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Analysis: Sibur reverses SR production cuts
Added: 8 Jun 2015
London - Petrochemicals major Sibur increased production of synthetic rubber in the first quarter o…
Analysis - Rise & fall of robotics in the moulding industry
Added: 8 Jun 2015
Article by Nigel Flowers, managing director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK, part of Demag Plastics Grou…
Shares Watch: Avon Rubber plc
Added: 8 Jun 2015
Avon Rubber plc is expecting a strong second half to its financial year, but the supplier of techni…
DuPont declares share details of spin-off
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Wilmington, Delaware – DuPont’s board of directors has declared that the stock for its chemical spi…
Elastomers market to reach 39m tonnes by 2019
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Wellesley, Massachusetts – The global elastomers market is on track to reach 39 million tonnes by 2…
Michelin targets Premier LTX at SUVs/CUVs
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Greenville, South Carolina — Michelin North America Inc. has added a second line – the LTX for CUVs…
Sid Richardson to build first plant outside US
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Fort Worth, Texas – Sid Richardson Carbon and Energy Co. is planning to add another carbon black pl…
ERJ Tire Tracker - May-June 2015
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Business, contract and marketing news from the international tire manufacturing and supply sector:
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Michelin, TVS Srichakra to make bias motorcycle tires in India
Added: 6 Jun 2015
Chennai, India - French Group Michelin has signed an agreement with TVS Group company TVS Srichakra…
ERJ Archives: Rubber motorwheel covers 12,000 miles
Added: 6 Jun 2015
This picture was published in our archive edition of 17 Oct 1931 with the caption reading: "The ver…
Auto success drives Freundenberg-NOK expansion in US
Added: 5 Jun 2015
Findlay, Ohio — Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies will invest about $8.6 million (€7.77 million)…
DKT - DuPont to debut highest heat resistant AEM elastomers
Added: 5 Jun 2015
Geneva, Switzerland – At DKT/IRC 2015, DuPont Performance Polymers (DPP) will reveal key properties…
Interview: Orgkhim in expansion mode
Added: 4 Jun 2015
London - Russian company Orgkhim Biochemical Holdings is moving to expand its global market positio…
Work starts on China's largest rubber recycling park
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Hubei, China - The Central China Rubber Resources Recycling Industrial Park broke ground in Xiangya…
Goodyear, SRI agree to end alliance to avoid arbitration
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Akron/Kobe, Japan — Goodyear and Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) have agreed to dissolve thei…
Zeon develops “next-generation” latex for disposable gloves
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Tokyo, Japan – Zeon Corp. has started sales of Nipol LX561, a “next-generation” grade of NBR latex,…
Cimcorp appoints new CEO following Muratec takeover
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Ulvila, Finland – The board of Cimcorp Oy has appointed Masatoshi Wakabayashi as the company’s CEO …
Conti in €250m expansion of China tire plant
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is investing €250 million in new capacity expansions at its Hefei…
Veyance air springs business to be sold to EnPro
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech is to sell the Veyance Technologies North American air springs busines…
Hankook OE tires for new Mercedes-Benz truck
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany –Hankook Tire has expanded its OE portfolio in the heavy commercial vehicle (…
