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Zeon set to close UK rubber plant
Added: 2 Apr 2015
London – Zeon Chemicals Europe is in the process of shutting down its synthetic rubber plant in Sul…
Report says customers not satisfied with run-flat tires
Added: 2 Apr 2015
Westlake Village, California — Customers with run-flat tires are less satisfied overall and replace…
US moves back countervailing duty decision
Added: 1 Apr 2015
Washington — The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has pushed back its original date of 6 April for a…
Goodyear returns to bicycle tire market
Added: 1 Apr 2015
Parsippany, New Jersey — The Goodyear brand bicycle tire is back.
Kent International Inc., which bil…
Federal-Mogul to build plant in China
Added: 1 Apr 2015
Nanchang, China — Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.’s powertrain division will build a new sealing and g…
Producers win polymer price hikes in March
Added: 31 Mar 2015
London - After falling since the middle of last year, European standard thermoplastic prices reboun…
NR prices flat as producers prepare to set up exchange market
Added: 31 Mar 2015
Bangkok – Natural rubber (NR) futures and physical rubber markets in Asia remained in a narrow rang…
HF tracks energy-saving tire trends
Added: 31 Mar 2015
London - Automotive sector demand for energy-saving tires is likely to have a significant impact on…
Mesnac targets 50% overseas sales by 2016
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Cologne, Germany - Mesnac vice president Karol Vanko says the rubber machinery maker is seeking a r…
ERJ Machinery Survey: Change, growth and emerging challenges
Added: 30 Mar 2015
London - The international rubber machinery market has grown by around 10 percent – based on data f…
Clariant in propylene process "first" at Chinese plant
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Munich, Germany – Clariant has announced the "successful" implementation of its ‘heat generating ma…
Evonik to up investment in "green tires"
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Wesseling, Germany – Evonik Industries is to invest an unspecified amount – in single-digit million…
Adidas set to bring production 'home'
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Herzogenaurach, Germany – Adidas is likely to move production of footwear and other sports goods …
Mitsubishi advances “world’s first” bio-polycarbonatediol
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Tokyo – Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) has developed “the world’s first bio-based polycarbonatedio…
SBR market to grow 7% to 2019 – report
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Dallas, Texas –The global styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) speculating the market is on track to grow…
Mitsui start-ups progress elastomer plans in China
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Tokyo - Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced the start-up, in March, of plants for the production of…
Top Glove to pursue M&As, expand facilities
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Klang, Malaysia – Malaysian rubber gloves producer, Top Glove Corporation Bhd, says it will be purs…
Report tracks US carbon black market
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Dublin – Gross profit levels in the US carbon black manufacturing industry reached 41.36 percent on…
Momentive releases first results since restructuring
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Waterford, New York — Silicones manufacturer Momentive Performance Materials Inc. presented mixed b…
Are we ready for a cable-less future?
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Ahead of ERJ's major feature on rubber cable compounds in the May/June issue, Darren Halford, group…
