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Michelin restructures, names Europe North CEO
Added: 9 Jan 2018
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin has launched a previously-announced restructuring, which…
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
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
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
Added: 7 Jan 2018
London – UK car sales suffered their biggest annual slide since the global recession, stunted by Br…
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
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
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
Added: 5 Jan 2018
Washington – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is recalling 41,014 tires for possible belt separation, accor…
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
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
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
Added: 4 Jan 2018
Tokyo – Japanese automotive supplier Toyoda Gosei (TG) has announced that some of its products have…
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…
Gates files for IPO
Added: 4 Jan 2018
The company's Securities & Exchange Commission filing of 27 Dec showed plans to list on the New Yor…
Italian machinery sector set to post record year
Added: 4 Jan 2018
Citing figures by Italy’s state statistics body ISTAT, Amaplast also reported a 12% increase in imp…
Micheldever to end distribution partnership with Kumho Tire
Added: 4 Jan 2018
Sutton Coldfield, UK – Micheldever Tyre Services is ending an exclusive distribution agreement with…
One in five truck tires fail German surveillance test
Added: 4 Jan 2018
The finding is based on tests carried out under a joint investigation by the Frankfurt-based rubber…
NR producers start three-month export cuts
Added: 3 Jan 2018
Bangkok – The governments of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, members of the International Tripart…
