Recent News

• Briefs from Print

  May 20, 2013

  AKRON—The International Tire Exhibition & Conference is splitting in two, with the tire manufacturing portion of the event returning to Akron, and the retail end heading to a location in the South.

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• Hyde: SBR prices to remain stable, but high

  May 20, 2013

  Styrene-butadiene rubber prices should be relatively stable this year and next, according to a market research expert. There's a caveat, however, in the good news for SBR customers. “We're talking about relative stability at high historical prices,” said Bill Hyde, senior director of...

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• Livigni's career choice: chemistry

  May 20, 2013

  AKRON—Charles Goodyear Medalist Russell A. Livigni may have chosen another career path if he had listened to his boss at the O'Neil's department store. Livigni worked at the Akron store during high school, handling credit applications and using huge ledgers. He liked the job and the chance...

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• Judge denies Dow's motion in urethane chemical price-fixing case

  May 16, 2013

  KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Dow Chemical Co. said it will appeal the ruling by a Kansas City federal judge denying Dow's motion to decertify a price-fixing class action and ordering the company to pay $1.2 billion in damages to the plaintiffs

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• Asia Carbon conversion on schedule

  May 16, 2013

  NEW YORK—Asia Carbon Industries Inc. said its conversion of carbon black production from a commodity to a specialty grade is on schedule for a third-quarter launch.

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• Edge Rubber expanding

  May 16, 2013

  HARRISBURG, Pa.—Scrap tire recycler Edge Rubber L.L.C. plans to expand operations in Franklin County, Pa., and add 50 jobs, according to the Pennsylvania governor's office.

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• Lanxess opens bladder plant in Brazil

  May 14, 2013

  PORTO FELIZ, Brazil—German synthetic polymers producer Lanxess A.G. has opened a $13.5 million plant in Porto Feliz for butyl curing bladders used in tire manufacturing.

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• U.S. Zinc begins expansion project at Tenn. plants

  May 07, 2013

  HOUSTON—U.S. Zinc has begun an expansion project at its two domestic zinc oxide plants that will result in more capacity, equipment and employees at each site.

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• Rubber Division considers new membership plan

  May 06, 2013

  FAIRLAWN, Ohio—If things go as planned, it won't be long before the ACS Rubber Division has a new plan in place for corporate memberships. That is one of the main goals of Leonard Thomas, a consultant and division chairman for this year. He said that while the proposal is in its infancy...

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• Asian carbon black producers smell opportunity in N.A.

  May 06, 2013

  North American tire production today is sluggish at best, except for light vehicle original equipment tires. But that certainly isn't holding back foreign carbon black companies from going after customers in this corner of the world. They—particularly Asian carbon black producers—see two...

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