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Freudenberg opens digital learning training centre
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Weinheim, Germany – The Freudenberg Group has invested more than €8.5 million in the construction o…
Teknor TPEs for Davis-Standard I4.0 line at NPE
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – At NPE2018, Davis-Standard will use a medical grade thermoplastic elastom…
Power surge halts rubber production at Tosoh site
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Tokyo— Tosoh Corp. has included chloroprene rubber and chlorosulfonated polyethylene among a list o…
Double Coin starts shipping tires to US from Thai factory
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Monrovia, California – China's Double Coin Holdings Ltd. has started shipping tires to the US from …
Engel to present self-optimising moulding process
Added: 12 Apr 2018
The injection moulding machine manufacturer will present products from its inject 4.0 range. proces…
Desma posts strong performance in 2017
Added: 12 Apr 2018
The Fridingen-based company reported a 21% year-on-year increase in order-intake to € 115 million f…
Safic-Alcan opens Russian subsidiary
Added: 12 Apr 2018
Paris – French chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has formed a Russian subsidiary to supply to the c…
Pirelli targets 9% growth through to 2020
Added: 12 Apr 2018
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA is targeting average annual growth in sales of 9% or above for the …
VW cancels all contracts with rebel supplier
Added: 11 Apr 2018
Munich, Germany – Volkswagen Group has cancelled all its contracts with the Bosnian supplier group …
US authority probing Goodyear tires linked to 1990s accidents
Added: 11 Apr 2018
Washington — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating reports th…
DowDuPont to invest $100m in expanding speciality polymers
Added: 11 Apr 2018
Midland, Michigan – DowDuPont Inc. will spend around $100m (€80m) in the next two years to expand p…
Aramco, Total sign $5bn MoU to build “giant” petrochemical project
Added: 11 Apr 2018
Paris - Saudi Aramco and French energy company Total SA have signed a memorandum of understanding t…
Doublestar signs deal to gain control of Kumho
Added: 11 Apr 2018
Qingdao, China – Doublestar Group and its subsidiary Xingwei Korea have signed contract to acquire …
Pyrolyx raises funding for US project, plant optimisation
Added: 10 Apr 2018
Munich, Germany – Pyrolyx AG has raised funds to finance its under-construction recovered carbon bl…
Cooper CFO to retire, successor search under way
Added: 10 Apr 2018
Findlay, Ohio – Ginger Jones, senior vice president and chief financial officer for Cooper Tire & R…
Kraton ups capacity for tire tread additives
Added: 10 Apr 2018
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp. is increasing production capacity for its Sylvatraxx tread enhancemen…
JSR eyes Indian growth with new subsidiary
Added: 10 Apr 2018
Tokyo – JSR Corp. has established a local subsidiary in India to strengthen sales and marketing act…
German car market falls 3% as diesel decline accelerates
Added: 10 Apr 2018
Frankfurt, Germany – Registrations in Germany fell 3.4% in March with the decline in diesel-car sal…
Future Tire: Q&A with Conti's tire line development leader
Added: 9 Apr 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…
Conti expects tire-demand to increase in 2018
Added: 9 Apr 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG expects demand for passenger car tires and light commercial vehic…
