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Semperit seals deal to buy German profiles producer
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Vienna – Semperit AG Holding is to acquire Leeser GmbH & Co. KG, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based rubb…
ChemChina to expand Pirelli business in Asia
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Milan, Italy – Further details have emerged about the deal to buy Italian tire-maker Pirelli by the…
Yokohama Rubber changes senior management
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd. has announced that the meeting of its board of management decided –…
Linglong appoints new COO for US unit
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Medina, Ohio — Shandong Linglong Tire Co Ltd. has hired John Hagan as chief operating officer (COO)…
Continental Carbon in $98m settlement with EPA
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Houston, Texas – Continental Carbon Co. has agreed a settlement with the US Environmental Protectio…
Rosneft to reduce its stake in Pirelli?
Added: 24 Mar 2015
London - ChemChina's planned €7.1-billion takeover of Pirelli has placed a question mark over the p…
US tariffs 'welcomed' in China
Added: 24 Mar 2015
London - Chinese tire manufacturers are likely to undergo a structural consolidation due to outside…
German rubber producer creates app for cable compounds
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Melle, Germay – German rubber technology company Melos has produced a 'cable compound finder' app, …
Falken develops ‘sporty’ tire for hybrid vehicles
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Offenbach/Main, Germany – Falken Tire is to unveil a new concept tire, which it says offers sporty …
Goodyear boss calls for “change” in tire industry
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Singapore – The CEO of Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. Richard Kramer delivered a keynote speech at th…
Vibram USA makes five appointments
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Concord, Massachuset —Vibram USA, a subsidiary of Italy-based Vibram SpA., has appointed a new chie…
Kraiburg develops fire-safe rubber compounds
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Gummiwerk Kraiburg, part of the Kraiburg Group, has developed new elastomer…
ERJ Archives: Footballs for the frontline
Added: 23 Mar 2015
London - During World War I, the football bladder business "received a stimulus through great deman…
India carbon black market to grow 14% to 2020
Added: 23 Mar 2015
Dublin, Ireland – The market for carbon black in India is set to show a compound annual growth rate…
ChemChina lines up €7.1bn takeover of Pirelli
Added: 23 Mar 2015
Beijing – China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) is to purchase 26.2 percent of the share capita…
Evonik to expand silicone production in Germany, China
Added: 23 Mar 2015
Essen, Germany – German-based chemicals company Evonik is to launch a global investment initiative …
Yokohama’s “Advan” to be fitted on Porsche’s Cayenne
Added: 23 Mar 2015
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd. announced on 23 March that its “Advan Sport V105” tire has been…
Kraiburg begins largest investment in US
Added: 23 Mar 2015
Atlanta, Georgia — Kraiburg TPE Corp. recently broke ground on its new US headquarters in Buford, G…
Sinopec reports drop in SR sales
Added: 23 Mar 2015
Beijing –China’s Sinopec has issued its annual statement for the year ending 31 Dec 2014, announcin…
UK lab invests in new tire test rigs
Added: 23 Mar 2015
London – UK-based rubber research centre Rubber Consultants has expanded its tire testing facilitie…
