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Metso rubber liners keep Boliden trucking at Swedish mine
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Gällivare, Sweden – Boliden’s Aitik mine in northern Sweden has signed a three-year contract with M…

Turkish machinery player in expansion mode
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Feature article for the March/April issue of ERJ magazine
Izmit, Turkey – Uzer Makina, which is focu…

US to 'remain lowest-cost chemicals producer'
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Houston, Texas – ExxonMobil sees North America's chemical feedstock and energy costs remaining amon…

US firms combine efforts to produce 3D prototype process
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Merrimack, New Hampshire — Two companies that serve as suppliers to rubber manufacturers believe th…

One for all with new French rubber portal
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Vitry-sur-Seine, France - French rubber industry group the Centre Français du Caoutchouc et des Po…

Continental names executive vice president North America
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Allentown, Pennsylvania — Continental AG has named James Bayley vice president and general manager …

Chinese conference glimpses future tire factory
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Guangzhou, China – At the 2015 China Rubber Conference in Guangzhou, a Mesnac executive set out the…

European bodies at odds over scrap tire data
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA), based in Brussels, has …

ChemChina reaches agreement to acquire more Pirelli shares
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Beijing, China — China National Tire & Rubber Co (CNRC) signed a binding agreement with Edizione sr…

ContiTech looks east, reports marginal loss
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG, part of Continental AG, has announced that it invested €191 millio…

“Progress” reported on natural rubber bourse
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Bangkok – The International Rubber Consortium (IRCo) has reported that a meeting of major rubber pr…

Opinion: New (type of) tire plant manager wanted
Added: 14 Apr 2015
A multinational tire manufacturing group is looking to recruit a senior manager.
The job requirement…

Cefic: EU chemical output “stagnant”
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has published its latest annual report on…

Hankook UHP tires fitted on Porsche Macan
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Neu-Isenburg Germany – Hankook is now supplying ultra-high-performance (UHP) tires as original equi…

Lehigh wins Bloomberg clean energy award
Added: 14 Apr 2015
London - Lehigh Technologies has won the Bloomberg New Energy Pioneer award, which recognises 10 co…

“Record quarter” CV registrations as UK business confidence soars
Added: 14 Apr 2015
London – UK-based Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) has reported a “record quarter” f…

New rubber standard adds to China tariff woes
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Guangdong, China – The US anti-dumping tire tariffs affecting $3.3 billion (€3 billion) worth of pr…

Insider trading charges in Cooper-Apollo deal
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Washington – The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two investors with illegally pro…

Lanxess starts new EPDM plant in China
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Changzhou, China – German speciality chemicals company Lanxess has started its new EPDM rubber plan…

Trelleborg acquires agricultural tire business in Australia
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg has finalised the acquisition of Australian agricultural tires dist…