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Goodyear introduces airless tire technology for commercial mowers

Goodyear introduces airless tire technology for commercial mowers

Added: 26 Sep 2017

Akron, Ohio – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has released a non-pneumatic, airless turf tire - Turf…

HF Mixing Group announces major restructuring plans

HF Mixing Group announces major restructuring plans

Added: 26 Sep 2017

Freudenberg, Germany – HF Mixing Group has announced a number of organisational changes and restruc…

Yokohama to release its “most silent ever” tire

Added: 26 Sep 2017

Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is to begin marketing its “most silent ever tire“ in Asian markets…

Trelleborg: Sealing is key to 'pure' food and drink

Added: 26 Sep 2017

Trelleborg, Sweden – The decisive factor for the filling of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks or t…

Appeals court lifts ban on Black Donuts managers

Appeals court lifts ban on Black Donuts managers

Added: 24 Sep 2017

London – A Finnish court of appeal has a lifted a five-year ban on managers of tire consulting firm…

Pirelli wins 110 ‘homologations’ in August

Pirelli wins 110 ‘homologations’ in August

Added: 24 Sep 2017

Milan, Italy – Italian tire-maker Pirelli & C SpA registered a “record month” with 110 homologation…

Cooper Standard opens new facility in Canada

Cooper Standard opens new facility in Canada

Added: 24 Sep 2017

Sherbrooke, Quebec – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. celebrated the grand opening of a new, 138,000…

Triangle Tire to increase prices in US

Triangle Tire to increase prices in US

Added: 24 Sep 2017

Franklin, Tennessee – Citing increase raw material costs, Triangle Tire USA will increase prices as…

DowDuPont expands Shenzhen capacity

DowDuPont expands Shenzhen capacity

Added: 24 Sep 2017

Shenzhen, China—DowDuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers, a business segment of the DowDuPont S…

 Nokian president and CEO Hille Korhonen and Tennessee governor Bill Haslam

Nokian breaks ground on US tire plant

Added: 22 Sep 2017

Dayton, Tennessee — The smiles were almost as abundant as the southeast heat and humidity on 20 Sep…

Doublestar sales down; raises funds for smart plants

Doublestar sales down; raises funds for smart plants

Added: 22 Sep 2017

Qingdao, China – Doublestar posted a 16% year-on-year drop in first-half revenues to €264 million (…

Irish waste-tire scheme to proceed amid concerns

Irish waste-tire scheme to proceed amid concerns

Added: 22 Sep 2017

Dublin – The Irish government will introduce new tire recovery regulations next month, despite conc…

 Peter Nellen Nortec CEO

German-Korean link-up targets moulding machinery market

Added: 22 Sep 2017

According to a 21 Sept press release. Soltau-based Nortec, previously known as a system provider fo…

Harvard team uses rubber to mimic complex birdsongs

Harvard team uses rubber to mimic complex birdsongs

Added: 22 Sep 2017

Cambridge, Massachusetts – Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and App…

 Artist’s impression of the molecular robot manipulating a molecule

UK scientists create world’s first ‘molecular robot’

Added: 22 Sep 2017

Manchester, UK – Scientists at The University of Manchester have created “the world’s first molecul…

 A truck prepares to drive over a fully-automated tire inspection system made by Ventech Systems

Goodyear acquiring automated tire-inspection business

Added: 21 Sep 2017

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is acquiring automated tire inspection business Ventech Sy…

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DRAFT Report: China rubber imports up 24%

Added: 21 Sep 2017

Beijing – Rubber, both natural and synthetic, has had the biggest increase among major commodities …

India slaps anti-dumping duties on Chinese truck and bus tires

India slaps anti-dumping duties on Chinese truck and bus tires

Added: 21 Sep 2017

New Delhi, India – The Indian government’s ministry of finance has imposed anti-dumping duties on r…

Sailun Vietnam plant produces first speciality tire

Sailun Vietnam plant produces first speciality tire

Added: 21 Sep 2017

The speciality tire facility is part of the plant’s off-the-road tire project containing 30,000 ton…

Clariant rejects appeal to rethink Huntsman merger

Clariant rejects appeal to rethink Huntsman merger

Added: 21 Sep 2017

Muttenz, Switzerland - Swiss chemical giant Clariant AG has rejected a request to rethink its plann…