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Future Tire: Simple things make a difference
Added: 5 Jun 2019
London – The single most effective improvement that can make tires more sustainable today is enhanc…
Global light vehicles sales fall in April
Added: 4 Jun 2019
Oxford, UK – Global sales of light vehicles fell by 6.9% in April 2019 compared with the equivalent…
Chivas funding for Polish tire pyrolysis start-up
Added: 4 Jun 2019
Amsterdam – Polish tire-pyrolysis startup Syntoil has received $250,000 (€222,000) in funding from …
Trelleborg expands silicone products facility in Bulgaria
Added: 4 Jun 2019
Pernik, Bulgaria – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) has completed an expansion project at its sil…
People: Kumho boss elected president of the IISRP
Added: 4 Jun 2019
Seattle, Washington – The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has voted i…
SKF confirms closure of UK factory
Added: 4 Jun 2019
Gothenburg, Sweden – Swedish engineering group SKF is moving ahead with plans to close down its pro…
Goodyear advances fleet mobility with Borrow deal
Added: 4 Jun 2019
Akron, Ohio - —Goodyear is teaming up with Prazo Inc., an electric car subscription company doing b…
Hainan Rubber to build rubber theme park
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Haikou, Hainan – Chinese natural rubber producer Hainan Rubber Group has entered into strategic par…
Future Tire: CASE for sustainability in tire industry
Added: 3 Jun 2019
London – To address the environmental challenges ahead, the tire industry must “significantly adapt…
Kumho fined for alleged safety violations at US tire plant
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Macon, Georgia – The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued fines total…
Apollo opens full-service outlet for farm tires
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Satana, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has opened a full-service agriculture tire outlet in Satana, in th…
Parker Prädifa develops rubber composite technology
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany – Parker Hannifin’s engineered materials group Parker Prädifa has dev…
Michelin inks JV agreement to repurpose Dundee tire site
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Dundee, UK – Michelin has signed a joint venture agreement to build a “flagship innovation centre” …
Application: Trelleborg launches new seals for oil & gas industry
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Houston, Texas – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched XploR S-Seal and XploR FS-Seal, extrusio…
Continental steps up new-compound tire production
Added: 31 May 2019
Weybridge, UK – Continental has started volume production of its new EcoContact 6 tire, making 95 s…
Four tire makers earn GM supplier honours
Added: 31 May 2019
Detroit, Michigan — General Motors Co. has named Bridgestone Americas Inc., Goodyear, Hankook Tire …
Update: GRI targets efficiency with new Comerio Ercole calender
Added: 31 May 2019
Colombo – Global Rubber Industries (GRI) has invested over $40 million (€36 million) in a new Comer…
Kordsa adds new polyester yarn line in Turkey
Added: 31 May 2019
Izmit, Turkey – Kordsa Inc has commissioned a new $18-million (€16 million) polyester yarn line at …
Sumitomo Riko hit by labour shortage, automotive slowdown
Added: 30 May 2019
Tokyo – Sumitomo Riko has registered double-digit declines in profitability for the fiscal year end…
Yokohama tire fitted on new Mazda 3
Added: 30 May 2019
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. is supplying tires as original equipment for the new Mazda3, which wen…
