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Solutia Inc. is initiating a price increase across its Santoflex® antidegradant line of rubber chemicals of up to 15 percent to offset...

Tyrepress.com (subscription required) has an article about Solutia’s recent restructuring of its rubber chemicals business, which...

JAMA (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.) have released their latest production figures for Japanese automobile production,...

On Thursday, May 12, Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. announced plans to invest $224 million to expand its tire plant in Mount...

In its earnings call for 1Q 2011, Solutia’s management has indicated that the company’s restructuring of Flexsys’s rubber chemicals...

Tire Business reported today (subscription required) that Continental A.G. is planning to build a greenfield-site tire plant in the U.S.,...

Toyota Motors has announced that its previously announced production cuts will last at least until November/December as the carmaker...

On Monday, Toyota announced it will shut down all of its North American factories due to shortages of parts from Japan. The temporary...

Rhein Chemie announced today that it had acquired two product lines from Flexsys America, a subsidiary of Solutia. Rhein Chemie is taking...

From Rubber & Plastics News: The U.S. Department of State is on defunding U.S. participation in Singapore-based International Rubber...

Notch Consulting has published a new issue of its bi-annual report the Rubber Chemicals Market Update. The report provides current and...

The Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) of India has charged China and South Korea with dumping tires on the Indian market,...

Goodyear has announced that it intends to close its tire plant in Union City, Tennessee by the end of 2011 as part of a program to cut...

After a very sharp downturn that began around mid-2008 and deepened during the downturn in 2009, the commercial truck tire industry...

The World Trade Organization’s dispute-settlement panel has sided with the Obama administration on a September 2009 decision to levy...

Here’s a story that has me scratching my head. On December 2, Bloomberg reported that Bridgestone planned to cut its rubber consumption...

On Thursday, OMNOVA Solutions announced that it had completed its acquisition of specialty chemicals manufacturer Eliokem International...

Chemtura has announced a series of price increases for antioxidants, UV stabilizers, and flame retardants, On December 6, Chemtura...

On October 21, 2010, Chemtura Corporation announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York had...

Yesterday, OMNOVA Solutions Inc. announced that it had entered into an agreement with AXA Private Equity granting OMNOVA a period of...