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Petrochemical companies, tire makers and synthetic rubber producers alike are investing in sourcing more sustainable butadiene. Here are five entities making moves for the more sustainable monomer.
Global Tire Report – 2024 | Rubber News
Rubber News presents the 39th annual Global Tire Report.. This report includes: the Top 75 tire makers in the world for 2024 based on 2023 global tire sales; charts on fiscal 2023 sales and earnings comparisons, sales per employee, and capital and R&D spending trends; and a listing of world tire production facilities.
Flexsys transition on track in 'turbulent world' | Rubber News
Oct 21, 2022 · AKRON—Flexsys America L.P. is on track with a transition into its own system amid raw materials and inflationary headwinds, according to Sandip Tyagi, CEO of the tire additives business. "Since the completion of the carve-out transaction late last year, we have hired over 150 new employees," Tyagi said, "… and we are in the final phase of transition over onto our own business systems."
Promises kept: ContiTech breaks ground on Mexican hose plant
Mar 1, 2024 · FAIRLAWN, Ohio—ContiTech USA Inc. CEO Andreas Gerstenberger is fond of the phrase "we say what we do and we do what we say.". That's certainly the case with ContiTech's plans for its new hydraulic hose manufacturing facility in Mexico. And then some. From when the business unit of Germany's Continental A.G. first announced the project in 2022 to when it broke ground Jan. 26, a lot has changed.
USTMA: 2024 should be record year for tire shipments
Dec 5, 2024 · WASHINGTON—The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association is projecting 2024 as another record year for tire shipments, thanks in part to strong replacement tire volumes, particularly for light truck and truck tires.. According to its latest report, USTMA anticipates 2024 shipments to come in around 338.9 million units.
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Curiosity driving growth, transition for NRP-Jones
Oct 10, 2024 · Curiosity, as a precursor to knowledge of any industry, leads to better processes and market forecasts, according to NRP-Jones L.L.C. CEO Joe Kochan.
Sumitomo to cut over 1,500 jobs with New York plant closure
Nov 7, 2024 · TONAWANDA, N.Y.—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. is terminating all production activities at its New York tire factory and is dissolving its consolidated subsidiary, Sumitomo Rubber USA L.L.C. (SRUSA), resulting in the loss of 1,555 jobs. All production at the 102-year-old Tonawanda facility will cease immediately, the tire maker said, with related wind down activities expected to be complete ...
Cabot Corp., Orion to raise prices on carbon black | Rubber News
Nov 15, 2024 · BOSTON—Two carbon black companies with offices in the U.S. are raising prices on carbon black. Boston-based Cabot Corp. and Spring, Texas-based Orion S.A. will raise prices globally. The Cabot price hike begins Dec. 1 or as contracts allow.
University of Akron's proposed cuts could hit polymer program …
Nov 26, 2024 · From a funding perspective, the University of Akron said it will meet its responsibilities to the Polymer Industry Cluster, EDA Tech Hubs award and the Ohio Department of Development Innovation Hub, regardless of the retrenchment plan. "The university will meet its commitments ... to these areas of work force development and research and development efforts," Ewin said.