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Bridgestone launching flagship sports car tire
Added: 16 Dec 2020
Claimed to have outperformed competitors in dry braking, cornering and straight-line stability
Conti claims ‘real-time’ tread depth monitoring advance
Added: 15 Dec 2020
Technology predicts tire tread depth via an algorithm with an accuracy of within one millimetre
Tyrata raises funds for launch of tread-monitoring system
Added: 15 Dec 2020
Company aims to commercialise a 'drive-over' tread-monitoring sensor technology
German rubber & plastics machinery industry ‘about to turn a corner’
Added: 15 Dec 2020
Industry association VDMA expects to return to 'pre-crisis' level by the year 2023
Trinseo studying divestment of synthetic rubber business
Added: 15 Dec 2020
US polymers and chemicals supplier says potential divestment is part of portfolio transformation
Aeolus entrusted with majority stake in Prometeon
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Agreement aims to solve "problem of horizontal competition" between the two tire makers
Wacker appoints Hartel as new president, CEO
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Hartel will succeed Rudolf Staudigl who is retiring at the end of the next annual shareholders’ mee…
Natural rubber production set for 9% drop, recovery in sight for 2021
Added: 14 Dec 2020
ANRPC expects both supply and demand to bounce next year, but to remain below 2019 levels
Fate of rubber infill in balance as ECHA readies microplastics-ban proposal
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Second ECHA committee offers two options: complete ban or containment measures for rubber infill in…
GRI says recent human resource philosophy driving success
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Process includes "weekly sprint" and "collective intelligence" meetings to track progress of key ob…
India's TVS Srichakra commits $135m to capacity expansions
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Company raising capacity for off-highway as well as two- and three-wheel tires
Global gloves consumption set to reach 360bn pieces
Added: 11 Dec 2020
Top Glove expects demand will not revert to pre-pandemic levels owing to increased hygiene awarenes…
Michelin to fit RFID tags in all tires by 2023
Added: 11 Dec 2020
French manufacturer convinced the move is "a significant step forward" in the industry
ETRMA: Tire industry has key role in new EU mobility strategy
Added: 11 Dec 2020
Highlights contribution to improving fuel-efficiency and safety of vehicles, and importance of new …
Goodyear link-up to supply tire intelligence for autonomous heavy machinery
Added: 11 Dec 2020
Partnership will see TPMS sensors deployed at an active construction site in Cupertino, California …
Borflex Group acquires French silicone rubber specialist
Added: 10 Dec 2020
Among other products, SPCV manufactures childcare equipment and accessories in LSR rubber and silic…
Bridgestone studying sale of Firestone building products business
Added: 10 Dec 2020
Japanese group currently undergoing structural turnaround to increase focus on core products, mobil…
Michelin Group names new chair
Added: 10 Dec 2020
Current chairman and member of supervisory board Michel Rollier to retire after 2021 shareholders' …
Nokian’s ambitious emissions targets to affect 100 companies
Added: 9 Dec 2020
Suppliers impacted as Finnish tire maker looks to cut emissions from tire raw materials
