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Michelin/Sumitomo wholesale joint venture deal approved
Added: 4 May 2018
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida – The joint wholesale business venture involving Michelin North America…
GM honours six tire makers as suppliers of the year
Added: 4 May 2018
Orlando, Florida – Tire makers Bridgestone Corp., Continental Tire the Americas, Goodyear, Hankook …
Sector focus: Rubber moulding machinery
Added: 4 May 2018
Automation technologies are now becoming a significant driver in rubber injection moulding machiner…
US trims import duty rates on three Chinese tire companies
Added: 3 May 2018
Washington – The US Department of Commerce has made minor downward revisions in countervailing duti…
Acquisitions on the radar for buoyant Avon Rubber
Added: 3 May 2018
The Melksham, UK-based group reported an 18.9% year-on-year rise in operating profit from continued…
ETRMA: Used-tire figures improve but concerns remain
Added: 3 May 2018
Figures issued 2 May by ETRMA show that, in 2016, 94% of all used tires were collected and treated …
Conti marks start of new distribution centre project
Added: 2 May 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental and project developer Bertram Projektmanagement GmbH have held a gro…
Hankook Q1 earnings, sales decline
Added: 2 May 2018
Seoul – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. reported a 9.8-percent drop in pre-tax operating profit for the quart…
PATRICK PLS CHECK the red points: Future Tire: Q&A with Ferm RFID
Added: 2 May 2018
In this Q&A, Marc Flederus, Ferm RFID Solutions, gives his views on the development of new technolo…
Future Tire: Q&A Sumitomo Rubber Europe boss
Added: 2 May 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years and exp…
Falken marks 20 years at Nurburgring 24 Hours
Added: 2 May 2018
Nurburgring, Germany – This year, the Falken Motorsports team will battle it out on the challenging…
Yokohama tires factory-equipped on new BMW M5
Added: 2 May 2018
The BMW M5, which debuted in March 2018, will come equipped with tires 275/40ZR19 (105Y) for front …
MacLellan wins order for pipeline rubber material
Added: 2 May 2018
Wolverhampton, UK – MacLellan Rubber is to supply natural rubber (NR) material to a UK gasket cutti…
Bridgestone joins circular economy programme
Added: 2 May 2018
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100) …
Kumho Petrochemical rubber sales down 25%
Added: 2 May 2018
Seoul – South Korean materials supplier Kumho Petrochemical has reported a decline in synthetic rub…
Tariffs threat already impacting European TBR market
Added: 1 May 2018
Birmingham, UK – While details of tariffs to be imposed by the EU on truck & bus tires originating …
Nynas advances process oil for tires, rubber goods
Added: 1 May 2018
Stockholm – Nynas has introduced a new process oil grade for rubber processors seeking to reduce ro…
Michelin produces last tire at Ballymena plant
Added: 1 May 2018
Ballymena, Northern Ireland –Michelin produced its final ever tire last week at its plant in Ballym…
Researchers solve long-standing butadiene puzzle
Added: 1 May 2018
Washington – Linear polyenes are hydrocarbon chains with unusual optical and electrical properties.…
Cooper suffers double-digit earnings decline
Added: 1 May 2018
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. suffered double-digit drops in operating and net income fo…
