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Press release: New Lanxess EVM rubber for reduced mixing times
Added: 29 Jun 2015
Cologne, Germany – Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is launching a new family of pre-crosslinked…

Goodyear closes UK plant under EMEA consolidation plan
Added: 26 Jun 2015
Wolverhampton, UK – Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has launched a “rationalisation” plan in Europe, M…

Evonik terminates COO’s contract
Added: 26 Jun 2015
Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries AG has announced that its supervisory board has resolved unanimo…

EU commercial vehicle demand rises for fifth month
Added: 26 Jun 2015
Brussels – Demand for new commercial vehicles in the EU increased 6 percent in May, marking the fif…

Rubber price recovery in start-stop mode
Added: 26 Jun 2015
London - Prior-week signs of stability in Asia’s natural rubber markets were mostly erased by data …

Smithers expands US tire testing lab
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Akron, Ohio – Testing firm Smithers Rapra has completed a realignment of its tire and wheel testing…

Major reshuffle at Wacker
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Munich, Germany – German chemical company Wacker has announced a number of changes to its top level…

Drive to get tire-labelling rules to stick in UK, Europe
Added: 25 Jun 2015
London – Tire retailers in the UK are being urged to provide better guidance on tire labelling at t…

Goodyear Dunlop to close down UK retread plant
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Wolverhampton, UK – Goodyear Dunlop is in talks with unions and workforce over a proposal to close …

Goodyear Dunlop to 'relocate' EMEA mixing operations
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Goodyear Dunlop is planning to relocate mixing operations at its tire production plants across the…

Zhongce Rubber to open Thai plant soon
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Pattaya, Thailand — China’s Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. will hold a ceremonial opening on June 29 of it…

Bluestar Silicones investing €15m in elastomer units
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Lyon, France – Bluestar Silicones International is investing €15m to develop and modernise its ela…

DRAFT Assocomaplast announces new president
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Milan, Italy – Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association for plastic and rubber processing equip…

Toyo chairman, president to resign over seismic scandal
Added: 25 Jun 2015
Osaka, Japan – Nine of Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd’s top executives have resigned, retired or been d…

Cimcorp to automate Sentury Tire plant in Thailand
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp has secured an order worth nearly €30 million to supply a turnkey materia…

ContiTech acquiring hydraulic hose manufacturer
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Waltershausen, Germany – ContiTech AG is to take overWaltershausen-based hydraulic hose manufacture…

Shell advances project to build US petchem complex
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Houston, Texas – After more than a year of little movement, Shell Chemical LP again is taking steps…

Pirelli F1 simulator brings racing feel to audience
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Pirelli has launched a new Formula 1 simulator that will beused to support its marketing and promot…

DRAFT European firms cut back in China
Added: 23 Jun 2015
European firms with operations in China are likely to cut back on costs of doing business there, wh…

Goodyear, LSE conduct road safety research
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Brussels/London – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the London School of Economics and Political Scien…