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GRI using tire endurance tester in Sri Lanka
Added: 20 Nov 2018
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Speciality tire manufacturer Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. (GRI) has inst…

Cooper Tire opens warehouse in Mississippi
Added: 20 Nov 2018
Byhalia, Mississippi – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has put into operation a 1 million-sq.-ft. leased w…

Arlanxeo sales, earnings rise in Q3
Added: 20 Nov 2018
Cologne, Germany – Arlanxeo, the synthetic rubber joint venture between Lanxess and Saudi Aramco, h…

Dow mulls world-scale siloxanes facility
Added: 20 Nov 2018
Friedrichshafen, Germany – Dow Chemical Co. is currently conducting a feasibility study on a “world…

Analysis: Conti, Cooper Standard upbeat about AVS deal
Added: 19 Nov 2018
Novi, Michigan – Continental AG's Vibration Control business, which produces anti-vibration parts l…

Bridgestone to expand US truck tire plant
Added: 19 Nov 2018
Morrison, Tennessee – Bridgestone Americas Inc. is planning to break ground later this year on an e…

Brexit chaos looms larger over UK rubber sector
Added: 19 Nov 2018
London – The prospect of the UK crashing out of the European Union looms ever larger with the Westm…

China anti-dumping tariffs on NBR from Japan, Korea
Added: 19 Nov 2018
Beijing – China’s MOFCOM announced its final ruling on 8 November to impose anti-dumping duties on …

Sumitomo downgrades 2018 outlook on rising costs
Added: 19 Nov 2018
Kobe, Japan - Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has downgraded its earnings forecast for fiscal…

Cabot reinforcement segment reports jump in sales, earnings
Added: 19 Nov 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp.’s reinforcement materials segment, which includes its rubber ca…

Q&A: CEAT sees opportunities amid global tire-market challenges
Added: 18 Nov 2018
The global tire industry is currently undergoing an unexpected series of market-disruptions and uph…

Prices rising amid strong demand for carbon black
Added: 17 Nov 2018
Article based on report published in the Nov/Dec 2018 edition of European Rubber Journal magazine:
L…

Yokohama dials back 2018 forecast
Added: 16 Nov 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has revised downward its earnings outlook for fiscal 2018 despite …

Japanese automotive supplier Inoac fined in Canada in bid rigging case
Added: 16 Nov 2018
Tokyo - Japanese auto parts manufacturer Inoac Corp. has been fined about $1 million (€880,000) aft…

Conti notes slowdown in global car production
Added: 16 Nov 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has noted a slowdown in global production of passenger cars and l…

Bridgestone, Pitstop to collaborate in 'mobility' services
Added: 16 Nov 2018
Brussels – Bridgestone Corp. and German automotive service chain Pitstop (pitstop.de GmbH) have ann…

Earnings up, but Pirelli lowers sales forecast on S America slump
Added: 16 Nov 2018
Milan, Italy – Decline in South America has prompted Pirelli C. & SpA to revise down its full-year …

Synthomer starts up nitrile latex expansion in Malaysia
Added: 15 Nov 2018
London: Synthomer has opened a 90-kilotonne expansion to its nitrile latex production facility in P…

Update: ContiTech expanding AVS business with €230m acquisition
Added: 15 Nov 2018
Germany: Continental AG is significantly expanding its anti-vibration systems (AVS) business throug…

Michelin to gain €46m a year from Dundee closure
Added: 15 Nov 2018
London – Groupe Michelin expects to achieve £40 million (€46 million) annually in productivity gain…