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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…

VW, Bridgestone bid to break EV lap record

VW, Bridgestone bid to break EV lap record

Added: 6 Mar 2019

Brussels – Volkswagen Motorsport will employ Bridgestone rubber in a bid to break a notable lap rec…

Conti, Kordsa offer free licencing of rubber-adhesive technology

Added: 6 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany - Continental and Kordsa are to offer a jointly developed technology for bonding t…

Toyo to raise US truck tire prices

Toyo to raise US truck tire prices

Added: 6 Mar 2019

Cypress, California – Toyo Tire USA Corp. is raising dealer base prices 1 May on its commercial tir…

Natural rubber producers announce details of exports cut

Natural rubber producers announce details of exports cut

Added: 6 Mar 2019

Bangkok –  Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to cut back exports of natural rubber by 24…

Mesnac, Hainan Rubber form strategic partnership

Mesnac, Hainan Rubber form strategic partnership

Added: 5 Mar 2019

Qingdao, Shandong – Chinese machinery maker Mesnac and natural rubber supplier Hainan Rubber have e…

Conti gears up for “significant” Middle East expansion

Conti gears up for “significant” Middle East expansion

Added: 5 Mar 2019

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Continental has opened an office in , in Jeddah, with an eye on strengthenin…

Kumho Tire names Jeon Dae-jin as CEO

Kumho Tire names Jeon Dae-jin as CEO

Added: 5 Mar 2019

Seoul – Kumho Tire Co. Inc. has appointed Jeon Dae-jin, currently senior executive vice president, …

Freudenberg divests IT unit

Added: 5 Mar 2019

Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg has announced the sale of its Freudenberg IT (FIT) unit to Syntax, …

Chinese auto supplier advances elastomer PU skin part

Chinese auto supplier advances elastomer PU skin part

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Ludwigshafen, Germany – Green & Light Automotive Components has developed a car-boot ‘loading floor…

Apollo Vredestein sharpens focus on European OE activities

Apollo Vredestein sharpens focus on European OE activities

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Kettering, UK – Apollo Tyres chief quality & business excellence officer Pedro Matos has been named…

Nokian to begin hiring at US tire plant

Nokian to begin hiring at US tire plant

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Dayton, Tennessee – Nokian Tyres plc has posted the "help wanted" sign outside of its tire plant in…

TTE News: Zeppelin highlighting storage-silo technology

TTE News: Zeppelin highlighting storage-silo technology

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany – Silos for storing carbon black and silica will be among the focal points for Zep…

TTE News: Asahi Kasei to display fifth-generation SSBR

TTE News: Asahi Kasei to display fifth-generation SSBR

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany - Asahi Kasei will present its solution-polymerised styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SB…

TTE News: Rubber Consultants highlight testing capabilities

TTE News: Rubber Consultants highlight testing capabilities

Added: 4 Mar 2019

Hanover, Germany – TARRC's consultancy Rubber Consultants is highlighting its capabilities in the f…

TTE News: Tire Manufacturing Innovation of the Year

TTE News: Tire Manufacturing Innovation of the Year

Added: 3 Mar 2019

Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence 2019 shortlist – as supplied by …

TTE News: Tire Industry Supplier of the Year

TTE News: Tire Industry Supplier of the Year

Added: 3 Mar 2019

Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence 2019 shortlist – as supplied by …

TTE News: Environmental Achievement of the Year

TTE News: Environmental Achievement of the Year

Added: 3 Mar 2019

Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence 2019 shortlist – as supplied by …

TTE News: Tire Technology of the Year

TTE News: Tire Technology of the Year

Added: 3 Mar 2019

 Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence 2019 shortlist – as supplied by…