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Guizhou Tyre to set up Vietnam subsidiary

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

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

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

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…

The plant started test runs and training in May last year and reached full-scale capacity in October, Cabiri explained in a 28-Feb written statement.

French rubber group starts production in Albania

Added: 11 Mar 2019

Elbasan, Albania – French automotive supplier Delmon Group has started up a new production plant in…

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Trinseo presents new SSBR grade at Tire Tech Show

Added: 11 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany – Trinseo SA presented a new grade of multi-functionalised S-SBR, Sprintan 918S, d…

Ravago buys rubber distributor HB Chemical

Ravago buys rubber distributor HB Chemical

Added: 11 Mar 2019

Twinsburg, Ohio – Ravago Holdings America Inc has acquired  HB Chemical Inc for an undisclosed amou…

Continental rubber group earnings down

Continental rubber group earnings down

Added: 8 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp.’s rubber group has posted an 8% year-on-year decline in earnin…

Bridgestone increasing prices of Dayton TBR tires in US

Bridgestone increasing prices of Dayton TBR tires in US

Added: 8 Mar 2019

Nashville, Tennessee — Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) is increasing prices on all Dayt…

Celanese expands co-polyesters production in Italy

Celanese expands co-polyesters production in Italy

Added: 8 Mar 2019

Ferrara, Italy - Celanese Corp. has increased production capacity for Pibiflex and Riteflex thermop…

Huebner building rubber products plant in US

Huebner building rubber products plant in US

Added: 8 Mar 2019

Kassel, Germany – German automotive and industrial parts supplier Huebner Group is building an elas…

Continental cleared to acquire Cooper Standard AVS business 

Continental cleared to acquire Cooper Standard AVS business 

Added: 7 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. has received necessary approvals from all antitrust authoritie…

Asahi rubber expansion set to come on stream 

Asahi rubber expansion set to come on stream 

Added: 7 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany - Asahi Kasei has reached the completion stage of a major debottlenecking project …

TTE News: One wins top innovation award for HF

TTE News: One wins top innovation award for HF

Added: 7 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany  – HF Group's One tire building machine (TBM) has been named 'tire manufacturing i…

TTE News: Sumitomo wins top tire-technology award

TTE News: Sumitomo wins top tire-technology award

Added: 7 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany -  Sumitomo Rubber Industries' (SRI) Sensing Core has been named the 'tire technol…

TTE News: Michelin scoops top tire maker award

TTE News: Michelin scoops top tire maker award

Added: 7 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany - Environmental initiatives over the past 12 months have helped  Michelin to earn …

US tire shipments projected to fall 0.7% this year

US tire shipments projected to fall 0.7% this year

Added: 7 Mar 2019

Washington — US tire shipments are expected to drop about 0.7% in 2019 from 2018, with replacement …

Tire Technology Expo - News & views

Added: 7 Mar 2019

European Rubber Journal focuses in on news, views and developments in the run-up to the Tire Techno…

Acmos appoints general manager for rubber division

Acmos appoints general manager for rubber division

Added: 7 Mar 2019

Bremen, Germany – Acmos Chemie KG has appointed Ralph Lopez general manager for its newly formed ru…