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Tire materials costs trending higher
Added: 1 Oct 2018
Most, but not all, tire makers expect significant rises in the cost of key feedstocks and rubber ra…
Industry lines up response to tire-granulate proposals
Added: 1 Oct 2018
Industry reaction to proposals for new limits on the PAH-content of sports- and play-surface materi…
Pirelli fined £500k for safety failure at UK plant
Added: 1 Oct 2018
Carlisle, UK - Pirelli Tyres Ltd has been fined £512,000 (€574,000) after two employees were badly …
Kumho to supply technology to new Pakistani tire player
Added: 1 Oct 2018
Seoul – Kumho Tire Co. has signed a 10-year technology-transfer agreement with a Pakistani company …
Future Tire: Return on innovation
Added: 30 Sep 2018
At the ERJ Future Tire Conference 2018, a top-line panel of experts from the European tire industry…
Brexit: UK-REACH concern for chemicals industry
Added: 28 Sep 2018
London – Chemical makers have reacted with concern over proposals for a UK version of the REACH che…
Hankook introduces new UHP flagship tire
Added: 28 Sep 2018
Portorož, Slovenia – Hankook has unveiled a new ultra-high performance (UHP) tire, the Ventus S1 ev…
Sailun Jinyu to become Cooper Tire joint venture partner
Added: 28 Sep 2018
Qingdao, China — Sailun Jinyu Group Co. Ltd. has agreed to acquire a 35% ownership stake in Cooper …
Datwyler opens pharmaceutical components plant in US
Added: 28 Sep 2018
Middletown, Delaware - Datwylers Sealing Solutions has opened a new production plant for pharmaceut…
Marangoni expands footprint in Nordic countries
Added: 28 Sep 2018
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems is expanding its presence in Nordic countries with t…
Conti extends CEO Degenhart’s tenure to 2024
Added: 28 Sep 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s supervisory boards has extended the tenure of chief executive o…
Prinx Chengshan to launch Hong Kong IPO
Added: 27 Sep 2018
Hong Kong – Chinese tire maker Prinx Chengshan (Cayman) Holding is expected to debut on the Hong Ko…
Sumitomo to double truck tire production in Brazil
Added: 27 Sep 2018
Fazenda Rio Grande, Brazil - Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) is investing BRL 153 million (€32 mil…
Versalis acquires Mossi Ghisolfi Group's bio companies
Added: 27 Sep 2018
Milan, Italy – Versalis SpA, the chemicals arm of Eni, is acquiring Mossi Ghisolfi Group’s "green” …
Iran tire maker signs MoU with French industry group
Added: 27 Sep 2018
Tehran – Iranian tire maker Barez Industrial Group and the French rubber & plastics industry associ…
Wacker adding 3D printing to silicones lab in US
Added: 26 Sep 2018
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Wacker Chemie AG will open a US-based 3D printing lab later this year, expand…
NR markets weak amid high stock levels, uncertainty
Added: 26 Sep 2018
Kuala Lumpur – The broad sentiment in the natural rubber market remained muted in the month of Augu…
Bridgestone recalls truck tires in North America for possible steel cord exposure
Added: 26 Sep 2018
Washington — Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations and Bridgestone Canada are voluntarily recalling …
Technology: Yokohama machine evaluates water absorption effect in winter tires
Added: 26 Sep 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co, in a joint research project with Kanazawa University’s Tribology Labora…
Zeon raises TPE prices
Added: 26 Sep 2018
Tokyo – Zeon Corp. is raising global prices for thermoplastic elastomers for the third time this ye…
