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Chinese machinery maker supplies to Pakistani tire plant
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Guilin, China – Guilin Rubber Machinery has delivered 65-inch hydraulic vulcanisers and 75-inch mec…
Halcyon Agri acquires four Indonesian NR factories
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Singapore – Natural rubber supply group Halcyon Agri Corp. Ltd has completed the purchase of four I…
ETRMA calls for urgent legislation for in-vehicle data access
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has joined a coalition c…
Future Tire: Q&A with Mesnac vice president Karol Vanko
Added: 23 Apr 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…
Michelin develops high-performance textile-rubber adhesive
Added: 23 Apr 2018
Clermont-Ferrand, France — Group Michelin will be leaving a decades-old industry standard behind la…
Freudenberg to consider IPO for Vibracoustic
Added: 23 Apr 2018
Darmstadt, Germany — Vibracoustic GmbH's parent company could take the company public in 2019.
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New Pirelli organisation to support business plans
Added: 23 Apr 2018
Milan, Italy - Pirelli & C. SpA is to establish a new organisational set-up to support its integrat…
Five top tire makers for Future Tire in Cologne
Added: 23 Apr 2018
Cologne, Germany – Five of the world’s leading tire manufacturers will be represented among the spe…
Rubber machinery sector bounces back
Added: 20 Apr 2018
Original article published in the March/April edition of European Rubber Journal magazine
After two…
Update: South Africa’s Karbochem stops synthetic rubber production
Added: 20 Apr 2018
Johannesburg, South Africa – Karbochem Ltd, South Africa’s only manufacturer of synthetic rubber, i…
Camso, Ferm in RFID development deal
Added: 20 Apr 2018
The two companies have been developing an RFID technology, called ‘the plug’, for two years, accord…
UK rubber company sees growth in commercial rubber sheet
Added: 20 Apr 2018
Wolverhampton, UK – MacLellan Rubber is increasing its UK stock holding of commercial rubber sheet,…
ContiTech exploring “leasing” business model for conveyor belts
Added: 20 Apr 2018
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG is working on a new business model whereby clients lease conveyor b…
Sumitomo company receives funding for Slovenia medical plant
Added: 20 Apr 2018
Ljubljana – Lonstroff AG, part of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, has received €4.8 million in funding …
US lowers countervailing duty for Guizhou
Added: 19 Apr 2018
Washington — The US Department of Commerce has revised the countervailing duty rate it found for Gu…
Orion invests in pollution control at US plant
Added: 19 Apr 2018
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has employed Danish Haldor Topsoe to install sustainable emis…
Nissan, Ford, Fiat among losers as European sales fall
Added: 19 Apr 2018
Munich, Germany – Nissan, Ford and Fiat brand saw their European sales decline steeply in March as …
Conti revises down Rubber Group earnings outlook
Added: 19 Apr 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG expects exchange rate and inventory valuation effects to impact i…
Linglong 'gets cold feet with Iran project'
Added: 18 Apr 2018
Tehran – China’s Shandong Linglong Tire Co (Linglong) is reportedly now hesitant about going ahead …
UK advanced materials supplier in deal with major tire maker
Added: 18 Apr 2018
Cheltenham, UK – Advanced materials engineering group Versarien plc has secured a deal to supply gr…
