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ANRPC meeting to discuss sustainability costs
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Kuala Lumpur – The upcoming annual meeting of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries…

NR production impacted by disease, low prices
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Krabi, Thailand – The natural rubber (NR) production is expected to be negatively affected by an ou…

Hexpol reports improved results in first half
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol AB has reported 3% year-on-year growth in operating profit to SEK1.13 millio…

European replacement car tire sales dip in first half
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Brussels – European replacement passenger car tires sales fell 3.7% year-on-year to 101 million uni…

Toyo to further expand US tire plant
Added: 18 Jul 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. is moving ahead with a previously announced expansion of its US tire…

EU passenger car demand declines in June, first half
Added: 18 Jul 2019
Brussels – New car registrations in the European Union fell by 7.8% year-on-year to 1,446,183 units…

Akwel Group opens rubber hose plant in Thailand
Added: 18 Jul 2019
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France – French automotive supplier, the Akwel Group has inaugurated an autom…

Michelin considering future of German tire plant
Added: 18 Jul 2019
London – Michelin is studying the future of its car tire production plant in Hallstadt, Bamberg, G…

Natural rubber price tracker: Markets in reverse
Added: 18 Jul 2019
London – Natural rubber prices witnessed a decline in the Far East markets over the three weeks to …

Conti AV chief sees "full autonomy" taking time
Added: 18 Jul 2019
Hanover, Germany – The first fully autonomous vehicles able to handle all conditions on public road…

Former ERJ publisher Dave Zielasko joins TIA
Added: 18 Jul 2019
Bowie, Maryland – David Zielasko, former publisher of European Rubber Journal, has joined the US Ti…

Lotte-GS Energy €600m JV to include butadiene plant
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Seoul – Lotte Chemical and GS Energy of South Korea have signed a KRW 800-billion (€600 million) jo…

Conti building motorcycle tire plant in Thailand
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Rayong, Thailand – Continental has started the construction of a motorcycle tire factory “in the im…

ETRMA calls for “equal access” to in-vehicle data
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has once again called fo…

Cooper considering expanding US tire plant
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Tupelo, Mississippi — Cooper Tire & Rubber is considering expanding its Tupelo passenger car and li…

Goodyear testing tire components in space
Added: 17 Jul 2019
Akron, Ohio — Goodyear is sending some of its tire components into space for testing, as part of a …

New Marangoni partner in Benelux
Added: 16 Jul 2019
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems has announced a new partnership in Benelux with Tyre…

Goodyear raising US capacity for larger tires
Added: 16 Jul 2019
Fayetteville, North Carolina – Goodyear is planning to expand capacity for larger rim-diameter pas…

Conti wins design complaint against wholesaler Heuver
Added: 16 Jul 2019
Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. has reached an out-of-court settlement with Dutch automotive w…

REP targets growth with new agency, appointments
Added: 16 Jul 2019
Corbas, France – Rubber machinery maker REP International has strengthened its sales network with a…