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China light vehicle market set for 6% decline: IHS Markit
Added: 22 Jul 2019
Washington – Chinese demand for light vehicles (LVs) is set to fall by 6% in 2019 compared to figur…
Innovative roof rail cover with Kraiburg TPE
Added: 21 Jul 2019
Waldkraiburg, Germany – German vehicle components supplier Gutsche Engineering is using thermoplast…
Trelleborg wins ‘major contract’ for piping systems
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB’s offshore operation has been awarded ‘a major multi-million-dol…
Pirelli confirms small fire at UK plant
Added: 19 Jul 2019
Burton-on-Trent, UK – Pirelli has confirmed “a small incident” at its UK production plant in Beech …
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 …
