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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…
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…
