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Goodyear to set up plant in Mexico for high-end tires
Added: 27 Apr 2015
Mexico City, Mexico — Goodyear has selected a site near San Luis Potosi, Mexico, as the location of…
Solvay starts building silica plant in South Korea
Added: 27 Apr 2015
Brussels - Solvay has started construction of its highly dispersible silica (HDS) production plant …
Zeon to expand TPE production in Japan
Added: 27 Apr 2015
Tokyo – Zeon Corp. will expand annual production capacity for thermoplastic elastomers at its Mizus…
Biesterfeld starts Brazil co-venture
Added: 27 Apr 2015
Hamburg, Germany – Biesterfeld Simko Distribuição has started its operations in the Brazilian marke…
Goodyear looking at India with “renewed interest”
Added: 27 Apr 2015
New Delhi – US-based tire maker Goodyear is looking at India with 'renewed interest', expecting to …
Supermax to up capacity, diversify to contact lenses
Added: 27 Apr 2015
Kuala Lumpur - Supermax Corp Bhd expects its rubber gloves production capacity to expand by four bi…
Continental opens R&D, tech centres in China
Added: 27 Apr 2015
Hanover, Germany - Continental opened a new research and development centre for tires on the site o…
Pelmar Engineering, China’s TST reach settlement
Added: 27 Apr 2015
Ramat-Hasharon, Israel –Pelmar Engineering Group, an Israeli-based supplier of machinery and engine…
Tire markets performance 'negative' overall in Q1 - report
Added: 24 Apr 2015
Clermont-Ferrand, France – New figures released by French tire maker Michelin suggest that in the f…
Interview: Market changes, growth spur upgrades for Cabot
Added: 24 Apr 2015
Boston, Massachusetts — Cabot Corp. has been building and improving its rubber carbon black operati…
Trelleborg Wheel Q1 earnings drop
Added: 24 Apr 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Wheel Systems suffered a 21.6-percent drop in first quarter operati…
Silicone seam sealer hits market
Added: 23 Apr 2015
Midland, Michigan — Dow Corning Corp. has released its 1299 silicone seam sealer that outperforms t…
Proto Labs adds optical grade LSR
Added: 23 Apr 2015
Maple Plain, Minnesota — Proto Labs Inc. has added optical-grade liquid silicone rubber to its exis…
Q&A: Valeriy Kaplunat chairman of Omsk Carbon
Added: 23 Apr 2015
ERJ interviewed Valeriy Kaplunat chairman of the board of directors Omsk Carbon about the company’s…
Fenner continues to struggle in belting market
Added: 23 Apr 2015
Hessle, UK – Fenner PLC has published its results for the half year ended 28 Feb 15, highlighting i…
IDEX buys Italian seals manufacturer
Added: 23 Apr 2015
Milan, Italy – French investment company Adrian announced on 21 April that it had signed an agreeme…
Conti budgets €40m for expansion of Chinese plant
Added: 23 Apr 2015
Shanghai, China – Continental AG plans to invest €40 million this year to complete an expansion of …
Sibur steps up synthetic rubber production
Added: 23 Apr 2015
London – Petrochemicals major Sibur increased production of synthetic rubber in the first quarter o…
Rubber is second highest-traded commodity at SHFE
Added: 23 Apr 2015
Guangdong, China - In 2014 the volume of natural rubber futures traded on the Shanghai Futures Exch…
Camoplast debuts CMP 533 at Intermat
Added: 23 Apr 2015
Magog, Canada – Camoplast Solideal is introducing the Solideal CMP 533 tire for soil compactors at …
