WASHINGTON—The leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, asking 10 questions about what the agency knows about possible connections between recycled tire rubber athletic turf and cancer.
DALLAS—Oxea Corp. said it is increasing prices on two products, effective Nov. 1.
MILAN—Pirelli & C. S.p.A.’s board of directors has nominated China National Chemical Corp. Chairman Ren Jianxin to be chairman of Pirelli, succeeding Marco Tronchetti Provera, who has resigned in the wake of ChemChina’s acquisition of majority control of Pirelli.
BALI, Indonesia—The Asean Rubber Business Council has expressed concerns over the current low prices of natural rubber, the international body said in a press release.
SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico—Preferred Compounding de Mexico is investing heavily in its plant in Mexico in an effort to remain ahead of expected growth.
KINGWOOD, Texas—Orion Engineered Carbons will increase prices of its specialty carbon blacks by up to 8 percent, the company announced.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Kultevat Inc. and Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. have entered into an agreement to accelerate the development of Taraxicum kok-saghya, also known as the Russian dandelion, as an alternate source of rubber to replace materials from Hevea rubber trees.