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Growing tire size adds to halobutyl demand
Added: 17 Jul 2017
Trends towards the use of larger tires with improved rolling resistance and energy efficiency, will…

ERJ People & Skills Tracker
Added: 16 Jul 2017
New Avon financial director... Major reshuffle at Ford Motor... Covestro names new CEO... New Gates…

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions helps develop “revolutionary” subsea product
Added: 14 Jul 2017
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions goes ‘above and beyond’ in helping to solve a complex subsea challenge…

Sentury awards US plant design to Ohio firm
Added: 14 Jul 2017
Lagrange, Georgia. — Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd. has selected SSOE Group of Toledo, Ohio, to desi…

Bridgestone on pace to achieve CSR goals
Added: 14 Jul 2017
Tokyo — Bridgestone is committing to better.
It's focusing its efforts on developing better products…

Michelin sues US tire retreader for patent infringement
Added: 14 Jul 2017
Nashville, Tennessee – Michelin North America Inc. is suing Tire Recappers of Nashville Inc., alleg…

Linglong develops PU tire through 3D printing
Added: 14 Jul 2017
Yantai, China – Chinese tire manufacturer Linglong Tyre has developed what it describes as ‘China’s…

Teijin to expand Dutch aramid production
Added: 14 Jul 2017
Arnhem, The Netherlands – Teijin Aramid is expanding production capacity for Twaron aramid “super f…

ExxonMobil to start up elastomer plant in Singapore this year
Added: 13 Jul 2017
Singapore – ExxonMobil Corp. is expected to begin the start-up of a new 230 kilotonne per annum (kt…

High-performance elastomers market to grow at 6.4%
Added: 13 Jul 2017
Leatherhead, UK – Global demand for high-performance elastomers is set to show a five-year growth r…

Michelin extends manufacturing run at Canada plant
Added: 13 Jul 2017
Granton, Nova Scotia — Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. will continue to build tires — winter t…

Giti recalls 395,000 Primewell passenger tires
Added: 13 Jul 2017
Washington — Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. is recalling 394,378 Primewell Valera Touring II replacement pass…

Orgkhim in JV to produce pine-based chemicals
Added: 13 Jul 2017
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Russian manufacturer green processing oils Orgkhim has entered into a 50:…

US sets dumping rates in ESBR case
Added: 12 Jul 2017
Washington — The US Department of Commerce has ruled that emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from Br…

BFG, Michelin sued over alleged hazardous waste in US
Added: 12 Jul 2017
Miami, Oklahoma – A group of Miami residents has filed suit against BFGoodrich Co. and Michelin Nor…

EU to limit worker exposure to rubber chemicals
Added: 12 Jul 2017
Brussels - EU lawmakers have agreed to introduce stricter exposure limits for 13 "cancer-causing ch…

Producers set to cut natural rubber exports
Added: 12 Jul 2017
Bangkok – Members of the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), Thailand, Malaysia and Ind…

Marangoni in partnership with Finnish retreader
Added: 11 Jul 2017
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems has expanded its Ringtread retreading network with a…

Trelleborg wins bearings supply contract for North Sea oil project
Added: 11 Jul 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden: Trelleborg AB’s engineered products operation has been awarded a contract to su…

Pirelli eyes Russian growth
Added: 11 Jul 2017
Milan – Pirelli is considering an expansion of production capacity at its Voronezh tire plant in Ru…