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F1 to adopt 18-inch tires starting in 2021 season
Added: 23 Jul 2018
Paris – Formula 1 racing will move to 18-inch rim diameter tires and wheel, starting with the 2021 …
Trelleborg posts 15% growth in first half
Added: 23 Jul 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has posted a strong first half with earnings (EBIT) up 15% at SE…
Bridgestone working on using AVs for tire tests
Added: 23 Jul 2018
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. and Japanese automation and robotics company ZMP Inc. have launched a dev…
Lanxess names new UK boss
Added: 23 Jul 2018
Newbury, UK – Lanxess AG has named Jacques Perez as the new country representative in the UK and ma…
Expansion plans on four continents
Added: 23 Jul 2018
London - Tire makers have announced expansion plans in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia, in r…
New chloroprene rubber capacity emerges in China
Added: 20 Jul 2018
Changzhi, China – China’s state-owned Changshou Chemical has relocated its chloroprene rubber produ…
Conti sweeps into wiper-blade aftermarket
Added: 20 Jul 2018
Frankfurt, Germany – Continental is now offering wiper blades for the spare parts market, the Germa…
US automotive industry to warn about impact of tariffs
Added: 20 Jul 2018
Washington – A broad spectrum of auto interests, armed with their latest impact studies, are prepar…
'New Conti' to remain a rubber company, for now at least
Added: 19 Jul 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has acknowledged that rubber is part of its DNA: planning to reta…
Birla adding 150kt carbon black capacity
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Mumbai, India – Birla Carbon is expanding carbon black capacity by 150 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa) …
Lehigh starts micronised rubber plant in Spain
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Michelin-owned Lehigh’s first MRP plant outside of the US was constructed in partnership with Spani…
EC on track with Chinese TBR investigations
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Brussels – The European Commission expects to “conclude on” the imposition of definitive countervai…
Sri Lanka rubber group hails US tire duties decision
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Colombo – The Sri Lanka Association of Manufacturers and Exporters of Rubber Products (SLAMERP) has…
Orion to raise carbon black prices
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has announced price increases on all speciality carbon black …
Continental unveils rejig; to spin off Powertrain
Added: 18 Jul 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is planning to reorganise by 2020 into a holding company with thr…
Producer Responsibility – A concept yet to fully deliver
Added: 18 Jul 2018
London - When the implications of the EU Landfill Directive started to sink in a couple of decades …
Christian Dior puts TPE on new cosmetics packaging
Added: 17 Jul 2018
The Diorshow Pump’N’Volume container features a soft TPE component to enable the brush to be optima…
ETRMA: A half of two quarters for Europe tire markets
Added: 17 Jul 2018
Brussels – European sales of replacement passenger car and truck & bus tires recovered strongly in …
Dunlop Tech, SRI open European R&D centre
Added: 17 Jul 2018
Hanau-Steinheim , Germany – Sumitomo Rubber Europe GmbH and Dunlop Tech GmbH have officially opened…
Freudenberg seals energy flexibility and efficiency
Added: 17 Jul 2018
Freudenberg, Germany – Production and consumption must be equalized within seconds on the grid. Tha…
