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UK car industry warns of €55k/minute cost of hard Brexit
Added: 26 Jun 2019
London – The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has urged the next UK prime minister…
DRAFT Plastics Institute of Thailand joins IRSG
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Singapore – The Plastics Institute of Thailand is the newest member of the Panel of Associates of t…
Kumho taps Goodyear for European tech centre
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany – Korean tire maker Kumho has added two former Goodyear Dunlop manager…
US seals maker acquires Austria's Plastoseal
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Cleveland, Ohio – US seals supplier System Seals Inc. has acquired Plastoseal Produktions GmbH, an …
Asahi Kasei still mulling SR plant in Europe
Added: 26 Jun 2019
London - Japanese materials supplier Asahi Kasei is continuing to assess plans to build a synthetic…
Michelin raising tire prices in North America
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. plans to increase prices 1 July in the US …
KraussMaffei Berstorff relocating HQ in Hanover
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Hanover, Germany – Extrusion machinery supplier KraussMaffei Berstorff is relocating its headquarte…
China’s Z-Sharp starts up TPU shoe sole 3D printing facility
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Wuhu, Anhui – China’s Z-Sharp 3D Technology has started the first phase of a 3D printing facility. …
Sumitomo Chemical launches policy on human rights
Added: 25 Jun 2019
Tokyo – Sumitomo Chemical has set up a ‘human rights policy’ and an associated committee to promote…
Tarmac develops rubberised asphalt from ELTs
Added: 25 Jun 2019
London – UK supplier of sustainable construction materials Tarmac has developed a new rubberised as…
Bridgestone bearings for quake-proof Olympics venues
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp has supplied seismic isolation bearings for two newly-constructed permanen…
Michelin appoints new ad agency
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has selected Paris-based ad agency BETC as its new strategic ag…
Goodyear supplying tires to Airbus A321XLR
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has been conditionally selected as a supplier by Airbus to provide its “flig…
DRAFT Polymers, fillers, interaction
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Efforts to optimise polymer-filler interactions are helping to increase the sustainability and perf…
Market “back where it started” a year after tariffs
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Birmingham, UK - Giti Tire was among the manufacturers to be hit by EU tariffs on truck and bus tir…
ContiTech expects “moderate growth” in car market
Added: 24 Jun 2019
London – Continental Corp. expects moderate growth in the automotive market in the second half of 2…
Windspace, Enviro advance tire pyrolysis project
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Nyborg, Denmark – Renewable energy group Windspace and Scandinavian Enviro systems have advanced th…
Railway supplier Huebner acquires bus specialist
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Kassel, Germany - German automotive and industrial parts supplier Huebner Group has acquired Gummi-…
Elkem develops tin-free catalysts for RTV 2 silicones
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Oslo – Elkem Silicones has developed a new tin-free catalyst system for room-temperature-vulcanisin…
Natural rubber price tracker: Mixed picture
Added: 21 Jun 2019
London - Natural rubber prices provided mixed signals in the Far East markets during the past two w…
