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Future Tire: Q&A with Goodyear Dunlop Handelssysteme boss
Added: 13 May 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…
Elastomer prediction seminar in Manchester
Added: 11 May 2018
Manchester, UK – There are still a few places left for next week’s IoM3 Rubber In Engineering Group…
Bridgestone manages sales growth amid market challenges
Added: 11 May 2018
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. managed to nudge up sales in the first quarter despite issues around exch…
Phillips Carbon Black launches major expansion plans
Added: 11 May 2018
New Delhi – Phillips Carbon Black (PCBl), India's largest carbon black manufacturer, is investing n…
Natural rubber still weak, cartel mooted
Added: 11 May 2018
London – Natural rubber prices remained weak in the month of April, ERJ’s latest snapshot of the ma…
Kumho recalling tires in US for belt issue
Added: 10 May 2018
Washington — Kumho Tire USA Inc. is recalling 1,773 Kumho Solus KH16 all-season grand touring tires…
Pirelli to pursue high value strategy in China
Added: 10 May 2018
Beijing – Pirelli & C. SpA aims to further reinforce its position in China by capturing the growth …
VDMA posts record year, concerned over skills shortage
Added: 10 May 2018
Frankfurt, Germany - Germany’s plastics & rubber machinery industry has posted a record year with a…
Carbon black shortfall rocks India's rubber industry
Added: 10 May 2018
New Delhi – Antidumping duties combined with increased demand and capacity constraints is causing a…
Raw materials costs hit Conti Rubber Group
Added: 9 May 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s tire sales have slipped 4.4% year-on-year to €2,635.5 million i…
Cimcorp to expand operations at HQ site
Added: 9 May 2018
Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp is to expand its production and office facilities at its headquarters in …
Kumho's 2017 profits plunge on materials costs, OE decline
Added: 9 May 2018
Seoul – Kumho Tire Co. Inc. suffered an 81.2% drop in pre-tax operating profit for fiscal 2017, on …
EC imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires
Added: 8 May 2018
Brussels – The European Commission on 4 May issued details of the provisional anti-dumping duties t…
Arlanxeo sales, earnings down by more than 20%
Added: 8 May 2018
Cologne, Germany – Arlanxeo has seen significant falls in both sales and earnings in the first thre…
Future Tire: Q&A with Pelmar’s Jacob Peled
Added: 8 May 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…
Good chemistry in the EU market
Added: 8 May 2018
Brussels – The European chemical sector has continued to perform strongly in 2018, with output up 2…
Carbon black market faced with challenges
Added: 7 May 2018
Hilton Head, South Carolina – Demand for domestic carbon black already is starting to outstrip prod…
Thailand's Otani expanding, eyes US for growth
Added: 4 May 2018
Las Vegas – Thailand's Otani Tire Co. Ltd. is looking to expand its presence in North America as it…
Nexen recruitment drive for Czech tire plant
Added: 4 May 2018
Prague – Nexen Tire has ramped up the recruitment drive for its under-construction tire plant in Za…
ContiTech plans ‘multi-million-euro’ investment in China
Added: 4 May 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental is earmarking a “high double-digit million Euro” amount to expand it…
