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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…
Silcotech, Dow Corning to unveil LSR innovation
Added: 28 Jan 2015
Anaheim, California — Silcotech Group and Dow Corning Corp. will showcase a ‘radical’ change in li…
Company focus: Elastomers Union targets oil & gas demands
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Italy - The increasing demands being put on polymer-based seals in the oi…
Analysis: Choosing the right elastomers for the oil & gas industry
Added: 27 Jan 2015
London - The drive to exploit new energy resources over recent years has seen the oil & gas industr…
ERRLAB to help rubber industry meet EU rules
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Brussels – EU rubber processors and product manufacturers have a new technical support service in t…
China “deeply concerned” by US tire duties
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Beijing - The Chinese government has signalled its concern about the ‘flawed decision’ by the US D…
Synthetic rubber prices set to fall further
Added: 27 Jan 2015
London – Global markets for butadiene rubber (BR) and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) are set for fu…
UK car industry expected to grow in 2015 – report
Added: 27 Jan 2015
London – The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has declared 2014 a “very successful…
Ashland Q1 earnings down by over 50%
Added: 27 Jan 2015
Covington, Kentucky –Ashland Inc. has issued its preliminary financial results for the fiscal first…
UK avoids fracking ban “disaster”
Added: 27 Jan 2015
London – A proposed moratorium on all fracking activities throughout the UK has been voted down by …
India targets rubber sector woes
Added: 27 Jan 2015
New Delhi - India’s commerce ministry has set up a committee to examine supply/demand issues facin…
