INDIA-based JK Tyre & Industries Ltd is set to start an INR10 billion expansion plan at Chennai in the next two to three months and is anticipated to be completed in two phases by 2016 to 2017 Vikram Malhotra, Vice…
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Indonesian petrochem firm to expand naptha facility
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Thailand, Malaysia join forces in Rubber City project
THAILAND and Malaysia are collaborating on the Rubber City project aimed at developing the rubber industries of both countries. There are high hopes for the said project, and shoring up prices in Thailand – a major issue that has elicited…
TA Instruments acquires German software and automation firm
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Apollo in closing stages of US$2.5 billion take over of Cooper
Indian tyre company Apollo Tyres is set to take over US-based Cooper Tire and Rubber Co, with the shareholders having approved the US$2.5 billion sale, thus moving forward towards the set up of the world’s seventh biggest tyre maker and…
Michelin forms US$435 million partnership for synthetic rubber plant
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Garden-grown rubber introduced in Sri Lanka
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Continental metes EUR40 million for global expansion by 2018
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