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Michelin flexible wheels for London driverless shuttles

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

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 

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

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…

Michelin restructures, names Europe North CEO

Michelin restructures, names Europe North CEO

Added: 9 Jan 2018

Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin has launched a previously-announced restructuring, which…

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DRAFT Yokohama shuffles top North American executives

Added: 8 Jan 2018

Santa Ana, California – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (YRC) has shuffled executive assignments at its Yo…

Cooper Tire Europe names new DACH general manager

Added: 7 Jan 2018

Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Ltd. has appointed Michael Lutz as general manag…

Bosch, Conti to buy stakes in digital mapping firm

Bosch, Conti to buy stakes in digital mapping firm

Added: 7 Jan 2018

Munich, Germany – German suppliers Robert Bosch and Continental said they each plan to acquire 5% s…

China’s Eastar to start up EPDM plant

China’s Eastar to start up EPDM plant

Added: 7 Jan 2018

Located in the portal area of Dongying, Shandong province, a hub city for petrochemical industry in…

UK car sales slide in 2017 on Brexit, diesel fears

UK car sales slide in 2017 on Brexit, diesel fears

Added: 7 Jan 2018

London – UK car sales suffered their biggest annual slide since the global recession, stunted by Br…

 A rendering of Trelleborg's planned new site in Aurora, Ohio, that will consolidate four existing facilities in Ohio and Indiana down to one.

Trelleborg sealing unit to consolidate operations in US

Added: 6 Jan 2018

Aurora, Ohio—Trelleborg AB's Sealing Profiles unit has unveiled plans for a new 156,250-sq.-ft. man…

NR markets finish 2017 with a whimper

NR markets finish 2017 with a whimper

Added: 5 Jan 2018

London – Natural rubber (NR) prices remained weak in the final month of 2017, despite some signs of…

German new-car sales up nearly 3% in 2017

German new-car sales up nearly 3% in 2017

Added: 5 Jan 2018

Berlin – German new-car sales rose 2.7% last year to 3.44 million vehicles but registrations of die…

Cooper recalls 41,000 tires in US for possible belt separation

Cooper recalls 41,000 tires in US for possible belt separation

Added: 5 Jan 2018

Washington – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is recalling 41,014 tires for possible belt separation, accor…

Henniges adds plant in China

Henniges adds plant in China

Added: 5 Jan 2018

Suzhou, China — Henniges Automotive Holdings Inc. is expanding in China with the addition of a new …

Arlanxeo rolls out TrendMiner software to plants

Arlanxeo rolls out TrendMiner software to plants

Added: 5 Jan 2018

Houston, Texas – Arlanxeo, a manufacturer of synthetic rubber and elastomers, is implementing Trend…

New head appointed for SRI’s Turkish facility

New head appointed for SRI’s Turkish facility

Added: 5 Jan 2018

Çankiri, Turkey – Masatsugu Nishino has been named as the new president of Sumitomo Rubber AKO Last…

Toyoda Gosei affected by Toray falsified data

Toyoda Gosei affected by Toray falsified data

Added: 4 Jan 2018

Tokyo – Japanese automotive supplier Toyoda Gosei (TG) has announced that some of its products have…

The new venture, to be called National Tire Wholesale (NTW), will be considered an operating company of SCOA's TBC business.

Michelin, Sumitomo form wholesale JV in US

Added: 4 Jan 2018

Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. (MNA) and Sumitomo Corp. of Americas (SCOA…