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Evonik Industries has announced a new silica-based matting agent, EXP 3600, intended for UV-cured coatings. According to the company, the...

European Rubber Journal (subscription required) reports that Pirelli has used the Geneva show to introduce the Scorpion Verde, claimed to...

Details on this story are not yet available, but according to statements that Evonik has made to the Financial Times Deutschland over the...

Michelin has released its October 2009 and year-to-date figures for tire sales, and the figures offer a significantly more positive...

Notch Consulting this month published the first issue of the Silica Market Update, a new, twice-yearly report updating conditions in the...

Goodyear has announced that it plans to close its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina by the end of the year. The plant, which employs...

Updated: Subsequent to the original report below, the Vietnamese government clarified that the ban would cover only construction sand,...

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required): The recent world economic recovery is shaky and could soon fade, one of Michelin’s...

On September 29, Evonik Industries announced it would increase its silica prices worldwide. The price increase of 5% will become...

Tire Business (subscription required) is reporting that Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. will move production of consumer tires it makes in...

On Tuesday, September 22, Cooper Tire & Rubber held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $7 million expansion of its tire plant in Tupelo,...

The Rubber In Engineering Group (RIEG), part of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (London), is sponsoring a one-day technical...

The blog Science Codex has an interesting article on the use of microcrystalline cellulose as a reinforcing filler in tires, potentially...

According to Industrial Minerals (subscription required), Huber Engineered Materials has completed construction of its new precipitated...

According to Reuters, the US International Trade Commission announced on Thursday, June 18, that China was unfairly flooding the U.S....

The New York Times recently had an article that asked one of the key questions regarding the future of the US and global motor vehicle...

Hankook Tire has launched its enfren line of low rolling-resistance tires to the Australian market, the first market outside Korea to...

Here are some key takeaways from Cabot’s conference call for the second quarter FY2009, which was held on Thursday, April 30. The call...

Cabot Corporation announced its financial results for the second quarter of FY 2009 after the close of business today. For the quarter,...

On April 13, Michelin North America announced that it would close its BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing plant in Opelika, Alabama by October...