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DRAFT ERJ Machinery Survey 2019: Robust under pressure
Added: 17 Mar 2019
Major players upbeat, though headwinds stall last year’s recovery, ERJ’s Tire & Rubber Machinery Su…
Flexan develops full-service concept for medical devices
Added: 15 Mar 2019
Lincolnshire, Illinois – US medical elastomer parts manufacturer Flexan Group has introduced a new …
Goodyear to offer e-commerce option for commercial tires
Added: 15 Mar 2019
Grapevine, Texas — Four years after rolling out an e-commerce tire-buying programme for consumer ti…
Koetz to lead Conti tire division in management reshuffle
Added: 15 Mar 2019
Hanover, Germany – Christian Koetz will take over the leadership of Continental Corp.’s tire divisi…
EU passenger car demand continues to fall in February
Added: 15 Mar 2019
Brussels – The EU passenger car market contracted by 1.0% in February, compared to the same period …
Chemical regulation concerns remain as Brexit nears
Added: 14 Mar 2019
London — With two weeks until the UK’s deadline to separate from the European Union, significant co…
Cabot to implement feedstock surcharge for carbon blacks
Added: 14 Mar 2019
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. will be applying a feedstock surcharge of $0.01/pound to all ca…
Faurecia, Michelin join forces to advance hydrogen fuel cells
Added: 14 Mar 2019
Paris – Automotive supplier Faurecia and tire & rubber company Michelin have signed a memorandum of…
Cooper Tire Europe names new OE director
Added: 14 Mar 2019
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has appointed a former Apollo Vredestein executive René Del…
Forestry equipment tires market set to grow
Added: 14 Mar 2019
New York – The global market for forestry equipment tires is estimated to grow at CAGR of 5.7% thro…
Algerian tire plant starts production
Added: 13 Mar 2019
Hanover, Germany – Algeria’s first tire plant reached the “industrialisation phase,” just ahead of …
Orion sales, profits up despite lower volumes
Added: 13 Mar 2019
Houston, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons has seen fourth quarter 2018 sales and profits rise withi…
Michelin completes purchase of Indonesian tire maker
Added: 13 Mar 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France - Michelin has completed the acquisition of 88% control of Indonesia’s PT …
Enviro sees growth potential in North America
Added: 13 Mar 2019
Stockholm – Recovered carbon black (rCB) manufacturer Scandinavian Enviro Systems is focusing its a…
ZC Rubber extends warranty on TBR tires in Europe
Added: 12 Mar 2019
Frankfurt, Germany – ZC Rubber has extended warranty plans on Westlake radial light and medium truc…
Guizhou Tyre to set up Vietnam subsidiary
Added: 12 Mar 2019
Guiyang, Guizhou – China’s Guizhou Tyre plans to set up a fully-owned subsidiary in Vietnam to adva…
Goodyear, Michelin debut UUHP tires at Geneva Motor Show
Added: 12 Mar 2019
Geneva, Switzerland — Goodyear and Group Michelin have launched tires designed for dual track and s…
BKT to open new US warehouse
Added: 12 Mar 2019
Wesley Chapel, Florida - BKT USA Inc. is looking to open a third US warehouse, somewhere in the Mid…
DRAFT US sets anti-dumping duty against Chinese OTR tire maker
Added: 11 Mar 2019
Washington — The US Department of Commerce issued a final anti-dumping duty of 1.45% against off-th…
Goodyear unveils concept tires for flying cars in Geneva
Added: 11 Mar 2019
Geneva – Goodyear has introduced its latest concept tire at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Sho…
