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China’s Delun breaks ground on passenger car tire project
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Chuzhou, China – Delun Rubber in February broke ground on a passenger car tire project with 4 milli…
Conti starts machine installation at Thai tire plant
Added: 21 Mar 2018
Bangkok – Continental AG has started the installation of machinery at its greenfield tire productio…
Michelin to acquire Fenner in €1.4bn cash deal
Added: 20 Mar 2018
London – Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA (Michelin) is to acquire UK industrial …
MOL, JSR inaugurate tire rubber plant in Hungary
Added: 20 Mar 2018
Budapest – Hungarian energy and petrochemicals group MOL and JSR Corp. of Japan have jointly inaugu…
Industry warning over ‘chemicals Brexit’
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and London-based Chemical Industries Asso…
Carbon black shortage ‘crippling’ India’s rubber industry
Added: 19 Mar 2018
New Delhi – A shortage of carbon black supply in India is causing a crisis in the Indian rubber ind…
MacLellan Rubber nets electrical matting contract
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Wolverhampton, UK – MacLellan Rubber has won an eight-year contract, worth over £300,000 (€342,000)…
Dow offers LSR moulders fast-cure technologies
Added: 18 Mar 2018
Düsseldorf, Germany — Medical moulders need liquid silicone rubber materials that cure quickly and …
Continental re-enters farm tire market with new introductions
Added: 18 Mar 2018
The premium radial drive tires are available initially in 14 sizes, a fraction of the 100 sizes Con…
Solvay advances “promising” silica technology
Added: 18 Mar 2018
The product “confirms its breakthrough results in truck tires and its solution status regarding the…
Japan's automotive industry concerned by Trump tariffs
Added: 18 Mar 2018
Tokyo – Japan's automotive manufacturing lobby warned that prices will increase following US presid…
Conti working on rubber-coated tire stud
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Ostersund, Sweden — Continental AG is developing a rubber-coated tire stud that it claims can deliv…
Nokian hires Clayco as design partner for US plant
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Colchester, Vermont — Nokian Tyres PLC is partnering with turnkey retail development firm Clayco In…
US lowers import duties on some Chinese tires
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Washington — The US Department of Commerce has revised antidumping and countervailing duties on som…
Report: Nexen expects Czech plant start-up early 2019
Added: 16 Mar 2018
Zatec, Czech Republic – South Korean tire manufacturer Nexen Tire is expecting to complete construc…
Virginia jury issues €30m verdict against Hankook
Added: 15 Mar 2018
Richmond, Virginia – A federal jury in Virginia has levied a verdict of $37.8 million (€30.5 millio…
ETRMA backs in-vehicle-data legislation moves
Added: 15 Mar 2018
Brussels – The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has welcomed a European Pa…
Lanxess: "Challenging" markets continue to impact Arlanxeo
Added: 15 Mar 2018
Cologne, Germany –Arlanxeo, the synthetic rubber joint venture between Lanxess and Saudi Aramco, ac…
Arlanxeo continues to face market challenges
Added: 15 Mar 2018
Cologne, Germany –Arlanxeo, the synthetic rubber joint venture between Lanxess and Saudi Aramco, ac…
Cooper standard reports growth in sales, earnings
Added: 15 Mar 2018
Novi, Michigan – Strong sales have helped automotive supplier Cooper-Standard Holdings to achieve a…
