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ETRMA joins hazardous substances initiative
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Brussels – The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETMRA) has joined a campaign to e…
Q&A: Game Changing Technologies for tire of future
Added: 21 Jun 2018
To gain insight into how the tire industry perceives the tire of tomorrow, ERJ’s sister magazine, R…
German automakers ‘willing to drop all tariffs with US’
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Munich, Germany – German automakers are willing to abandon car tariffs between the EU and the US in…
Euromap warns of slow-down following “unusually long” boom
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Linz, Austria - Due to full order books, Euromap expects a growth rate of 2% for European plastics …
Marangoni raising prices in wake of Chinese import duties
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems is increasing prices for rubber materials used to re…
ExxonMobil starts up Singapore tire rubber plant
Added: 21 Jun 2018
Singapore – ExxonMobil has started production of halobutyl rubber at its integrated manufacturing c…
Tristone breaks ground on US production plant
Added: 21 Jun 2018
It launched the construction of a new plant, the company's first on US soil, in Mooresville with a …
Japanese authorities raid Kobe Steel offices
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Kobe Steel Ltd has confirmed that its premises have been raided by Japanese investigation a…
Kuraray establishes JV for butadiene derivatives
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Kuraray Co. Ltd has entered a joint venture agreement with Thai petrochemical company PTT G…
BRV: German HGV tire segment back on track
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Bonn, Germany –German sales of tires for heavy-goods vehicles (HGVs) last year stabilised at around…
Nizhnekamskneftekhim starts up 160ktpa isobutylene plant
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Nizhnekamsk, Russia – Tatarstan-based petrochemicals supplier PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim has started…
Zeon raises TPE prices
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Tokyo – Zeon Corp. is increasing the prices for thermoplastic elastomer and hydrocarbon resins glob…
China’s trade body disputes European TBR tariffs
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Beijing – China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has issued its response to the European Commissi…
Cimcorp appoints new tire sales manager in China
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp Oy, manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic handling solutions, ha…
Triangle Tire chairman Ding Yuhua dies
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Shandong, China—Triangle Tire Co. Ltd. Executive Chairman Ding Yuhua died 13 June at age 69.
During …
Semperit shutting down Chinese belt production site
Added: 19 Jun 2018
Vienna – Semperit AG is shutting down a 120-employee production site for conveyor belts in China, t…
Shortages, price rises to follow tariffs on Chinese TBRs
Added: 18 Jun 2018
“With the anti-dumping tariff situation that we have right now, a lot of the orders in the last qua…
Nokian to raise car tire output in Finland
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Nokia, Finland—Nokian Tyres P.L.C. is adding a fourth shift at its headquarters plant in Nokia, a m…
US tariffs target Chinese industrial products
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Washington – The US government on 15 June released two lists of products covered by $50 billion wor…
Michelin’s ‘auto-regenerate’ tire wins EPO award
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Munich, Germany – The European Patent Office (EPO) has awarded Micheli’s ‘auto-regenerate’ tire the…
