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PPG Industries announced today that it is increasing its precipitated silica production capacity at the Lake Charles, LA plant by more...

Tyrepress.com reports that Bridgestone’s recently appointed CEO Maasaki Tsuya indicated in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that...

Nokian is scheduled to begin production at its new factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia in June 2012. The factory is built alonside an existing...

Notch Consulting has published the latest edition of the Silica Market Update, a biannual report on the precipitated silica industry. The...

Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, announced earlier this month that the expansion of its precipitated...

In October 2011, Taiwan-based Oriental Silicas Corporation acquired Japan-based Tokuyama’s precipitated silica business, consisting of...

Michelin has developed new, highly energy efficient tires to help increase the overall range of Renault’s new model, ZOE. All Renault ZOE...

From Rubber World: Momentive Performance Materials announced its collaboration with Sumitomo Rubber Industries on the development of...

2011 TIRE SHIPMENTS TO GROW NEARLY ONE PERCENT Two percent increase anticipated for 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C., December 2, 2011 – The Rubber...

On Wednesday, November 9, Rhodia inaugurated its expansion of highly dispersible silica production at its Chicago Heights, Illinois site....

The precipitated silica market will see healthy growth in 2011, with global volumes forecast to expand 6.4% to 2.0 million tonnes. This...

Rhodia Silica plans to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new plant expansion at its precipitated silica plant in Chicago Heights,...

On Friday, October 7, Tokuyama Corporation announced that it would exit the precipitated silica business by February 29, 2012. However,...

A staff report in the European Rubber Journal summarizes Cabot Corp.’s global carbon black expansions. Cabot is expanding three...

PPG has announced that it will grow its global precipitated silica production capacity through expansion projects at its Lake Charles, LA...

Free Paper reports that Jiangxi Black Cat recently completed a new 20,000 tonne/year production line for precipitated silica in...

Asks Tire Review. According to an official statement Bridgestone released to the Nikkei, the company is expected to face a shortage of an...

CapitalVue China (via Shanghai Securities News) reports that Tonghua Shuanglong Chemical will invest 120 million yuan for construction of...

Cabot Corp, the US-based specialty chemical company, will sell its supermetals business to Australia’s Global Advanced Metals (GAM) for...

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations will invest $135 million to expand capacity at its passenger and light truck tire plant in Aiken...