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Continental concludes Veyance acquisition
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Hanover – ContiTech, part of Continental AG, has concluded its acquisition of the US rubber company…
New surface finishing process for seals
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Stockholm - Seal and equipment manufacturers face unique challenges in high vacuum environments, or…
Hankook sales down in 2014
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Seoul– Hankook Tire Co. Ltd has released its annual results for 2014, registering a 5.5-percent dro…
Continental relocates MENA business unit to Dubai
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is relocating some of its business units from Hanover to Dubai, a…
PPG to acquire large stakes in LJF’s sealants businesses
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Industries has submitted an offer to acquir…
Cooper Tire makes new leadership appointments
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced two executive leadership changes as Chris Ostran…
ERJ Archives: Pirelli starts cable manufacture
Added: 29 Jan 2015
London - A report from 8 Nov 1886 revealed that "the tire firm of Pirelli & Co of Milan had now tak…
December sales buoy Lanxess’ earnings
Added: 29 Jan 2015
Cologne - Lanxess AG expects earnings (EBITDA) pre exceptionals to come in higher than previously a…
Synthetic rubber prices set to fall further
Added: 29 Jan 2015
London – Global markets for butadiene rubber (BR) and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) are set for fu…
Your views: Control & automation in the tire industry
Added: 29 Jan 2015
Dear Reader
European Rubber Journal is preparing a feature on the role of control & automation techn…
Wacker 2014 results exceed expectation
Added: 29 Jan 2015
Munich – Wacker Chemie AG has issued its Q4 2014 and its annual results, reporting a 53-percent yea…
Rubber science eats shoots and (now) leaves
Added: 29 Jan 2015
London – Efforts to commercialise the production of natural rubber from plants such as guayule and …
Lehigh appoints new technical director
Added: 29 Jan 2015
Atlanta, Georgia – Lehigh Technologies, a speciality materials company that produces micronised rub…
Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade
Added: 28 Jan 2015
London – Chinese tire makers will seek to increase trade with Europe following the imposition of ta…
Bridgestone develops conveyor belt monitoring system
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. is set to launch a newly developed a system capable of automatically asse…
Thai rubber body says rubber up as supply tightens
Added: 28 Jan 2015
London - Thai-based International Rubber Consortium (IRCO) reported on rubber trading in the week o…
DuPont reports strong financial results
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont has registered a strong fourth quarter for 2014, saying its GAAP earn…
Biomax adding medical glove production facilities
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Kuala Lumpur – Biomax Rubber Industries Ltd is adding two new rubber glove production lines and acq…
DuPont, ChemChina form fluoroelastomers JV
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions and China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) …
US ruling on Chinese tire imports goes into effect
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Washington — The US Commerce Department’s preliminary anti-dumping determination on Chinese passeng…
