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In the passenger car tire sector, a percentage point rise in the fourth-quarter left sales at 204.8 million units – just 1% down on the prior-year total.

ETRMA: Tire sales “stable” despite farm sector dip

Added: 25 Jan 2018

Brussels – European tire sales were “generally stable” in 2017 despite significant declines in some…

Semperit extends restructuring programme

Semperit extends restructuring programme

Added: 25 Jan 2018

Vienna –  Semperit AG Holding has extended its restructuring programme to include its Sempertrans a…

Kraiburg TPE increases production capacity in Germany

Kraiburg TPE increases production capacity in Germany

Added: 25 Jan 2018

The line, it said, expands the company’s total capacity to 56,000 tonnes worldwide and highlights K…

Carlsbad, California - Golf equipment maker Callaway has employed a novel polyurethane microsphere technology in its new Rogue Irons and Rogue Hybrids clubs.

PU microspheres to iron out golf swing

Added: 25 Jan 2018

The elastic microspheres improve sound and feel, without compromising coefficient of restitution (C…

Engel to show DecoJect technology at NPE

Engel to show DecoJect technology at NPE

Added: 25 Jan 2018

“We can respond to the requirements and requests of our customers in the various industries even fa…

Safic-Alcan extends Orion carbon black deal

Safic-Alcan extends Orion carbon black deal

Added: 24 Jan 2018

Paris – Safic-Alcan has extended a distribution agreement with Orion Engineered Carbons to cover an…

Toyo to develop EV suspension module

Toyo to develop EV suspension module

Added: 24 Jan 2018

Itami City, Japan – Toyo Rubber Industry Co. and GLM, a Kyoto-based electric vehicle (EV) maker, ha…

GRI exec re-elected by Sri Lanka trade group

GRI exec re-elected by Sri Lanka trade group

Added: 24 Jan 2018

Subasinghe was re-elected at the annual general meeting of SLAMERP in Colombo 16 Jan. This will be …

Sibur-Reliance rubber plant on track for 2018 start-up

Sibur-Reliance rubber plant on track for 2018 start-up

Added: 24 Jan 2018

Davos, Switzerland – Sibur chairman Dmitry Konov has confirmed that the Russian company is on track…

Arlanxeo names CEO, CFO for North America

Arlanxeo names CEO, CFO for North America

Added: 24 Jan 2018

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Arlanxeo USA LLC has named John Sawaya president and CEO, effective 1 Fe…

Arlanxeo expanding  chloroprene rubber capacity

Arlanxeo expanding  chloroprene rubber capacity

Added: 23 Jan 2018

Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo is expanding its global chloroprene rubber (CR) production a…

Asahi to increase polyamide filament capacity

Asahi to increase polyamide filament capacity

Added: 23 Jan 2018

Tokyo – Asahi Kasei Corp. will expand its production capacity for its Leona polyamide 66 filament i…

Norcross, Georgia –  US company FineLine Technologies has acquired Ferm RFID Solutions BV, a Dutch-based provider of RFID technology for tire industry applications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

FineLine acquires Dutch-based Ferm RFID

Added: 23 Jan 2018

The acquisition enables Norcross-based FineLine to offer a complete range of barcode and RFID-enabl…

Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp has promoted Jari-Pekka Ylipaino to Dream Factory solution manager, the Finnish materials-handling and tire plant-automation company has announced.

Cimcorp appoints new Dream Factory manager

Added: 23 Jan 2018

Ylipaino began his career as a mechanical engineer with Cimcorp in 1985. He has progressively moved…

SBR, butadiene markets expected to remain flat

SBR, butadiene markets expected to remain flat

Added: 22 Jan 2018

Report originally published in ERJ's January/February issue

London - European synthetic rubber and b…

Michelin, Pirelli top owner-satisfaction ratings

Michelin, Pirelli top owner-satisfaction ratings

Added: 22 Jan 2018

Tustin, California — The Michelin and Pirelli brands earned top recognition in AutoPacific Inc.'s 2…

Bridgestone rolls out new farm tire

Bridgestone rolls out new farm tire

Added: 22 Jan 2018

Designed and tested at Bridgestone’s European Technical Centre facility in Italy, the tire is produ…

Mitsubishi starts up TPE plant in Thailand

Mitsubishi starts up TPE plant in Thailand

Added: 22 Jan 2018

Tokyo – Mitsubishi Chemical Corp has started production of styrenic thermoplastic elastomers (TPS) …

Report: Continental ‘restructuring’ guided by 2025 target

Report: Continental ‘restructuring’ guided by 2025 target

Added: 22 Jan 2018

Frankfurt, Germany – In exploring restructuring options, the Continental board is targeting a set-u…

TTE 2018 - Tire technologies on show

Added: 22 Jan 2018

Selection of information from exhibitors offers a flavour of the technologies that will be on displ…