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Yokohama automotive A/C hoses resist new refrigerant

Yokohama automotive A/C hoses resist new refrigerant

Added: 3 Aug 2018

Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has introduced hoses offering compatibility with HFO-1234yf, which …

Apollo boss 'heartened' by OE progress in Europe

Apollo boss 'heartened' by OE progress in Europe

Added: 3 Aug 2018

Kochi, Kerala – Apollo Tyres Ltd chairman, Onkar S. Kanwar has highlighted the growing contribution…

Conti invests €460m in rubber units during HI

Conti invests €460m in rubber units during HI

Added: 3 Aug 2018

Hanover, Germany – Continental’s Rubber Group, which includes its Tire and ContiTech divisions inve…

Pirelli to buy 49% stake in China's Jining Shenzhou Tyre

Pirelli to buy 49% stake in China's Jining Shenzhou Tyre

Added: 3 Aug 2018

Yanzhou, China — Pirelli & C. S.p.A. has struck a deal with China's Hixih Rubber Industry Group to …

Lanxess discontinues financial reporting on Arlanxeo

Lanxess discontinues financial reporting on Arlanxeo

Added: 3 Aug 2018

Cologne, Germany – Lanxess AG has, for the first time, reported financial results without giving de…

Rogers introduces silicone foam for enclosure sealing

Rogers introduces silicone foam for enclosure sealing

Added: 3 Aug 2018

Chandler, Arizona – Rogers Corp. has introduced a new sealing cellular silicone solution for gasket…

Ren steps down as Pirelli chairman  

Ren steps down as Pirelli chairman  

Added: 2 Aug 2018

Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA’s chairman Ren Jianxin has resigned from all roles held on the comp…

Zenesis acquires UK retreader Vacu-Lug

Zenesis acquires UK retreader Vacu-Lug

Added: 2 Aug 2018

London – One of the largest European independent retreaders Vau-Lug Traction Tyres Ltd has been acq…

Mixed first half for Continental’s rubber units

Mixed first half for Continental’s rubber units

Added: 2 Aug 2018

Hanover, Germany – Continental’s Rubber Group achieved first-half sales of €8.6 billion, about leve…

ERJ Brainteaser Results: April - January 2018

ERJ Brainteaser Results: April - January 2018

Added: 2 Aug 2018

APRIL

With respect to all our other great contestants, there is one standout winner this time around…

ERJ Business Tracker to June 2017

Added: 2 Aug 2018

June

30/6 Shandong Linglong Tyre Co Ltd has fully established a Mexico tire unit named Elite Faith M…

Forbo robust at H1 despite higher costs

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Baar, Switzerland – Product introductions and efficiency gains have helped Forbo Group to shrug off…

Conti breaks ground with new HQ ‘campus’

Conti breaks ground with new HQ ‘campus’

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Hanover, Germany – Continental has marked the start of construction of its new headquarters facilit…

Cooper-Standard margins down in “challenging” markets

Cooper-Standard margins down in “challenging” markets

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Novi, Michigan – Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. has reported a 2.1% rise, year-on-year, in second qu…

Linglong completes technology supply to Uzbek tire plant

Linglong completes technology supply to Uzbek tire plant

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Tashkent – Linglong Tire has completed its supply of technology to a greenfield tire production pla…

Apollo chairman welcomes custom duties on Chinese tires

Apollo chairman welcomes custom duties on Chinese tires

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Kochi, Kerala – Apollo Tyres Ltd chairman Onkar S. Kanwar has welcomed a decision by the Indian gov…

Automotive supplier Vorwerk Autotec builds plant in Serbia

Automotive supplier Vorwerk Autotec builds plant in Serbia

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Čačak, Serbia – German elastomer and metal autoparts manufacturer Vorwerk Autotec has begun constru…

Automotive tariffs will hurt US, industry bosses warn

Automotive tariffs will hurt US, industry bosses warn

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Washington — Nearly 50 witnesses from various corners of the US vehicle industry gave an overwhelmi…

Moody's upgrades Covestro rating

Moody's upgrades Covestro rating

Added: 1 Aug 2018

Leverkusen, Germany – International rating agency Moody's Investors Service has reassessed Covestro…

VDMA backs Iran trade as Trump tariffs bite

VDMA backs Iran trade as Trump tariffs bite

Added: 31 Jul 2018

Tehran – Germany’s plastics & rubber machinery trade association the VDMA has highlighted the impor…