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Cooper Tire Built a Tire Using New Guayule Related Materials and Rubber From Guayule Plant

Oct 23, 2014

Cooper Tire has built a tire using new guayule related materials and rubber extracted from Guayule plants. Presently the technical team of Cooper Tire is testing the new product by using rigorous wheel, road and track tests. The company ...

Tags: Cooper, Guayule Plant, Accessories

Kumho Will Operate Its Butadiene Plants at Reduced Rates of 50% as The Lack of Feedstock

May 23, 2014

Kumho Petrochemical will continue to operate its two butadiene plants in South Korea at reduced rates of 50% for the time being, due to an ongoing lack of crude C4 feedstock, a company source said Wednesday. The company has a 150,000 ...

Tags: Butadiene, Kumho Petrochemical

Sibur Is Under Negotiation with Sinopec Regarding a Jointly Invested Project

Nov 27, 2013

On November 13, 2013, at the 13th International Rubber Technology Exhibition, Russia gas processing and petroleum company Sibur discloses that the company is under negotiation with Sinopec regarding a jointly invested project which is to ...

Tags: Chinese, Russian, petroleum, giant, Rubber Plant, Shanghai

Michelin and PBI Have Inked a Deal to Build a New $435m Synthetic Rubber Plant

Jun 20, 2013

French tire maker Michelin and Indonesia’s Chandra Asri Petrochemical’s (CAP) subsidiary Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI) have inked a deal to build a new $435m synthetic rubber plant. The move follows establishment of a ...

Tags: Michelin tire, Synthetic Rubber Plant

There Is a Change in Management of 14 Business Units of Specialty Chemical Company LANXESS

Apr 19, 2013

There will be a change in management at three of the 14 business units of specialty chemicals company LANXESS. Dr. Ron Commander (62), Head of the Butyl Rubber business unit (BTR), will enter retirement at the end of this year and until ...

Tags: Lanxess, Textile

Asian Butadiene Prices Hit a More Than Six Month High Monday

Feb 21, 2013

Asian butadiene prices hit a more than six month high Monday on tight availability amid the startup of new synthetic rubber plants in China and higher naphtha feedstock costs. Butadiene prices surged 44% from a 2012 low of $1,455/mt FOB ...

Tags: butadiene prices, synthetic rubber, Asian naphtha prices