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Pelmar promotes Guix to EMEA sales director
Added: 18 Sep 2017
Yokneam, Israel – Pelmar Group has appointed Enrique Guix as its new sales director EMEA, the Israe…

China’s environmental inspection raises tire prices
Added: 17 Sep 2017
Beijing – China’s latest round of environmental inspection has been making splashes nation-wide. Sh…

Jaguar Land Rover moves into surfboards from scrap PU
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Whitley, UK – Scrap polyurethane foam used in the design process by Jaguar Land Rover is being recy…

China’s Yiyan machinery group setting up digital factory
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Beijing – China’s Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery Group Co, Ltd. (YRPM) and Germany’s Fraunhofer…

Bridgestone’s Annunziato to become ETRMA president
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Brussels – Bridgestone’s Franco Annunziato is to become the new president of the European Tyre and …

Remaining materials burn at Arkema plant, residents return home
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Crosby, Texas—Residents are returning to their homes in Crosby after officials launched controlled …

Goodyear, Giti, Hankook plants in North America set to come online
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Akron, Ohio – Tire manufacturing in North America is due for a sizable boost over the coming few mo…

Michelin seeking ideas for Ballymena plant
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Ballymena, Northern Ireland – French tire maker Michelin is seeking public ideas for the future use…

Michelin, Maxion debut 'flexible' car wheel
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Frankfurt, Germany — Group Michelin and Maxion Wheels have developed a car wheel, which incorporate…

Momentive seeks to raise $100 million in IPO
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Washington — MPM Holdings Inc., a global producer of specialty silicones and chemicals also known a…

EU posts record car registration figures, UK declines
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Brussels – Passenger car registrations in Europe in the month of August increased by 5.6% totalling…

Cabot increases prices for speciality compounds globally
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. is increasing prices for its Plasblak masterbatches and Cabelec…

Goodyear breaks ground on Luxembourg tire plant
Added: 13 Sep 2017
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg – Goodyear has broken ground on a passenger tire plant in Colmar-Berg, Luxe…

Conti introduces two tire technology concepts
Added: 13 Sep 2017
Hanover, Germany – Germany tire and technology company Continental AG has introduced two concept ti…

Cabot, Zeon among top Pirelli suppliers
Added: 13 Sep 2017
Milan, Italy – Primary materials suppliers have scooped four out of nine top suppliers award handed…

ZC Rubber taps Bridgestone for European field engineer manager
Added: 13 Sep 2017
Frankfurt, Germany – ZC Rubber has named Ákos Barcsik as its new field engineer manager, who will w…

Kumho Tire’s future in limbo as Doublestar cancels deal
Added: 13 Sep 2017
Seoul - Following months of debates and dispute over trademark rights and price tag, China's Qingda…

DowDuPont adjusting plans for spin-off companies
Added: 13 Sep 2017
Less than two weeks after its formal launch, DowDuPont is changing the makeup of the three firms th…

Evonik taps Jacobs to deliver ‘safe’ silica plant
Added: 12 Sep 2017
Dallas, Texas – Evonik has selected Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to provide engineering, procureme…

BASF firefighter succumbs to injuries
Added: 12 Sep 2017
Ludwigshafen, Germany - An employee of the BASF fire department who was severely injured during the…