* Expects to increase workforce, no redundancies * Says deal is “revolutionary” for ChemChina rubber, tyre ops * Calls Tronchetti partnership “a very beautiful marriage” (Adds strategy details in paragraphs 5-7, comment on redundancy in pars 9-10) The chairman of China National…
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