JAPANESE firm Mistubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will establish wholly-owned subsidiary to handle the industrial machinery business, including material handling systems and rubber and tyre machinery, effective April. It will be created by integrating the industrial machinery business, currently being operated…
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Hexpol acquires TPE maker
GERMAN firm Hexpol’s acquisition of Müller Kunststoffe has been finalised, with the latter becoming a part of business area of the compounding business thereby broadening Hexpol’s TPE portfolio. According to Hexpol, the acquisition price of EUR39 million is funded by…
Koppers’s Chinese carbon plant
US-based carbon compound and treated wood products maker Koppers is setting up three coal-tar based carbon product plants in Jiangsu, China, with Nippon Steel Chemical, Sojitz JECT, Yizhou Group and the Pizhou government. The facilities will comprise a 250,000 tonne…
Second rubber park in India
INDIA has set up a Rs23 crore industrial rubber park in Bodhungnagar in Western Tripura. A joint venture between the Tripura Industrial Development Corporation (TIDC) and the Rubber Board, it is the second of its kind in the country after…
Keyuan assured of raw material from Shell
CHINESE petrochemicals firm Keyuan Petrochemicals has signed a long-term supplier agreement with Shell Petrochemicals, a joint venture between CNOOC and Royal Dutch Shell Group, to purchase butadiene, an essential raw material used in the production of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS). This year…
Goodyear reports Q4 results
GOODYEAR Tyre & Rubber Company reported fourth quarter EPS of US$ 0.03, ex-items, versus estimates of US$ 0.20. Revenues in the quarter rose 12% year-over-year to US$ 5.68 billion, missing estimates of US$ 5.88 billion. Richard J. Kramer, chairman and…
Global tyre demand to accelerate
GLOBAL tyre demand to accelerate World demand for tyres is forecast to rise 4 .7% per year through 2015 to 3.3 billion units according to US research firm Freedonia Group. In value terms, the tyres market is projected to advance…
Growing alongside the synthetic rubber market
BEREFT of oil resources, Taiwan has successfully emerged as a petrochemical titan and currently ranks the ninth largest producer in the world. However, the country’s dependence on crude oil supply has made it vulnerable to pricing fluctuations. Thus, by value…
Silicones big ticket to health sector
LONG associated with feeding bottle nipples and breast implants, silicone rubber is forecast to be the next billion dollar industry to tap the changing yet highly lucrative prospects in the medical and healthcare sectors A steady pipeline of innovative materials…
New website for European fleets
Goodyear Dunlop has launched a website dedicated to providing fleets with information to reduce their costs and improve their carbon footprint.