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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…
US warning against 'latex free' claims
Added: 30 Mar 2015
Washington — The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a consumer advisory titled, “Don’t be M…
Update - UAE to enforce RFID tire-labelling from June
Added: 30 Mar 2015
London – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will require all tires imported into the country to carry …
Goodyear opens first R&D centre in China
Added: 27 Mar 2015
Pulandian, China – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has established its first development centre in China…
Goodyear opens new development center in China
Added: 27 Mar 2015
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has established its first development in China to help service auto makers i…
Evonik to invest over €4bn in R&D over next 10 years
Added: 27 Mar 2015
Wesseling, Germany – German speciality chemical company Evonik has announced that it will be invest…
EU commercial vehicle demand up following 2014 decline
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Brussels – Demand for new commercial vehicles (CV) in the EU increased for the second consecutive m…
Exports buoy Italian machinery sector
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Milan - Exports of plastics and rubber machinery from Italy increased 5 percent during 2014, and lo…
Goodyear expands Dalian tire plant
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Liaoning, China – Goodyear is building facilities for the production of 2.08 million per year of se…
Trelleborg “breaks into” US tunnel market
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg’s engineered products operation announced on 26 March that it has b…
Interview: Yokohama official details plans in US
Added: 26 Mar 2015
Santa Ana, California — The share of Yokohama Tire Corp.’s tires for sale in North America that are…
