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Shale to strengthen Chinese tire sector
Added: 14 Dec 2014
Brussels – Moves to develop shale and other unconventional hydrocarbon resources in China will soon…
Cefic cuts EU chemicals growth forecast
Added: 12 Dec 2014
Brussels – European chemical industry group Cefic has pegged back its forecast for growth in the s…
ERJ Archives: 28 Feb 1914
Added: 12 Dec 2014
As appeared in an advertisement on India Rubber Journal on 28 Feb 1914, this is the Banking Departm…
Update: Chinese company begins trials at HNBR plant
Added: 11 Dec 2014
Zhejiang, China - Zansheng New Materials started trial run of its hydrogenated nitrile butadiene ru…
New head appointed for ContiTech
Added: 11 Dec 2014
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has appointed Hans-Juergen Duensing as head of its ContiTech AG …
Sibur blames weak rouble for drop in Q3 profits
Added: 11 Dec 2014
Moscow – Sibur Holding has published its operational and financial results for the nine months ende…
Reliance, Sibur form butyl rubber JV
Added: 11 Dec 2014
New Delhi – Reliance Industries (RIL) has announced that it will set up joint venture with Russia’s…
Goodyear sets up test site in Finland
Added: 11 Dec 2014
Ivalo, Finland — Goodyear Dunlop Europe has opened a dedicated winter tire testing facility, the Ar…
Report: Glove sector key to growth in SE Asia latex market
Added: 11 Dec 2014
Parsippany, New Jersey – The glove-dipping industry will be an important driver for growth in the S…
ETRA conference to address tire recycling challenges
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Brussels – Europe’s tire recycling industry is in a state of flux, with a deep need for new ways of…
Evonik launches new units for crosslinking activators
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Wesseling, Germany – Evonik has started two new plant units for the production of crosslinking acti…
Kumho to rebuild image, roll out six new tires next year
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Vieques, Puerto Rico—Kumho Tire USA Inc. is hoping to have a new start in 2015, putting behind its …
Major reshuffle at Toyo Tire
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. Ltd. has announced that a major reshuffle across the group,…
DuPont selling Neoprene business to Denka of Japan
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Wilmington, Delaware – DuPont Performance Polymers is to sell its Neoprene polychloroprene to Denka…
Mercedes taps Bridgestone for new SUV
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Brussels – Mercedes-Benz has selected the new Bridgestone Dueler H/P for its latest compact SUV mod…
Bridgestone turns to biomass energy at Costa Rica plant
Added: 9 Dec 2014
La Ribera de Belén, Costa Rica – Bridgestone de Costa Rica has officially started up a biomass boil…
Toyoda Gosei sets up automotive hose JV in India
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Kiyosu,Japan – Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd is establishing an automotive hose joint venture in India with …
Huifu starts gas-phase white carbon black operation
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Hubei, China - Huifu Silicon Materials has opened a 2-kilotonne-per-annum (ktpa) facility for the p…
ExxonMobil predicts major shifts in global energy markets
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Irving, Texas -- Growth in the global middle class, expansion of emerging economies and an addition…
ERJ: Supplier News Tracker
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Bekaert ... SCG Chemicals ... Sumitomo Demag ... BASF ... Cefic Omnova letter ... Dynsol China ... …
