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Linglong to build $1bn tire plant in Serbia

Linglong to build $1bn tire plant in Serbia

Added: 22 Aug 2018

Shanghai, China – Shandong Linglong Tire Co is planning to build a $994.4 million (€863 million or …

Evonik expanding fumed silica business, forms JV in China

Evonik expanding fumed silica business, forms JV in China

Added: 22 Aug 2018

Munich, Germany - Evonik Industries AG and the China Wynca Group (Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industria…

Trelleborg to open new sealings HQ in September

Trelleborg to open new sealings HQ in September

Added: 22 Aug 2018

Stuttgart, Germany – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) will officially inaugurate its new headquar…

Gajah Tunggal, IRC building motorcycle tire plant in Indonesia

Gajah Tunggal, IRC building motorcycle tire plant in Indonesia

Added: 21 Aug 2018

Tangerang, Indonesia – PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk. and Japan's Inoue Rubber Co. Ltd (IRC) have broken gro…

Court appoints administrator at financially troubled Yongtai

Court appoints administrator at financially troubled Yongtai

Added: 21 Aug 2018

Dongying, China – Yongtai Group, one of China’s largest tire makers, entered administration on 16 J…

Event: EU butadiene conference to study tire industry

Event: EU butadiene conference to study tire industry

Added: 21 Aug 2018

Munich, Germany – The EU Butadiene and derivatives conference, organised by ICIS, will investigate …

Update: Apollo resumes production at flood-hit plants

Update: Apollo resumes production at flood-hit plants

Added: 21 Aug 2018

Kochi, Kerala – Apollo Tyres Ltd has resumed production of tires at two of its plants in Perambra a…

China announces 25% tariffs on EPR from US

China announces 25% tariffs on EPR from US

Added: 20 Aug 2018

Beijing – China is imposing 25% tariffs on ethylene-propylene rubber imported from the US, with eff…

Chemicals agency, Dutch seek PAH restrictions on rubber granules

Chemicals agency, Dutch seek PAH restrictions on rubber granules

Added: 20 Aug 2018

Helsinki – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced details of a Dutch-led proposal to li…

Monsoon hits Indian NR production

Monsoon hits Indian NR production

Added: 20 Aug 2018

Kochi, India – The monsoons impacting Kerala could cause natural rubber production there to fall by…

Haydale expands elastomer capability at UK site

Haydale expands elastomer capability at UK site

Added: 19 Aug 2018

Loughborough, UK – Materials technology group Haydale Graphene Industries plc has completed the ins…

Event: Troester set for ITEC 2018

Event: Troester set for ITEC 2018

Added: 19 Aug 2018

Akron, Ohio – Extrusion systems major Troester GmbH & CO. KG will be present at International Tire …

Mesnac expects liquid-mixing verdict within a year

Mesnac expects liquid-mixing verdict within a year

Added: 17 Aug 2018

Cologne, Germany – Mesnac will start production of tire compounds based on this new liquid mixing t…

Toyo Q2 earnings rebound, but half-year results down

Toyo Q2 earnings rebound, but half-year results down

Added: 17 Aug 2018

Hyogo, Japan — Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.'s operating income rebounded in the quarter ended June 3…

VDMA notes 'significant' decline in machinery exports to Turkey

VDMA notes 'significant' decline in machinery exports to Turkey

Added: 17 Aug 2018

Frankfurt am Main, Germany – German rubber and plastics machinery deliveries to Turkey fell by 4.5%…

Goodyear to raise consumer tire prices in US

Goodyear to raise consumer tire prices in US

Added: 17 Aug 2018

Akron, Ohio – Goodyear intends to raise prices on "select consumer tire lines" in the US, with most…

Conti expects materials costs to rise

Conti expects materials costs to rise

Added: 16 Aug 2018

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has forecast a significant rise in the cost of most tire & rubber…

Event: Teijin set for materials handling conference

Event: Teijin set for materials handling conference

Added: 16 Aug 2018

Arnhem, The Netherlands – Teijin Aramid will be present at the International Conference on Conveyin…

EC clears Bain to buy German tire distribution group

EC clears Bain to buy German tire distribution group

Added: 16 Aug 2018

Boston, Massachusetts – European FinTyre Distribution Ltd (EFDL) has received the European Commissi…

Sumitomo starts TBR production at S Africa plant

Sumitomo starts TBR production at S Africa plant

Added: 16 Aug 2018

Ladysmith, South Africa—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.'s South African subsidiary has inaugurated …