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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
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
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
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
Added: 29 Jun 2015
Nuremberg, Germany – Zeon Corp. is scheduled to complete the planned closure of its synthetic rubbe…
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…
