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Update: EU issues definitive anti-dumping duties on Chinese truck & bus tires
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Brussels – The European Commission has published definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of new a…
UK industry publication PRW to relaunch in January 2019
Added: 23 Oct 2018
London - At the well-attended Plastics Industry Awards event in London on Friday, 28 Sept, organise…
Conti opens €30m hose plant in China
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Qingdao, China – ContiTech AG has relocated its hose production plant in Qingdao to a new facility …
VDMA warning over Chinese competition
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany – German mechanical engineering industry is facing growing competition f…
Bridgestone adding $45m warehouse to Quebec tire plant
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Joliette, Quebec — Bridgestone Canada Inc. plans to build a $45 million (€39.2 million) automated w…
ANRPC: Concern over China weighing down NR prices
Added: 22 Oct 2018
Kuala Lumpur – Global demand for natural rubber outstripped supply by 874 kilotonnes (kt) over the …
Clariant catalysts for INEOS’ new PDH plant
Added: 22 Oct 2018
Munich, Germany – Clariant has won a long-term contract from INEOS to supply its Catofin catalysts …
Green light for new tire project in China
Added: 22 Oct 2018
Lianyungang, China – Jiangsu Chengtai Vehicle’s new two-wheeler and speciality tire project in Lian…
Michelin cuts 2018 forecasts as tire markets slow
Added: 22 Oct 2018
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin has issued a downward revision of its 2018 business fore…
Webinar report: How to sell tires, by eBay
Added: 21 Oct 2018
Akron, Ohio— With about 80% of consumers researching tire purchases online — and a growing percenta…
DRAFT Conti to supply solid tires for JLG telehandlers
Added: 21 Oct 2018
Fort Mill, South Carolina – JLG Industries Inc. has designated a new solid tire line from Continent…
Bridgestone retains top spot in global tire rankings
Added: 19 Oct 2018
But change afoot, as Camso deal boosts Michelin; while Sumitomo jumps to fifth slot
After nearly a d…
Technology: Covestro unveils TPUs based on carbon dioxide
Added: 19 Oct 2018
Labelled Desmopan 37385A, the new materials have a lower carbon footprint and help close the carbon…
Event: UK group meeting on elastomer processing
Added: 19 Oct 2018
London – The next Rubber in Engineering Group (RIEG) organised 'afternoon technical discussion meet…
TRWP, data-access top ETRMA board agenda
Added: 19 Oct 2018
Brussels – EU legislators are being targeted by public debate, which is leading institutions to see…
Tire RFID standard now expected by end of 2019
Added: 19 Oct 2018
Clermont-Ferrand, France – After some recent delays, a universal ISO standard for RFID tire tags is…
New SI Group emerges as SK completes acquisition
Added: 19 Oct 2018
New York – SK Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of global additives and intermediates …
Electrification shaking up rubber auto-parts sector
Added: 18 Oct 2018
Slowly but surely a picture is emerging of the challenges facing suppliers of rubber-based componen…
Kumho ups EPDM prices on higher feedstock costs
Added: 18 Oct 2018
Akron, Ohio – South Korean EPDM maker Kumho Polychem Co. recently announced a price increase of 7 c…
Evonik starts up US tire-silicas plant
Added: 18 Oct 2018
Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries has started up a precipitated silica plant for the tire industry…
