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Magna starts tire production at Dutch site
Added: 14 Jan 2018
Hardenberg, The Netherlands – Magna Tyres Group has officially started tire production at its OBO T…

Aliapur stages ‘hack attack' on scrap tires
Added: 14 Jan 2018
Lyon, France - French end-of-life tire management group Aliapur recently staged an innovative event…

Sumitomo raises prices on Falken-brand tires in North America
Added: 12 Jan 2018
Rancho Cucamonga, California – Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc. is raising prices on a limited nu…

Continental to expand industrial hose plant
Added: 12 Jan 2018
Norfolk, Nebarska – ContiTech AG business will invest $9.3 million (€7.7 million) to expand the rub…

NTC to build $1bn tire plant in Saudi Arabia
Added: 12 Jan 2018
London – Saudi Arabia’s National Tire Co. (NTC) is planning to build a $1-billion (€830 million) ti…

Fenner expects a happy new year
Added: 12 Jan 2018
London – An increase in conveyor-belt order intakes and a strong performance by its advanced engine…

Trelleborg on board world-first floating LNG system
Added: 11 Jan 2018
The universal transfer system (UTS) was tested out on 7 October 2017: transferring LNG from the Ska…

Trinseo synthetic rubber team wins German award
Added: 11 Jan 2018
Halle, Germany – Trinseo has won the Hugo-Junkers 2017 Award for “most innovative product developme…

Continental mulls options for major reorganisation
Added: 11 Jan 2018
Frankfurt, Germany – German automotive and tire supplier Continental AG has confirmed that it is in…

Avon Tyres backs 1000mph Bloodhound project
Added: 11 Jan 2018
Melksham, UK – Avon Tyres has confirmed its sponsorship of the Bloodhound Project to develop a supe…

US council supports rubber fill in playgrounds
Added: 11 Jan 2018
Washington, D.C.—The Council of State Governments has approved a resolution noting that scientific …

Apollo breaks ground on seventh greenfield tire plant
Added: 10 Jan 2018
Andhra Pradesh, India – Apollo Tyres has broken ground on its seventh manufacturing facility: a uni…

Halcyon Agri completes €26m acquisition of RCMA’s polymer business
Added: 10 Jan 2018
Singapore – Halcyon Agri Corp Ltd, has completed its €31.8 million (€26.6 million) acquisition of t…

Arlanxeo increases EPDM prices
Added: 10 Jan 2018
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Synthetic rubber supplier Arlanxeo on 9 Jan announced global price r…

US company sues BMW for premature tire wear
Added: 10 Jan 2018
San Diego, California — A California company has filed suit against BMW of North America Inc., clai…

Michelin flexible wheels for London driverless shuttles
Added: 10 Jan 2018
Paris – Michelin is to supply its Acorus flexible-wheel technology for the production of driverless…

Autonomous vehicles to take 26% market-share by 2040
Added: 9 Jan 2018
Southfield, Michigan – More than 33 million autonomous vehicles (AVs) – representing around 26% of…

Micheldever, Kumho end distribution partnership in UK
Added: 9 Jan 2018
London – UK tire distributor Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS) and Kumho Tyre UK Ltd (KTUK) have ende…

NHTSA investigating alleged Goodyear tire failures
Added: 9 Jan 2018
Washington—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into alle…

Zeon raises TPE prices
Added: 9 Jan 2018
Tokyo - Zeon Corp is raising prices for certain thermoplastic elastomers globally, the company anno…