Jim Johnson

The Wayne, Pa.-based company, with a new CEO, has grown signficantly over the past year through a series of transactions. Transactions that are getting the company moving "from a growth perspective."

Molded Dimensions is adding plastics expertise with its latest acquisition.

Allied Plastics is an "exceptional business" poised for "continued growth," according to All-State Industries. How does All-State's new ownership of the company enhance this?

ExxonMobil Chemical Co. will buy a California-based materials supplier, combining Nobel Prize-winning technology with ExxonMobil's "complementary" processes.

With the purchase of injection molding company Seitz L.L.C., Molded Devices Inc. is increasing its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. and China.

UHP, despite being a relatively small segment of overall sales in the tire industry, is a key market for Michelin.

The third-generation leader at his family-owned firm, says he still is in learning mode after more than 50 years on the job.

Packaging and medical products maker Tekni-Plex Inc. is buying M-Industries L.L.C., marking Tekni-Plex's 16th acquisition in the last five years.

The role that tires play in society is changing, and so is the technology behind their development.

An international forest certification group is launching a new campaign aimed at rubber producers.

Whether they are called rubber bands, gum bands or elastic loops, these humble workhorses of home, business and office are ubiquitous.

The new product offers added load capacity and lowered rolling resistance.

A New York-based private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners will buy Eastman Chemical's tire additives business with an eye toward enhancing the operation.

Honeywell is working with health care supplies provider Premier Inc. to produce hundreds of millions of gloves per year on U.S. soil.

A pair of major synthetic rubber deals are making news around the world, including some well-known names in the business.