production at Poland site

Added: 2 Jul 2015

Brussels – Solvay has launched its new highly dispersible silica (HDS) production plant in Wloclawe…

EC approves Pirelli takeover

EC approves Pirelli takeover

Added: 2 Jul 2015

London – China National Tire & Rubber Co., a subsidiary of the China National Chemical Corp.(ChemCh…

Evonik expands butadiene production

Evonik expands butadiene production

Added: 2 Jul 2015

Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries recently started a new plant to make butadiene and other C4-base…

Asian industry hit by new China rubber standard

Asian industry hit by new China rubber standard

Added: 2 Jul 2015

Beijing – Changes to China’s import tariff for compound natural rubber went into force on 1 July, s…

Chemours, it said, begins "regular way" trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "CC".  

DuPont completes spin-off of Chemours

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont has completed the separation of its Performance Chemicals segment thr…

Borealis invests €160m in cracker performance

Borealis invests €160m in cracker performance

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Stenungsund, Sweden - Borealis is investing €160 million to upgrade the performance and efficiency …

The theme of the conference for 2016 will be the “Eco-nomics of Recycling”, said a statement by ETRA on 1 July.

ETRA to hold tire recycling conference in March 2016

Added: 1 Jul 2015

Brussles – The annual European Tyre Recycling Conference, organised by the European Tyre Recycling …

ContiTech unit set to open compounding plant in China

ContiTech unit set to open compounding plant in China

Added: 30 Jun 2015

London – Phoenix Compounding Technology, part of ContiTech AG, will be opening a new rubber compoun…

ExxonMobil offers new route to EPDM seal compounds

ExxonMobil offers new route to EPDM seal compounds

Added: 30 Jun 2015

Brussels - ExxonMobil Chemical has developed what it says is a novel approach for formulating its V…

Trelleborg to expand farm tire plant in China

Trelleborg to expand farm tire plant in China

Added: 30 Jun 2015

Xingtai, China - Trelleborg is to start a phase-3 expansion project at its agricultural tire plant …

Lanxess to announce rubber partner in November

Lanxess to announce rubber partner in November

Added: 29 Jun 2015

Nuremberg, Germany – Speciality rubber manufacturer Lanxess will announce the company it is to part…

Trinseo S-SBR nets top award at DKT

Trinseo S-SBR nets top award at DKT

Added: 29 Jun 2015

Nuremberg, Germany – Latex, rubber and plastics company Trinseo has won the Deutsche Kautschuk-Gese…

Zeon to close UK plant by end of 2015

Zeon to close UK plant by end of 2015

Added: 29 Jun 2015

Nuremberg, Germany – Zeon Corp. is scheduled to complete the planned closure of its synthetic rubbe…