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Trade court remands OTR tire duty case to Commerce

Trade court remands OTR tire duty case to Commerce

Added: 8 Apr 2018

New York – The US Court of International Trade has remanded to the US Department of Commerce an ant…

 The agreement was signed 4 Apr at a ceremony in Thailand, attended by Dr. Santrupt Misra, CEO of Birla’s carbon black business, Mr. Sood president of Birla Carbon in Thailand, Amit Sain, VP sales and Wang Feng, chairman and president of Linglong Tire.

Linglong inks strategic cooperation with Birla

Added: 8 Apr 2018

Rayong, Thailand – Linglong International Tire Thailand and Indian Aditya Birla Group have signed a…

Orion to add speciality carbon black line in Italy

Orion to add speciality carbon black line in Italy

Added: 6 Apr 2018

Luxembourg - Orion Engineered Carbons SA is expanding its speciality carbon black capacity in Raven…

Natural rubber prices fall sharply as oversupply looms

Natural rubber prices fall sharply as oversupply looms

Added: 6 Apr 2018

London – As a curb in natural rubber exports from the three main producer countries came to an end …

Toyoda Gosei to fully own Chinese rubber parts maker

Toyoda Gosei to fully own Chinese rubber parts maker

Added: 6 Apr 2018

Kiyosu, Japan – Toyoda Gosei Co. is acquiring all equity in China-based automotive rubber parts mak…

Avon divests engineered fabrications business in US

Avon divests engineered fabrications business in US

Added: 6 Apr 2018

Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber plc has sold its US-based Avon Engineered Fabrications (AEF) to Performa…

Petro Rabigh starts “on-spec” rubber production

Petro Rabigh starts “on-spec” rubber production

Added: 5 Apr 2018

Rabigh, Saudi Arabia – Petro Rabigh has achieved “on-spec” production at its aromatics and ethylene…

Singapore – The intellectual property office of Singapore (IPOS) has decided in favour of Thai tire-maker Deestone to maintain its brand in the face of opposition from Bridgestone Corp.

Bridgestone-brand ruling kills 'one' bid with two 'stones'

Added: 5 Apr 2018

According to the Singaporean Business Times, the decision followed a “failed application” by Bridge…

Bluestar reduces shares in Elkem as IPO completed

Bluestar reduces shares in Elkem as IPO completed

Added: 5 Apr 2018

Oslo - Norway-based silicones producer Elkem ASA has completed a successful initial public offering…

Tires, rubber, machinery among Chinese goods subject to tariffs

Tires, rubber, machinery among Chinese goods subject to tariffs

Added: 5 Apr 2018

Washington — At least 10 categories of tires, rubber, rubber products and rubber processing machine…

Lord process opens new areas for LSR, thermoplastics

Lord process opens new areas for LSR, thermoplastics

Added: 5 Apr 2018

Cary, North Carolina – Lord Corp. has been bonding rubber to metal and other substrates for more th…

Hanover, Germany — ContiConnect, the digital tire-monitoring platform Continental AG unveiled last fall, is now active in the US, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand for trucking fleets, the German tire maker said recently.

Conti activates digital tire-monitoring platform

Added: 5 Apr 2018

Conti describes the technology as an efficient solution for remote tire monitoring, allowing fleet …

Trelleborg says integration of CGS “complex”

Trelleborg says integration of CGS “complex”

Added: 4 Apr 2018

Trelleborg, Sweden – The integration of Czech rubber company CGS with Trelleborg is proving to be a…

Nokian to move North America HQ to Nashville

Nokian to move North America HQ to Nashville

Added: 4 Apr 2018

Colchester, Vermont — Nokian Tyres North America is planning to move its headquarters over the comi…

Mitsubishi Chemical expanding performance polymers business in Asia

Mitsubishi Chemical expanding performance polymers business in Asia

Added: 4 Apr 2018

Tokyo - Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) has established a regional management company in Singapore,…

China’s General Science raises fund for €185 million new tire plant

China’s General Science raises fund for €185 million new tire plant

Added: 4 Apr 2018

Wuxi, China – Jiangsu General Science Technology is raising capital through private placement to fu…

Kumho agrees to sell stake in company to Doublestar

Added: 4 Apr 2018

Seoul, South Korea — After months of uncertainty, it appears Kumho Tire Co. Inc. will have a new ow…

Elkem showcases new medical HCRs

Elkem showcases new medical HCRs

Added: 4 Apr 2018

York, South Carolina – Bluestar Silicones may have a new name, but the commitment toward innovative…

Chemours hikes fluoroelastomer prices

Chemours hikes fluoroelastomer prices

Added: 3 Apr 2018

Wilmington, Delaware - Chemours is introducing global price increases of up to 10% across a range o…

ERJ interviews Jyrki Anttonen technology director, Cimcorp Oy about current trends in the global tire manufacturing industry. 

Future Tire Conference: Q&A with Cimcorp technology director

Added: 2 Apr 2018

ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…