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Enviro to build waste-tire plant in Canada

Enviro to build waste-tire plant in Canada

Added: 4 Mar 2018

Göteborg, Sweden – Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB (Enviro) has signed an MoU as a first step in est…

Kilic appointed MD at Uzer Makina

Added: 4 Mar 2018

Kocaeli, Turkey – Uzer Makina Ve Kalip has recently appointed Ahmet Kilic as managing director, rep…

Linglong to build new site and mulls another two

Linglong to build new site and mulls another two

Added: 2 Mar 2018

Yantai, China – Linglong Tyre announced in February its plan to build a fourth China site with near…

Albis adds polyamide adhesion modified TPVs

Albis adds polyamide adhesion modified TPVs

Added: 2 Mar 2018

Knutsford, UK – Albis Plastic is expanding its portfolio of thermoplastic vulcanizate elastomers (T…

Mammut taps TPEs for avalanche-rescue device

Mammut taps TPEs for avalanche-rescue device

Added: 2 Mar 2018

The range of devices has recently been expanded to include two Barryvox transceivers (transmitter/r…

Solid growth forecast for rubber chemicals market

Solid growth forecast for rubber chemicals market

Added: 1 Mar 2018

In a study, PMR reviewed a wide range of rubber-chemical markets: from antioxidants and UV stabilis…

Pirelli posts strong 2017, Europe leads sales

Pirelli posts strong 2017, Europe leads sales

Added: 1 Mar 2018

Milan – Pirelli & C. SpA has reported a 7.6% year-on-year increase in 2017 revenues to €5.35 billio…

Washington — The US tire sector trade deficit shrank slightly last year as the value of exports shot up nearly 62% while the value of imports rose close to 10% in 2017 to a record $13.8 billion.

China regains top trading partner status with US

Added: 1 Mar 2018

As a result, the US trade deficit in tires slipped to $9.66 billion last year — down from $10 billi…

Marangoni upgrades technology at Rovereto compounds plant

Marangoni upgrades technology at Rovereto compounds plant

Added: 1 Mar 2018

Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Group has upgraded the compounding system for truck and earthmoving tir…

Vibracoustic starts making smart air spring system

Vibracoustic starts making smart air spring system

Added: 1 Mar 2018

The units are designed to resolve the issue of the conflicting objectives of comfort and driving dy…

Kraiburg growing in Asia-Pacific on rising TPE

Kraiburg growing in Asia-Pacific on rising TPE

Added: 1 Mar 2018

Gandhinagar, India—Growing applications of thermoplastic elastomers in the appliances and automotiv…

NR markets mixed after Chinese holiday

Added: 1 Mar 2018

London – Natural rubber markets provided mixed signals in the latest ERJ snapshot of the trade, wit…

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

Added: 1 Mar 2018

Trump, during a meeting with steel executives Thursday in the White House, said he plans to announc…

VMI sells first gearpump extruder & cooler combos

VMI sells first gearpump extruder & cooler combos

Added: 28 Feb 2018

A new customer in Russia needed to purchase both machines under a single contract, said a 10 Feb re…

Halcyon Agri doubles revenue in fiscal year 2017

Halcyon Agri doubles revenue in fiscal year 2017

Added: 28 Feb 2018

Singapore – Natural rubber giant Halcyon Agri Corp. Ltd. reported a profit of $35.3 million (€28.8 …

Linglong to supply technology to Iran tire plant

Linglong to supply technology to Iran tire plant

Added: 28 Feb 2018

 Tehran – China’s Shandong Linglong Tire Co. Ltd (Linglong) has signed an agreement to supply tire …

Sumitomo to produce 'Sumitomo' brand TBR at US plant

Sumitomo to produce 'Sumitomo' brand TBR at US plant

Added: 28 Feb 2018

Tonawanda, New York – Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc. is preparing to start production of Sumito…

Sibur rubber sales up 10% in 2017

Sibur rubber sales up 10% in 2017

Added: 28 Feb 2018

Moscow – PAO Sibur Holding has reported a significant rise in synthetic rubber sales in its operati…

Hanover, Germany – An ISO standard for RFID tire tags will be available either this year or next, according to Pierre Loiret, who leads on norms and regulations at Groupe Michelin.

Tire industry on the road to universal RFID standard

Added: 27 Feb 2018

The Michelin specialist provided the update in a presentation on the progress of ISO TC31 WG10 stan…

HF helps parent group to beat growth forecasts

HF helps parent group to beat growth forecasts

Added: 27 Feb 2018

Lübeck, Germany – Possehl Group, the Lübeck-based conglomerate which includes tire and rubber machi…